Accepted Waste Guide

Use this quick reference guide to see what types of waste we accept at HIPPO, and which waste service may best suit your needs.

 

Accepted Waste

Items HIPPOBAG Man & Van Skip Hire
Armchair ❌ ✅1 ❌
Bathroom Suites ✅ ✅ ✅
BBQ
(No gas bottles)		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Bean bags ❌ ✅1 ❌
Bedroom Furniture ✅ ✅ ✅
Bin Bag
(No confidential waste)		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Carpet ✅ ✅ ❌
Central Heating Equipment ✅ ✅ ✅
Ceramics ✅ ✅ ✅
Chairs
with Upholstery/Fabric		 ❌ ✅1 ❌
Chairs
without Upholstery/Fabric		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Computer Tower ✅ ✅ ❌
Cushions ❌ ✅1 ❌
Decking - Treated Wood (Hazardous Waste) ❌4 ✅4 ❌4
Decking (Non-hazardous waste) ✅4 ✅4 ✅4
Desktop Printer
(No toner or ink)		 ✅ ✅ ❌
Dishwasher ✅ ✅ ✅
Doors ✅ ✅ ✅
DVD Player ✅ ✅ ✅
Fence Panels ✅ ✅ ✅
Fence Posts - Treated Wood (Hazardous Waste) ❌4 ✅4 ❌4
Fence Posts (Non-hazardous Waste) ✅4 ✅4 ✅4
Fireplace ✅ ✅ ✅
Footstools & Ottomans
with Upholstery/Fabric		 ❌ ✅1 ❌
Footstools & Ottomans
without Upholstery/Fabric		 ✅ ✅1 ✅
Fridge/Freezer ❌ ✅1 ❌
Garden Furniture
with Upholstery/Fabric		 ❌ ✅1 ❌
Garden Furniture
without Upholstery/Fabric		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Garden Waste
(No invasive plants)		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Kitchen Cabinets ✅ ✅ ✅
Laptop ❌ ✅1 ❌
Lawnmower
(Emptied of fuel/oil)		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Mattress ✅1 ✅1 ❌
Microwave ✅ ✅ ✅
Office Chair ❌ ✅1 ❌
Office Furniture ✅ ✅ ✅
Office Lamp
(No bulbs or fluro tubes)		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Oven ✅ ✅ ✅
Paint Tins
Lids removed and dry inside		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Pallets ✅ ✅ ✅
Patio Slabs ✅ ✅ ✅
Photocopier
(No toner/ink)		 ✅ ✅ ❌
Plasterboard
(Clean and segregated from other waste in a bag or wrapped)		 ✅ ❌ ❌
Post Light
(No bulbs/batteries)		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) ✅ ✅ ❌
Radiator ✅ ✅ ✅
Rubble ✅ ✅2 ✅
Sink & Stand ✅ ✅ ✅
Sofa ❌ ✅1 ❌
Sofa Bed ❌ ✅1 ❌
Soil ✅ ✅2 ✅
Speakers ✅ ✅ ✅
Stereo ✅ ✅ ✅
Swing ✅ ✅ ✅
Table ✅ ✅ ✅
Television/PC Monitor ❌ ✅1 ❌
Toilet ✅ ✅ ✅
Tumble Dryer ✅ ✅ ✅
Tyres ❌ ✅1 ❌
Video Recorder ✅ ✅ ✅
Washing Machine ✅ ✅ ✅
Wheelbarrow ✅ ✅ ✅
Windows - UPVC ✅ ✅ ✅
Windows - Wood pre-2007 ❌3 ✅3 ❌3
Windows - Wood post-2007 ✅3 ✅3 ✅3
Worktops ✅ ✅ ✅
Wooden Shed
(Dismantled)		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Wood from buildings constructed pre-2007 ❌3 ✅3 ❌3
Wood from buildings constructed post-2007 ✅3 ✅3 ✅3
Wood – Branches, roots, logs, etc.
(Maximum diameter of 8 inches or 20cm)		 ✅ ✅ ✅

 

