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    Birmingham & the West Midlands

    Mattress Collection & Disposal Birmingham — Same-Day

    To get rid of an old mattress in Birmingham you can book the council's scheduled, item-limited bulky collection, drive it to a household recycling centre yourself (slot booking and van permit rules apply), ask the retailer to take it back when a new one is delivered, or book a licensed same-day collector like LV81 — we carry it out for you.

    How mattress recycling actually works

    A mattress is one of the worst things to send to landfill — it's bulky, it's mostly air, and it doesn't compact. That's why dedicated mattress recycling exists. At a licensed facility the outer cover is slit and peeled off, then the layers are separated by material: the steel spring unit is pulled out and sent for scrap metal reprocessing, the foam layers are shredded and reprocessed into carpet underlay, matting and packaging, and the felt, wadding and fibre layers are baled for reuse. Timber from divan bases goes for chipping. Whatever genuinely can't be separated is sent for energy recovery rather than tipped.

    Everything we collect in Birmingham goes to a licensed transfer station in the West Midlands and is sorted there — around 95% of what we lift across all our jobs is diverted from landfill. You get a waste transfer note emailed the same day, with our Environment Agency upper-tier registration (CBDU486387) on it, so you've got proof of where your mattress went. Under householder duty of care that document matters: if your waste ends up dumped and it can be traced back to you, you're the one the council comes to.

    Which brings up the obvious one — don't leave a mattress on the pavement or down an alley. Fly-tipping a mattress can land you a fixed penalty notice or, for repeat or larger dumping, prosecution. We spend a fair bit of our week clearing other people's dumped waste off private land, including fly-tipping removal in Coventry, and it's always more expensive to sort out afterwards than it would have been to book a collection.

    What we collect

    • Single, small double, double, king and super king mattresses
    • Divan bases, drawer bases and headboards
    • Wooden, metal and ottoman bed frames
    • Bunk beds and children's cabin beds (we'll dismantle them)
    • Mattress toppers, protectors and memory-foam rolls
    • Cot mattresses and single-bed sets from house shares
    • Sofa beds and futons — mattress and frame together

    What we can't take

    • Asbestos in any form — that needs a licensed asbestos contractor
    • Clinical or medical waste and sharps
    • Wet paint, solvents, fuel and loose chemicals
    • Gas bottles, fire extinguishers and pressurised cylinders

    Not sure about something odd? Send a photo on WhatsApp and we'll tell you straight away whether it's a job for us.

    Any floor, any room — we do the lifting

    Every collection is a two-person crew, which is the whole point. A king-size mattress down a narrow Victorian staircase in Moseley, a divan out of a second-floor flat in Selly Oak with no lift, a bunk bed that has to come apart before it'll get through the door in Kings Heath — none of that is your problem. You don't need to drag it outside first, you don't need to bag it, and you don't need to be there for the whole job as long as we can get access.

    Book before midday and we're usually with you the same afternoon; after that it's normally next day. We're across every Birmingham postcode — B1 through to B48 — plus Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, Dudley, West Bromwich and Coventry. Student changeover weeks in Selly Oak and Edgbaston are our busiest, so if you're clearing a let in June or September give us a day or two's notice if you can.

    Pricing is fixed before we lift anything. One mattress, a mattress and base together for a little more, and a bedroom's worth of furniture as a small load from £25. No hourly clock, no minimum call-out padding, no re-quote on the doorstep. Cash, card or bank transfer on completion.

    Same-day slots

    Ring before midday and we're usually out that afternoon.

    Fixed Prices

    Fixed price per mattress, quoted before we start.

    Sent for recycling

    Springs, foam and fibres separated at licensed facilities.

    Licensed carrier

    Upper tier CBDU486387, insured, transfer note emailed.

    FAQ

    Mattress disposal in Birmingham — your questions

    You've got four realistic routes. Book Birmingham City Council's bulky waste collection — it's scheduled and item-limited, and the mattress has to be outside on the day. Take it to one of the city's household recycling centres yourself, which means booking a slot and, if you're in a van or towing a trailer, holding a van permit. Ask the retailer to take the old one away when a new one is delivered. Or book a licensed collector like us and we'll carry it out of the bedroom the same day.

    A mattress plus a divan base, or two or three mattresses from a house share, is usually cheaper bundled than paid for one at a time. You get a fixed price before we turn up, quoted on the phone or from a photo on WhatsApp, and it doesn't change on the doorstep.

    Most can. At a licensed mattress recycling facility the outer cover is cut off and the layers separated: steel springs go for scrap metal, foam is shredded for carpet underlay and matting, and the fibre and felt layers are baled for reuse. What can't be separated is used for energy recovery. We take everything we collect to licensed West Midlands facilities and around 95% of what we lift overall is kept out of landfill.

    Yes, mattresses come under the council's bulky waste collection, which you book online. It's a scheduled service — you're given a date rather than picking one — there's a limit on how many items you can put on a booking, and everything has to be left outside your property on collection morning. Check the current fee and item rules on the council's own site; they change. If you can wait and can get it to the kerb, it's the cheaper option.

    Yes, but tell us when you book. Bed bug, flea or heavily soiled and damp mattresses get double-bagged and wrapped on site before they go in the van so nothing spreads to the next job, and they're routed to disposal rather than recycling. It's not a problem and there's no judgement — we just need to know beforehand so we bring the wrapping and plan the run properly.

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