Even thinking back to the very first day you purchased it and it was used in the bedroom for the first time, those hundreds of nights of comfortable sleep still matter. Only today, that mattress likely has more lumps and bumps than a month-old potato. All things in life reach the point where they need replacing, maybe even the lumpy and bumpy potato you have shared a mattress with, but enough of that!
Most people in Riverhead will usually think of skips as a way to get rid of an old mattress, but not all skip hire services are the same.
Some operators accept them but others don’t
This will leave you wondering what you should do with your mattress.
- Is there a skip hire company nearby that can help?
- What if there isn’t, and what can I do about it?
- Does the condition of the mattress matter at all?
We would hate you to lose more sleep than you already are and, while our team can’t get rid of “that” potato, it can give you advice.
We are Westerham Skips and our company covers the Riverhead area.
Putting Mattresses in Skips
As specified earlier, different skip hire companies have a different way of dealing with things from one job to the next and some refuse to allow mattresses in skips because of their bulk or the complexity involved in recycling them because many are made in mixed materials.
Also, under UK legislation, some forms of upholstery are classified as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and banned from landfill.
Mattresses also incur higher waste transfer fees.
If you are considering using skip hire to dispose of a mattress, and even if you have a different operator in mind to Westerham Skips, we suggest talking about why you are hiring, and that you need to put a mattress in to the unit before booking any delivery to Riverhead.
Your Options
If a skip hire company can’t do business with you for any reason, it is still possible to dispose of mattresses in other ways. A call to your local authority in Riverhead will let you know if collections can be made from the council itself. If they can, a charge applies.
Prices can vary based on the area but nationwide, costs will range. Local councils will typically charge between £25.00 and £75.00.
Recycling centres, however, accept them without charge.
Unfortunately, carrying a mattress to the tip will be difficult in a family car and hiring a local man-and-van service will be costly.
If an operator allows mattresses to be put into their skips, this is more cost-effective. Because the mattress will only take up a small amount of space in the skip, you can load other unwanted items into the unit too, clear your property of waste and enjoy better value.
Always put the mattress at the top of the skip.
Note that some bedroom stores and retailers have take-back options a customer can use when they visit that outlet to buy a replacement.
Mattress Condition
If you have managed to find a skip hire operator close to Riverhead, and if an operator accepts mattresses, it usually means you can tick everything else off the list because a company providing you with a skip hire service won’t mind the condition the mattress will be in.
And because most people load other forms of waste into skips to make hire more cost-efficient, even clean mattresses soon get dirty.
Our advice to anybody in Riverhead needing a mattress disposal tells whoever they are talking to – be it a waste management company or a local authority – that the consignment includes a mattress. It could be the case that a collection will be refused if you don’t do this.
Have the size of the mattress to hand too.
For a manual collection, from a clearance company, it is appreciated when you keep the mattress dry because water increases its weight.
And now for the good news!
Westerham Skips can accept mattresses so, for the fastest way to get rid of your own, all you need to do is pick up the phone and call. With our company taking the worry out of your hands and allowing you to put mattresses into our skips, a good night’s sleep is assured.
And no other skip hire company in the Riverhead area can beat that!