What is hard rubbish?

To properly understand the process of disposing your hard rubbish rubbish in Adelaide, it is crucial you first know what qualifies as hard rubbish. To clarify what counts as hard rubbish, think of items that have certain disposal requirements; for example, mattresses, fridges and freezers. Certain types of waste from your garden or backyard also falls into this category, such as branches. Generally what we mean by the term hard rubbish, is bulky items that are difficult to move.

Why do these items pose a challenge?

A challenge is posed when looking to remove these bulky items, as often local authorities only offer 1-3 collections of hard waste each year. You cannot dispose of these large, bulky items in regular waste collection due to their size and need for size-specific equipment, which makes it difficult to organise a hard waste collection. The only options you have left are to try and dispose of the rubbish yourself- potentially injuring yourself-, or organise for a waste company to come and provide service for your hard waste collection. It is not recommended that anyone tries to remove and dispose of their hard waste on their own. This is because it is essential to possess the right equipment for the job, including a suitable vehicle or trailer to transport your items. If you are disposing of many items and do not have access to transport large enough to fit everything, this will cause you to take multiple trips which is very time consuming. Furthermore, getting injured is a very real aspect to consider before deciding to do it yourself. Providing you have a suitable vehicle, are within distance of a recycling centre, and have considered the possibility of injury, it is possible to do it yourself, but keep in mind that we are a professional rubbish removal service, trained to do this exact job safely and efficiently, saving you the time and effort.

Hard waste collection services are your easiest option

If you are in need of a hard waste collection service, call Burnside Trash. We are able to provide you with efficient hard waste collection, when you want it. How long have you been holding onto bulky items and have simply never gotten around to disposing of them because they have such specific requirements? How much space would you make in your garage or storage facility if you removed all these large or heavy objects? These objects are difficult to handle, and that is exactly why we are here to help, with our hard waste collection service. If you book our service, you will no longer have to stress about what to do with all these hard waste objects. We will simply be able to turn up, load your rubbish and remove it straight away- safely and quickly. As soon as you have booked our service, there is no more heavy lifting on your part, and we will do the rest. There is no reason to make this job harder on yourself than it needs to be.

Moving home?

If you need to dispose of your hard rubbish due to moving into a new home, it is extremely beneficial to book our service. Moving homes is stressful enough when considering all the packing that needs to be done, and you likely don’t want to spend valuable time trying to remove your hard waste yourself. So don’t! Many people who try to do this themselves end up leaving their hard waste in a public space, and this is illegal, and harmful to the environment. If you do not have the skills or equipment to legally and safely dispose of your hard waste, book a professional service and you won’t even need to think twice about it.

The best way to remove your hard rubbish is by booking a collection service. This will ultimately save you time, effort, and money. Your time is valuable, and disposing of your hard waste correctly is a time-consuming process, but not if you book our service. We do not recommend you attempt to remove the waste yourself, as you risk injury, whereas our team is professionally trained to do so safely. The money you end up spending on suitable transport and petrol, will be put to better and more efficient use when you book our service instead. On top of the fact that local councils only offer between 1-3 hard waste collection services each year, the wait for such service could be up to 8-10 weeks. Again, we urge you to consider our efficient services when in need of hard waste removal.

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Hard rubbish is rubbish that has certain disposal requirements. These larger items include things like fridges, washing machines, couches, tables, televisions, mattresses etc. Some green waste also falls into this category such as large branches and stumps. Hard waste is classed as large, heavy bulky items that can’t easily be moved.

Hard rubbish can make moving home extremely difficult. After many years of living at your current home you may have found that you have ended up with a massive build up of rubbish that never bothered you before until now. Make sure you don’t leave any hard rubbish or general waste behind when you move, this can come back around and fall on you. Talk to the team at Burnside Trash to get a quote to help you remove your hard rubbish and general waste from your property today.

What isn’t classed as Hard Rubbish?

