Mattress disposal in London & the South East
Mattresses are the item everyone underestimates: awkward to move, charged separately at the tip, and one of the most fly-tipped things in Britain. Collection from the bedroom, with the disposal done properly, is what this service is.
07739 065712Prefer to talk? Mon to Sat, 8am to 6pm- Licence checked against the EA register
- £2m insurance verified
- Three quotes maximum, never sold on
- Free, with no obligation
- Collected from inside the property, not the kerb
- Two or three items together cost little more than one
- Stairs and awkward access are priced before booking, never on the day
Mattresses are bulky, awkward and charged individually at the tip. Most firms will take several at once for barely more than the price of one.
Every firm is checked against the Environment Agency register, insured to at least £2m, and asked for references we actually call. Your job goes to a maximum of three of them.
What a mattress disposal includes
- All labour and the vehicle
- Licensed disposal, with a waste transfer note for your records
- Dismantling furniture where it will not fit through the door
- Sweeping through afterwards, left broom-clean
- Resale value on good furniture offset against your price
- Donation to charity of anything usable, receipts on request
Mattress disposal prices
| Property | Typical range | Time on site |
|---|---|---|
| Single item, ground floor or kerbside | £45 – £90 | Same or next day |
| Two or three items, one visit | £65 – £145 | Same or next day |
| Mixed load, up to half a van | £90 – £240 | Next day |
Collected from a ground floor in London. Stairs and access are priced before booking. Your actual price comes from the firms’ written quotes.
Estimate this jobHow mattress disposal works
A ten-minute collection with a regulated back end.
- 1Say the size and where it is
Single, double, king; which floor; anything awkward on the stairs. That is enough for a fixed price.
- 2Collected from the bedroom
Bagged if it is going down through the house, carried by two where the stairs demand it, gone in minutes.
- 3Separated, not landfilled
Mattress recycling strips the springs for steel and the fillings for recovery. It is why proper disposal carries a fee, and why the "cheap" man-with-a-van price sometimes ends in a layby.
- 4The paper trail exists
Registered carrier, receipt, done. Dumped mattresses get traced; this is what being on the right side of that looks like.
What a good firm does with a mattress
It is a commodity job. The routing is the difference.
No wrestling it downstairs yourself, no week where the neighbours watch it lean against the wall.
Frame, headboard, the old duvet bag: the van is there, the add-on cost is small. Ask for one number for the lot.
Springs to steel, fillings recovered. A licensed route costs them money, which is exactly what the too-cheap quote is skipping.
Charities need mattresses clean, unstained and with fire labels, and most used ones do not qualify. A firm that promises donation for every mattress is telling you a story.
CBDU number on request. Two minutes to check, and it moves the fly-tipping risk off you entirely.
The cheap quote has a destination
Mattresses are consistently among the most fly-tipped items in the country, and the economics explain it: proper recycling costs the collector real money per unit, so a price that undercuts everyone has usually removed the disposal step rather than the margin.
The law puts a duty on the householder to take reasonable steps to use an authorised carrier, and councils can issue fixed penalties where dumped waste traces back to a household that never checked. The check is the same two minutes it always is: ask for the CBDU number, search the public register, keep the receipt.
Three steps, no chasing
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1
Tell us about the property
Postcode, rough size, how full it is and anything awkward about the access. Ninety seconds, and photos help but are not required.
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Up to three firms quote
Only firms that cover London & the South East and hold a current licence see it. Fixed prices in writing, usually inside a day.
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Pick one and book
Message them through us, agree a date, and pay the firm directly at the price they quoted. ClearSorted costs you nothing.
Mattress disposal near you
Every area page carries local prices, council bulky-waste costs and the nearest recycling centres.
London
Berkshire & Buckinghamshire
Hertfordshire
Sussex & Bedfordshire
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