Bulky Items

South Beds District Council will collect up to eight bulky items from your household. Fridges and freezers can also be collected.

There is a charge for this service - Application for the Removal and Disposal of Bulky Household Items (PDF 39KB) and fridges and freezers - front page of form (PDF 290KB) are available to download.

Some bulky items such as scrap metal, broken or damaged furniture and fridges and freezers can by taken to the household recycling centres (tidy tips) in the district. The locations of these can be found on our recycling facilities page. Please note, you may need a permit to deposit items at household recycling centres. Permits can be obtained, free of charge, from Bedfordshire County Council. For more information please call 01234 276386 or visit http://www.bedscc.gov.uk.

Household recycling centres do not accept:

  • Asbestos
  • Sectioned Trees larger than 30cm girth
  • Trade/Commercial Waste
  • Hazardous Waste

 

Freecycle

The Freecycle organisation aims to reduce the amount that people throw away - either in their dustbin or at their local tip - and reduce the amount of landfill.

Freecycle uses the internet and email to link people together, so that when a member wants to discard an item, they broadcast this to the rest of the group, just in case someone is interested in the item. The service is totally free and run by volunteers. You can get more information from the Freecycle website : www.freecycle.org

Age Concern Furniture Store Milton Keynes

If you have items, which are in a saleable condition (soft furnishings need to have their fire label still attached) you can donate them to Age Concern who sells the second hand furniture to fund their services.
Please note that there are unable to collect outside of the Milton Keynes Borough. The following items cannot be donated computer monitors and most televisions whether working or not, washing machines, gas and electric cookers.  http://www.ageconcernmk.org.uk/index.cfm?id=2182

Reviewed 24 April 2008