Hard Rubbish Removal

dbro2792 on 07/01/2022 - 10:34
Last edited 07/01/2022 - 10:54 by 1 other user

Hi OzBargain, we are moving and need to get rid of a bunch of hard rubbish (e.g. couches, mattress, TV cabinet, coffee table).

We have tried booking a council clean up at the address (and 2 other addresses for our parents) but none available until 2 months time… Facebook/Gumtree ads for free but no luck as yet. Paid rubbish removal and the tip seems far too expensive.

Is there another option that I am missing? I can almost understand why I see people dumping couches around Sydney as it seems difficult to get rid of these things even if you give them away for free!

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  • vince088 on 07/01/2022 - 10:38
    +1

    3rd option is the find local waste stations and take your rubbish there to dump.

    eg. i have a local rubbish waste station where i can take beds, wooden hard rubbish, paper, plastics to dump

    • dbro2792 on 07/01/2022 - 10:42
      +2

      thanks for the suggestion, I will look into it

    • bazingaa on 07/01/2022 - 14:07

      local rubbish waste station

      I also take CFL, used batteries etc to there as well. There is a fee for some items but most are free. There could be some other private recycles as well.
      Hire an UTE from Bunnings and take by yourself.

  • SF3 on 07/01/2022 - 10:38

    Facebook/Gumtree ads for free but no luck as yet

    I think because Free Rubbish, is still Rubbish.

    • dbro2792 on 07/01/2022 - 10:41

      ha true, the couches are still pretty good but understand your point

  • Hugh G Rection on 07/01/2022 - 10:39
    +1

    salvation army

    • dbro2792 on 07/01/2022 - 10:40

      sorry yes we called salvos and vinnies too but not taking any donations currently (they probably get a lot of people like us trying to get rid of couches)

      • pharkurnell on 07/01/2022 - 10:44
        +9

        We found out they are extremely selective as well…

        I don't get it if I was doing it tough I'd be happy with a table with a 1 inch scratch in it.

        • jellykingdom on 07/01/2022 - 11:29
          +2

          The salvos isn't really for that demographic anymore, there's no money to be made in selling to poor people. That's why a lot of the bigger salvos stores market themselves as essentially vintage clothing stores

  • jjjaar on 07/01/2022 - 10:41
    +1

    My local area actually has a hard rubbish Facebook group - as opposed to like a buy swap sell. Is there something like that for yours?

    • dbro2792 on 07/01/2022 - 10:42
      +1

      I will look into it, thanks for the suggestion!

  • ThithLord on 07/01/2022 - 10:42

    Mate I put all this type stuff on curb and it was gone within 24hrs. Leave a sign up saying TAKE ME. Unless it's all crap, then, well, you're outta luck lmao

    • dbro2792 on 07/01/2022 - 10:43
      +1

      Ha might be a last resort

      • ThithLord on 07/01/2022 - 10:58

        That's what I said lol and it was my last resort and it all went.I was living on a main road, though, so lots of traffic to get eyeballs on it.

      • TimmyTims on 10/01/2022 - 10:52
        +1

        If it's still there add a sign saying all for $20. For some reason things for sale on the curb are stolen faster than free things being picked up

    • gimli on 07/01/2022 - 10:43
      +3

      If it aint gone quick you may end up with a council fine.

      • jellykingdom on 07/01/2022 - 11:30
        +1

        Haha maybe don't do like me: I just stuffed the (perfectly good and functional, but no-one wanted to take it for some reason!) washing machine under the building stairs when I left my rental place. When the landlord asked if it was mine, I just denied all knowledge

        • DoctorCalculon on 07/01/2022 - 19:20
          +1

          no-one wanted to take it for some reason!

          Probably due to:
          - hygiene reasons
          - harder to carry with hands back to your place (need a car with trailer, or ute)
          - beggars are starting to become very picky these days

    • Baysew on 07/01/2022 - 12:29
      +2

      Depending on your neighbourhood, leave a sign up saying DO NOT TAKE ME.

    • djones145 on 07/01/2022 - 12:33
      +5

      nah place a chain on it
      with a do not steal sign

    • suzley on 08/01/2022 - 09:34
      +1

      Mate I put all this type stuff on curb

      Kerb.

      • ThithLord on 10/01/2022 - 09:46

        I have no idea why I always spell it wrong. I'm a dumdum

  • gimli on 07/01/2022 - 10:42

    How much are people requesting for paid rubbish removal.
    I did this in sydney 5 years ago. The rates they were asking for was ridiculous. (~$400 for what would be free on council clean up). In the end, they agreed to do it for $200. So basically say you got someone who will do it for $200 and see what they say.

    Otherwise, maybe try airtasker?

    But if you can transfer the items to the tip yourself that would be the cheapest option.

    • ihbh on 07/01/2022 - 13:04

      Costs include coming to your place. Pickup and transport to tip and tip fees. What would it cost for a ute/van/trailer hire - need to factor this into their cost for part of outlay and depreciation.

  • pharkurnell on 07/01/2022 - 10:45

    I didnt think it was that hard.

    Hire a ute for a day and take it to the tip yourself…

    • dbro2792 on 07/01/2022 - 10:46

      doesnt it cost a bomb to take big items to the tip?

      • pharkurnell on 07/01/2022 - 10:47

        I dont know what did they say when you called them?

        And if it is expensive, its going to be expensive for anyone - thus why your quotes are "expensive"

      • DashCam AKA Rolts on 07/01/2022 - 11:27
        +1

        In Adelaide, southern side. Cost $41 to dump a broken recliner this week! Didn't want to wait 6 weeks for council hardrubbish pick up.