Not Accepted Waste

Items HIPPOBAG Man & Van Skip Hire
Asbestos ❌ ❌ ❌
Batteries ❌ ❌ ❌
Cables ❌ ❌ ❌
Cathode-ray Tubes ❌ ❌ ❌
Clay ❌ ❌ ❌
Clinical Waste ❌ ❌ ❌
Cooling Agents ❌ ❌ ❌
Corrosive Substances ❌ ❌ ❌
Explosives ❌ ❌ ❌
Flame Retardants ❌ ❌ ❌
Fluorescent Tubes ❌ ❌ ❌
Food Waste ❌ ❌ ❌
Gas Bottles ❌ ❌ ❌
Human/Animal Waste ❌ ❌ ❌
Insulation Foam ❌ ❌ ❌
Irritants ❌ ❌ ❌
Large Tree Roots ❌ ❌ ❌
Liquid Waste, Oil or Paint ❌ ❌ ❌
Oily Rags & Motor Parts ❌ ❌ ❌
Paint Tins - Unless lids removed and dry ❌ ❌ ❌
Plastic Casing ❌ ❌ ❌
Powder Materials
(Cement, sawdust, gypsum, etc.)		 ❌ ❌ ❌
Sharps
(Needles)		 ❌ ❌ ❌
Sodium Lamps ❌ ❌ ❌
Toxic Substances ❌ ❌ ❌

 

1 These items incur an additional fee for disposal. At checkout, please follow instructions for these items to be collected.

2 Bagged in rubble sacks. Max weight per sack: 25kg

3 Wood created for building construction prior to 2007 may contain pollutants and needs to be proven as non-hazardous. Restricted items include:

  • Barge Boards
  • Fascias and soffits
  • External joinery
  • External doors
  • External windows
  • Roof timbers
  • Tiling cladding
  • Tiling battens
  • Timber frames
  • Timber joists

4 Wood such as that used for decking and fence posts that is weather treated is hazardous waste. The material needs to be tested by an approved laboratory to prove it is non-hazardous waste, otherwise they are treated as hazardous waste by the waste transfer stations and incur an additional surcharge.

Accepted Waste Guide

Use this quick reference guide to see what types of waste we accept at HIPPO, and which waste service may best suit your needs.

 

