Dumpit Scotland · Scotland-wide
Items we take
If it fits in the lorry and it isn’t on the short no-list below, we’ll take it. Here’s the full picture — what goes, what doesn’t, and why. Not sure about something? Send a photo and we’ll tell you straight.
What goes in the lorry
Almost everything, in six categories
Sixty of the things we shift most often. It is not an exhaustive list — if what you have isn't here, it almost certainly still goes.
Furniture
- Sofas, settees and suites
- Armchairs and recliners
- Beds, divans and headboards
- Mattresses of any size
- Wardrobes and chests of drawers
- Tables, chairs and desks
- Bookcases and shelving units
- Flat-pack furniture, assembled or broken
- Garden furniture and parasols
- Office desks and chairs
Appliances & white goods
- Fridges and freezers
- Washing machines and tumble dryers
- Dishwashers and cookers
- Ovens, hobs and extractor hoods
- Microwaves and small kitchen appliances
- Hot water cylinders and immersion heaters
- Boilers (disconnected)
- Radiators and storage heaters
- Air conditioning units
- Dehumidifiers and heaters
Electricals & WEEE (anything with a plug or a battery)
- Televisions and monitors
- Computers, laptops and tablets
- Printers, scanners and copiers
- Hi-fi, speakers and amplifiers
- Games consoles and DVD players
- Cables, chargers and adaptors
- Vacuum cleaners
- Power tools
- Server and network kit
- Phones and small electronics
Garden & outdoor
- Grass cuttings and hedge trimmings
- Branches and small tree waste
- Turf and topsoil
- Old decking and fence panels
- Sheds and greenhouses (dismantled)
- Hot tubs and paddling pools
- Trampolines and swing sets
- Plant pots and compost bags
- Artificial grass
- Garden tools and mowers
Building & trade waste
- Rubble, brick and hardcore
- Concrete and paving slabs
- Soil and excavated material
- Timber, offcuts and pallets
- Plasterboard (kept separate)
- Kitchen and bathroom strip-out
- Tiles, laminate and carpet
- Insulation and loft lagging
- Shop and office fit-out waste
- Packaging, cardboard and shrink wrap
Household clutter
- General bagged rubbish
- Boxes, papers and files
- Carpets, rugs and underlay
- Curtains, blinds and bedding
- Clothes, shoes and textiles
- Toys, prams and bikes
- Crockery, glassware and pots
- Books, CDs and DVDs
- Christmas trees and decorations
- Loft, garage and shed contents
The short no-list
Six things we can't take, and where they go instead
These are legal and safety limits rather than preferences. We would rather tell you now than turn up and refuse the load.
Asbestos
In anything built or altered before 2000 it can appear in artex, garage roofs, vinyl floor tiles, soffits and pipe lagging. It needs a licensed asbestos specialist — we will tell you rather than load it.
Gas bottles and cylinders
LPG, butane, propane, CO2 and helium bottles, full or empty. Return them to the supplier or a stockist that takes them back.
Liquid paint, solvents and fuel
Wet paint, thinners, white spirit, petrol, diesel and oils. Dried-out, solid tins are fine in a general load — liquids are not.
Clinical and hazardous waste
Needles and sharps, medicines, chemicals, pesticides and anything with a hazard symbol on the label.
Car batteries and tyres
Lead-acid batteries and tyres have their own producer-responsibility routes. Most garages and tyre fitters will take them.
Explosives and ammunition
Including flares and fireworks. These go to the police or a licensed disposal service, never in a waste vehicle.
How it is priced
By the space it fills, not by the item
There is no per-item charge. A load is priced by how much of the lorry it fills — £160 + VAT for a quarter load, £290 for a half, £390 for three quarters and £550 for a full load. Heavy inert (the heavy stuff — rubble, concrete, brick and soil) material like rubble, concrete and soil is priced by weight instead, at £149 per tonne, which works out cheaper for a bathroom or kitchen strip-out than paying for the same material by volume.
Everything is sorted at licensed transfer stations, over 80% is diverted from landfill, and every collection comes with a duty of care (your legal responsibility for waste you produce) transfer note under our SEPA carrier registration (WCR/R/3002381). Plasterboard is kept separate for dedicated gypsum (the mineral inside plasterboard) recycling rather than mixed into a general load, and metal is pulled out for scrap metal recovery.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Fridges, freezers and mattresses are handled under their own recycling routes but there is no separate item charge — they are priced as part of the load like everything else. A heavy mixed load carries a £250 supplement, because a lorry hits its legal weight limit long before it looks full.
Yes. A single sofa, mattress or fridge is a quarter load at £160 + VAT, and that includes carrying it out for you.
Send a photo on WhatsApp. It takes us a minute to answer and it saves you a wasted booking either way.
Yes. Note that waste from paid work at a property legally belongs to the contractor, not the householder, which is why council recycling centres turn it away. We are a registered carrier, so we can take it and give you the transfer note.
They are separated for reuse and donation where they are fit for it. Furniture in good condition, bikes and working electricals are worth far more re-homed than recycled.
Over 80% of what we collect is diverted from landfill. Loads are sorted at licensed transfer stations rather than tipped.
Not sure? Send a photo and ask
Attach a couple of photos and we will reply with a fixed, no-obligation price. Prefer to chat?