        • pharkurnell on 07/01/2022 - 12:11

          if the furniture is good or usable, they send you to a "used furniture" area in a building at our local

          but most things are reasonable price, except mattresses and flat screen TV's

      • BargainBuddy on 07/01/2022 - 12:54

        Depending on your council, you should already have a free hard rubish token you can use in the tip. Check the first council rates invoice for the financial year.

      • dizzle on 07/01/2022 - 14:24

        Depends on the council - Mine has free unlimited trips. I think certain things (like car tyres) may cost, but nothing I've ever needed to drop.
        Other councils offer x amounts of vouchers for x KGs/m3.
        Others rely on the council pickups to reduce public access to the tips.

  • AndyC1 on 07/01/2022 - 10:46
    +1

    I used this company in early december and they were great.
    https://mobileskips.com.au/sydney

    Depending on how much stuff you have then you may need to break it up to get it all in the mobile skip. In August I used one of the "cheap" garbage which came to you and they about the same, but for 1/2 the size.

    • dbro2792 on 07/01/2022 - 10:48

      thanks, that might be a good option!

  • 87percent on 07/01/2022 - 10:58

    There’s places that recycle mattresses, but you need to pay like $50 or something.

    • SF3 on 07/01/2022 - 11:02

      I think OP doesn't want to spend any money at all, nor seeking to get anything money either.

    • apsilon on 07/01/2022 - 11:22

      I tried a couple of mattress recycling places recently. Cheapest one was $60 per piece plus $20 collection fee which was still a bit cheaper than the local tip. None of them responded. Mattresses are particular hard to get rid of. Council collection service won't take them, charities not surprisingly aren't interested, local waste disposal is $78 per piece so mattress and base is $156.

  • naruto128 on 07/01/2022 - 11:05

    List the usable items on freecycle.org but no one would likely want the mattress.

  • DashCam AKA Rolts on 07/01/2022 - 11:32
    +1

    I've broken a mattress down, in the past. Cut fabrics and sponge rubber up - into general rubbish bin, springs stacked - into recycling bin. Outer heavy steel wire of the mattress, angle grinder to cut - recycling bin. Bit of work, saved $ when I was broke. Council cleared it all with normal rubbish collection.

    • BargainBuddy on 07/01/2022 - 12:57

      The real OZBner!!!

    • dust on 07/01/2022 - 14:03

      Mattresses are notoriously awful to get rid of. Good job! Must have taken a while!

      • DashCam AKA Rolts on 07/01/2022 - 14:05

        Couple of hours, but two weeks of council rubbish collection iirc. Sharp Stanley knife was a must, small angle grinder or bolt cutters.

    • apsilon on 07/01/2022 - 14:22

      Good effort. I attempted that once and quickly realised it was going to be a lot of work and gave up.

  • Benoffie on 07/01/2022 - 12:02

    If anything is in good nick, try the Street Bounty FB group in your area.

  • AJW on 07/01/2022 - 12:02

    We just got rid of old electric recliner couches, and they weigh a TON! So we took to them with a sledgehammer and knife to cut fabric, and removed all the metal base recliner frame which is probably three quarters of the weight.
    The local tip has rercycling for all metal, so we did this for everything we took down to the tip - glass top for coffee table to glass recycling, and ANY metals into their recycling.
    It costs us around $50 for the tip stuff, and the rest went to recycling for free :)

  • serpserpserp on 07/01/2022 - 12:55
    -2

    Do what other people do, dump it in front of the biggest block of flats to you within a 2 block radius.

    • dust on 07/01/2022 - 14:03
      +1

      Please don't.

  • bradl822 on 07/01/2022 - 13:06
    +1

    I used air Tasker to advertise, got rid of a couch, Queen mattress, ensemble, rug and some other small stuff for $50. A guy came with a trailer and a couple of tip vouchers. Was really easy.

    • Peck on 08/01/2022 - 12:12
      +1

      I used AirTasker for similar. Very good result too. Economical. They probably didn't pay tip fees, but took it home for their free council collection!!

  • dust on 07/01/2022 - 14:03

    Backyard bonfire?

    • serpserpserp on 07/01/2022 - 15:45
      -1

      Front yard bonfire to treat your neighbours to a spectacle

      • Jimb000 on 08/01/2022 - 08:45

        please don’t do if in built up areas - my neighbour is on a double urban block and thinks he owns the street, so burns off whenever he feels like. Soot flies around the neighbourhood like it’s snowing, plus it absolutely stinks outside when he does it (like a plastic smell).

        • serpserpserp on 08/01/2022 - 09:04
          +1

          I can't believe people still do it. I can't even stand when people have efficient wood fires burning in winter

          • Jimb000 on 08/01/2022 - 09:16

            @serpserpserp: don’t mind a nice wood fire, reminds of a european winter

            • serpserpserp on 08/01/2022 - 16:05

              @Jimb000: I grew up in cold remote locations where fire was the old viable heating we had. But the world needs to move on from gas/wood heating.

  • Euphemistic on 07/01/2022 - 16:41

    A couch can be made a lot smaller with a little vigorous activity and a large hammer or axe. Feed it into kerbside bin over time.

    We had a recycle service pick up a mattress at one time. Cost about $30. Not sure if that still exists or is in area.

  • CharlieA on 02/11/2023 - 11:48

    I think you best choice was to hire a sustainable rubbish removal company in Sydney. There's one I have been using lately that offers affordable prices and they do so well with the environment. They are Removaroo Rubbish Removal, you can check their website for a free quote (www.removaroo.com.au). Hope this helps you in the future.

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