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You drive on the weight bridge with waste get weighted, drive off bridge, off load waste, drive back onto weight bridge and get weighed again, drive off bridge park up head into the office and see how much it's going to cost you.
well they have to weigh you after you're empty as well and then you pay the bill for the difference.... very easy...... never needed any paperwork.
Thanks, the place locally doesn't have a minimum charge so taking a trailer load of conifer to see what the rough cost is for future quotes... Although I would be happy if I never saw a conifer hedge again!
Hi James
They vary a bit around here. I use a local authority tip where they look at the amount of waste in the van then give a price, they always require my licence number and issue a waste transfer note accordingly, no hassle and by the book.
I called into a local private composting facility a few weeks ago with 6 120 litre bags of waste, he didn't even look in the van or ask me to drive onto the bridge he just said the minimum charge is £25 and £35 If I wanted a waste transfer note! I left and went to the local authority mentioned above where they charged me £9.00 with a note.
At another private facility near me you drive straight onto the bridge, go and offload then weigh again on the way out. Their prices are reasonable but they too are reluctant to issue a transfer note and prefer cash for small amounts of waste.
Personally I prefer to do it legitimately, I am charging the customer for the waste, I have the correct licence so feel I should get the correct paperwork. This results in me going to the local authority tip more often than not.
It's all getting very complicated now with waste. Council tips turning away 'what they see to be' business waste, at least my local does. I do weekend rubbish collection and take mine to a place in Iver. As long as all my waste is separated they pretty much let me tip in the relevant piles at my leasure but I do pay cash. Its always a worry that the environment agency might one day ask for documents but so far, no one has.
The problem is you can't compare with the cash prices. I can fill up with wood 'spilling out the back doors' of a xlwb transit and they charge me £90. Hardcore is £30 max for any amount and I have a commercial wheel bin for general waste which is £30 max. No weigh in so normal go overloaded.
Hi, it varies depending on the place, I used to use a composting place that charged £20 a tip for van and trailer but it was a bit of a trek, then they increased prices so I now use a site run by veolia. I had to register with the head office and supply bank details, now when I tip I drive onto weighbridge, weigh in, drive off, unload waste, back onto weighbridge, weigh out, they then take payment from my bank at end of month. Very simple and I get receipts to show! They charge me £40 per ton, minimum charge of 1 ton. Most I've had on with 8x5 trailer and vivaro is 750 kg. You need a lot of green waste to get to a ton!
I dont remove waste from my maintenance jobs . No waste carriers licence either . yes it can be difficult but always find a work around.. customers know they're not being charged to remove waste , and ultimately saving a little ... I just use the council provided bins .I do utilise bin bags which i leave .At the job . The customer's I believe, very often put them in their other bins .. but I wouldn't know anything about that 🤣🤣 works for me .
totally depends on your customer/market base. we remove all green waste as thats what they ask/want us to do. maybe can leave it on small gardens but our customers just want it removed and not havd to deal with it. free lower tier waste license is no great hassle 👍
We are reasonably fortunate in that, because we have been going for several years now, we have got to know the personnel at the local council tip really well. We have logo'd vans so there is no question that we are commercial tippers. We have a waste carriers licence, and usually that's all they want to see. They don't have a weighbridge, but usually price by quantity. They don't like doing the paperwork necessary, so most times they don't even charge us. If one of the big bosses are around then they go by the book. We also make a point of helping them out where we can. We know most of the guys by name. Our tipping costs as a result have come down over the years! It pays to be friendly and see things from their perspective. Hope that gives you some confidence.