If you have a larger item which you wish to dispose of, which will not fit in your household bin, you can arrange a bulky uplift (charges apply). The Council provides a bulky uplift service for large household items such as old and unusable furniture including sofas, tables, beds, garage doors, bicycles and mattresses.

A charge will be administered according to the volume of waste being presented for collection:

• There will be a minimum £10.50 charge for all requests for bulky uplifts of up to 3 items
• Up to 10 black bags of waste can be uplifted for £10.50.
• Alternatively, Council refuse sacks can be purchased at a cost of £0.50p each and left out for collection on regular collection day. 
• Plastic or ceramic bathroom suites (bath, wc and basin) can be uplifted for £30.00.
• Individual bathroom items such as toilets and wash hand basins or a plastic bath can be uplifted for £10.50 per item.
• Items such as a piano will require a visit to determine the cost of uplift.
• For commercial requests, there will be a minimum £10.50 per item charge levied for items including domestic size appliances for bulky uplifts of up to 3 items.

Collection Days

If you have requested a bulky uplift for metal items such as garage doors, bicycles, metal bed frames, metal greenhouse frames and radiators, these will be collected on the same day as the White Goods Collection in your area.

Annandale and Eskdale
Bulky uplift collections are on the same day as the White Goods Collection between Monday and Thursday. There are no collections on Fridays. 


Nithsdale
Bulky uplift collections in Dumfries are made on Wednesday and Friday. Out of town collections are on the same day as the normal bin collection.

Collection days for the uplift of metal items such as garage doors, bicycles, metal bed frames, metal greenhouse frames and radiators are the same as the White Goods Collection in your area. 

Stewartry
Bulky uplift collections are on the same day as the normal bin collection.

Collection days for the uplift of metal items such as garage doors, bicycles, metal bed frames, metal greenhouse frames and radiators are the same as the White Goods Collection in your area. 

Wigtown
Bulky uplift collections are on the same day as the normal bin collection with bathroom suite items collected on the White Goods Collection Day. Requests for collection must be made 3 working days before collection day by 3pm.

Collection days for the uplift of metal items such as garage doors, bicycles, metal bed frames, metal greenhouse frames and radiators are the same as the White Goods Collection in your area.

Top Tips

• Please place items on the kerbside by 7.30am on the day the collection has been arranged.
• The Council will try to collect your items within 5 working days from the day you make the arrangement.
• Alternatively, householders can take large white goods and bulky items to your local Household Waste Recycling Centres.
• Some of the local Community Reuse and Recycling Groups may be able to reuse large household items.
• If you are buying new electrical items, use your retailers take back services if available to dispose of your old items.