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Home  >   Environment and Health  >   Waste and Recycling  >   Bulk Refuse Collection  >   Bulky Refuse
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Bulky Refuse

Summary

If you have unwanted bulky household items, such as beds, chairs, or white goods (e.g. Cookers. Washing machines, fridges or freezers). There are a number of ways of getting rid of these.

  1. Donate to charity (see numbers below).
  2. Offer to 'Freegle'.

Charities that may take bulky items

Second hand furniture of a good reusable quality maybe collected the following charities. You are advised to contact them for more information.

British Heart Foundation
- Ipswich 01473 210481 or 0844 499 4154
- Colchester 01206 574947 or 01206 768341 or 0844 499 4145

Ipswich Furniture Project
- 01473 404004

Colchester Furniture Project
- 01206 543438

FIND (Families in Need) Ipswich
- 01473 833351

Emmaus (Colchester)
- 01206 768887 or 01206 766347

Gatehouse Furniture Recycling (Bury St Edmunds)
- 01284 754967



External links ...

Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Taking action on waste is essential, since we are consuming natural resources at an unsustainable rate and contributing unnecessarily to climate change.
Recycling & waste web page
Environment Agency
Environment Agency
Learn more about how we manage waste and the processes that support our work. This section contains information on a range of waste-related subjects.
Waste web page
Suffolk County Council
Suffolk County Council
Suffolk has an excellent waste service. The local Suffolk Councils have been awarded Beacon Status for having one of the best waste and recycling services in the Country.
Energy from Waste in Suffolk web page
Suffolk Recycling
The one-stop shop for all your household waste recycling needs if you are a Suffolk resident.
Suffolk Recycling website


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Directgov
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Directgov's Disposal of bulky items web page

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Last updated on: 05 August 2011 | Date of next review: 05 August 2012


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