Accepted Waste

Items HIPPOBAG Man & Van Skip Hire
Armchair ❌ ✅1 ❌
Bathroom Suites ✅ ✅ ✅
BBQ
(No gas bottles)		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Bean bags ❌ ✅1 ❌
Bedroom Furniture ✅ ✅ ✅
Bin Bag
(No confidential waste)		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Carpet ✅ ✅ ❌
Central Heating Equipment ✅ ✅ ✅
Ceramics ✅ ✅ ✅
Chairs
with Upholstery/Fabric		 ❌ ✅1 ❌
Chairs
without Upholstery/Fabric		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Computer Tower ✅ ✅ ❌
Cushions ❌ ✅1 ❌
Decking - Treated Wood (Hazardous Waste) ❌4 ✅4 ❌4
Decking (Non-hazardous waste) ✅4 ✅4 ✅4
Desktop Printer
(No toner or ink)		 ✅ ✅ ❌
Dishwasher ✅ ✅ ✅
Doors ✅ ✅ ✅
DVD Player ✅ ✅ ✅
Fence Panels ✅ ✅ ✅
Fence Posts - Treated Wood (Hazardous Waste) ❌4 ✅4 ❌4
Fence Posts (Non-hazardous Waste) ✅4 ✅4 ✅4
Fireplace ✅ ✅ ✅
Footstools & Ottomans
with Upholstery/Fabric		 ❌ ✅1 ❌
Footstools & Ottomans
without Upholstery/Fabric		 ✅ ✅1 ✅
Fridge/Freezer ❌ ✅1 ❌
Garden Furniture
with Upholstery/Fabric		 ❌ ✅1 ❌
Garden Furniture
without Upholstery/Fabric		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Garden Waste
(No invasive plants)		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Kitchen Cabinets ✅ ✅ ✅
Laptop ❌ ✅1 ❌
Lawnmower
(Emptied of fuel/oil)		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Mattress ✅1 ✅1 ❌
Microwave ✅ ✅ ✅
Office Chair ❌ ✅1 ❌
Office Furniture ✅ ✅ ✅
Office Lamp
(No bulbs or fluro tubes)		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Oven ✅ ✅ ✅
Paint Tins
Lids removed and dry inside		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Pallets ✅ ✅ ✅
Patio Slabs ✅ ✅ ✅
Photocopier
(No toner/ink)		 ✅ ✅ ❌
Plasterboard
(Clean and segregated from other waste in a bag or wrapped)		 ✅ ❌ ❌
Post Light
(No bulbs/batteries)		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) ✅ ✅ ❌
Radiator ✅ ✅ ✅
Rubble ✅ ✅2 ✅
Sink & Stand ✅ ✅ ✅
Sofa ❌ ✅1 ❌
Sofa Bed ❌ ✅1 ❌
Soil ✅ ✅2 ✅
Speakers ✅ ✅ ✅
Stereo ✅ ✅ ✅
Swing ✅ ✅ ✅
Table ✅ ✅ ✅
Television/PC Monitor ❌ ✅1 ❌
Toilet ✅ ✅ ✅
Tumble Dryer ✅ ✅ ✅
Tyres ❌ ✅1 ❌
Video Recorder ✅ ✅ ✅
Washing Machine ✅ ✅ ✅
Wheelbarrow ✅ ✅ ✅
Windows - UPVC ✅ ✅ ✅
Windows - Wood pre-2007 ❌3 ✅3 ❌3
Windows - Wood post-2007 ✅3 ✅3 ✅3
Worktops ✅ ✅ ✅
Wooden Shed
(Dismantled)		 ✅ ✅ ✅
Wood from buildings constructed pre-2007 ❌3 ✅3 ❌3
Wood from buildings constructed post-2007 ✅3 ✅3 ✅3
Wood – Branches, roots, logs, etc.
(Maximum diameter of 8 inches or 20cm)		 ✅ ✅ ✅

 

Not Accepted Waste

Items HIPPOBAG Man & Van Skip Hire
Asbestos ❌ ❌ ❌
Batteries ❌ ❌ ❌
Cables ❌ ❌ ❌
Cathode-ray Tubes ❌ ❌ ❌
Clay ❌ ❌ ❌
Clinical Waste ❌ ❌ ❌
Cooling Agents ❌ ❌ ❌
Corrosive Substances ❌ ❌ ❌
Explosives ❌ ❌ ❌
Flame Retardants ❌ ❌ ❌
Fluorescent Tubes ❌ ❌ ❌
Food Waste ❌ ❌ ❌
Gas Bottles ❌ ❌ ❌
Human/Animal Waste ❌ ❌ ❌
Insulation Foam ❌ ❌ ❌
Irritants ❌ ❌ ❌
Large Tree Roots ❌ ❌ ❌
Liquid Waste, Oil or Paint ❌ ❌ ❌
Oily Rags & Motor Parts ❌ ❌ ❌
Paint Tins - Unless lids removed and dry ❌ ❌ ❌
Plastic Casing ❌ ❌ ❌
Powder Materials
(Cement, sawdust, gypsum, etc.)		 ❌ ❌ ❌
Sharps
(Needles)		 ❌ ❌ ❌
Sodium Lamps ❌ ❌ ❌
Toxic Substances ❌ ❌ ❌

 

1 These items incur an additional fee for disposal. At checkout, please follow instructions for these items to be collected.

2 Bagged in rubble sacks. Max weight per sack: 25kg

3 Wood created for building construction prior to 2007 may contain pollutants and needs to be proven as non-hazardous. Restricted items include:

  • Barge Boards
  • Fascias and soffits
  • External joinery
  • External doors
  • External windows
  • Roof timbers
  • Tiling cladding
  • Tiling battens
  • Timber frames
  • Timber joists

4 Wood such as that used for decking and fence posts that is weather treated is hazardous waste. The material needs to be tested by an approved laboratory to prove it is non-hazardous waste, otherwise they are treated as hazardous waste by the waste transfer stations and incur an additional surcharge.

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