Hard Rubbish may seem like almost everything from your backyard but there are a few things that you cannot remove as hard rubbish and need to be separated from other waste. Anything that was on a building site and/or construction materials such as cement mix, dirt, rubble and titles to list a few. Other items include:

• Domestic waste
• Hazardous waste (chemicals, paint, gas bottles, fuel canisters etc)
• Car bodies
• Batteries
• Garden waste
• Unwrapped or broken glass
• Tyres
• Cardboard , bottles, cans e.g. kerbside recyclable items
• Medical waste e.g. syringes and sanitary items.

How to remove hard rubbish, why can’t I do it myself?

Hard Rubbish Collection in Adelaide is difficult to remove from your property because you only get a limited amount of hard waste pick ups from your local council every year which can lead to a build up of hard waste at your home and quickly becomes an eye-sore. You can remove the items yourself although this will require for you to have the vehicle to carry the items and be within reach of a waste disposal centre. You also need to be aware that these items are normally very heavy and require more than one person to lift them, if you are not familiar with how to lift heavy and bulky items you may end up with an injury.
Hard Waste Collection is the easiest method of removing hard rubbish, getting a professional to do the heavy lifting and hard work saves you money and any risk of injury. The team at Burnside Trash have the experience and knowledge of how to dispose of hard rubbish properly and safely without any risks. We can get your hard waste removed from your property quickly without any hassles.

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So, before we get deeper into the matter, let’s have a look at what is considered “hard waste”:​

• ​Furniture
• ​Household appliances (such as toasters, blenders, irons, etc.)
• ​Whitegoods (washing machines, fridges, ovens, etc.) 
• ​Other electronics (computer parts, laptops, TVs, gaming consoles…)
• ​Bath tubs
• ​Hard textiles made of synthetic fiber, such as carpets and rugs
• ​Sports gear, even bigger ones including skis, bicycles, roller-skates etc.
• ​Timber products shorter than 1.5m by the longest dimension, and/or up to 10 pieces of timber

​As you can see, the list is very long and encompasses a variety of things acceptable to throw away. However, there are some things that you can’t throw away according to reinforced laws in Adelaide. They include the following:

• ​Concrete, bricks and similar building materials
• ​Garden waste, such as plants, grass and other organic waste
• ​Car parts
• ​Liquids
• ​Gas bottles
• ​Hazardous chemicals, like paint, oils etc.
• ​Glass products
• ​Regular household waste (small plastic containers, food, paper, hygiene products and the like)

So, given these facts you can calculate what you should and shouldn’t pick to throw away. You wouldn’t want to be fined for ditching you ex’s gift cactus, would you?

​Now that you know some basic guidelines for your to-ditch list, it might be helpful to get to know some tips and tricks to make things more convenient for you and the environment. Here is something to pay attention to:

• ​Kerbside crawlers. While they can be nasty, they need things too. So, if you are comfortable with them taking your stuff, make sure you don’t throw away things that could contain lice, bed bugs or fungi, and stack them in a way that they can’t make too much of a mess before the hard waste is disposed. If, however, you want to avoid their meddling, take your things out briefly before they are to be collected by the service of your choosing.
• ​Furniture made from hardboard or MDF is very hard to recycle or reuse because it doesn’t bend well and therefore can be damaged upon transportation. Try to avoid disposing such things if possible.
• ​Local councils generally allow one to three free collections per year, and they should be up to 2m3 in size, each.
• ​Keep in mind that you might have to schedule your disposal more than a month in advance, so to avoid the hard waste getting spoiled and the front of your house looking like, well, a garbage dump, take your stuff out as late as possible.

Apart from this, it is important to note that while it isn’t illegal in Adelaide area to put any amount of garbage out, it shouldn’t take up any space on the footpath, or, god forbid, the road.​

Here comes the fun part: most of the things you discard will be recycled! Australia has great services for this, so sit back and enjoy your giving back to the world while cleaning up your life space. 

​Who do you hire to do the “dirty work” then? Burnside Trash, of course! Why, you ask? Well, if you hire our experts you can expect the following:

• ​​They will get all the grunt-work done for you neatly, quickly and effortlessly
• ​there will be no work on your part (you can even sit on the porch, grab popcorn and watch the sunset)
• ​even if you realize you forgot to throw something out, you can just tell us to grab it for you

​If you’re still in doubt, call us and we will tell you all the other perks you can have by using our services!

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