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Registered waste carrier. Mattresses go to a permitted site that strips springs for scrap steel and foam for recycling rather than a standard landfill cell, and a waste transfer note is issued for every collection.
Newham · E20 · Mattress and bed disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local East Village fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking mattress and bed disposal near The ArcelorMittal Orbit? Estate management requires move-in slots, lift protection and permits for every vehicle, and that is planned into the slot rather than discovered on the day. Prices start at £45 and are fixed before we travel. Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.


Overview
Booked mostly by renter-heavy households around Stratford International, mattress and bed disposal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 77% of East Village's 3,158 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in E20 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
Step 1
Single through super king, mattress only or with the base, and whether there is a lift. That is enough for a fixed price with no change on the day.
Step 2
The gate fee for a mattress is higher than ordinary bulky waste because it cannot be compacted, so this is shown as its own line rather than folded into a vague total.
Step 3
Divan bases and bunk frames come apart where they will not pass a stair turn or a communal lift door whole.
Step 4
The mattress is wrapped before it leaves the room, protecting the stairwell and keeping the load hygienic for the crew and for you.
Step 5
Taken to a site permitted to strip mattresses for scrap steel and foam recycling, with the transfer note emailed the same day.
Why choose us
Registered waste carrier. Mattresses go to a permitted site that strips springs for scrap steel and foam for recycling rather than a standard landfill cell, and a waste transfer note is issued for every collection.
Two crew and a Luton on a standard mattress and base; the same crew dismantles bunk frames and storage divans on site before the carry. Estate management requires move-in slots, lift protection and permits for every vehicle.
Same-week across every borough, with next-day slots common where a new mattress delivery is already booked and the old one has to be out of the room first. Stratford International (DLR, Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a E20 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in East Village, with metal stud partitions between rooms, with 24% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first in E20, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is East Village gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, a median age of 29 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single mattress, any type | £45 | 20–30 min | Mattresses do not compact, so the van still fills at the same rate as a much bulkier item — the tip charges a flat gate fee per mattress regardless of size. |
| Double or king mattress | £55 | 20–30 min | A wider mattress needs two carriers on most stairwells rather than one, which is the labour cost behind the size step. |
| Divan base or bed frame, per item | £40 | 20–30 min | Divan bases are often heavier than the mattress on top and usually need unscrewing from the headboard first. |
| Mattress and base together | £75 | 30–45 min | Priced as a pair rather than two singles, since both come off the same room in the same carry. |
| Bunk bed or divan with drawers, dismantled | £90 | 40–60 min | Bunk frames and storage divans have to be taken apart before they will fit through a standard door or down a stair turn. |
| Multiple mattress collection, 3+ units | £35/item | By volume | Discounted per unit for landlords, letting agents and student blocks clearing several rooms in one visit. |
Single mattress, any type
£45 · 20–30 min
Mattresses do not compact, so the van still fills at the same rate as a much bulkier item — the tip charges a flat gate fee per mattress regardless of size.
Double or king mattress
£55 · 20–30 min
A wider mattress needs two carriers on most stairwells rather than one, which is the labour cost behind the size step.
Divan base or bed frame, per item
£40 · 20–30 min
Divan bases are often heavier than the mattress on top and usually need unscrewing from the headboard first.
Mattress and base together
£75 · 30–45 min
Priced as a pair rather than two singles, since both come off the same room in the same carry.
Bunk bed or divan with drawers, dismantled
£90 · 40–60 min
Bunk frames and storage divans have to be taken apart before they will fit through a standard door or down a stair turn.
Multiple mattress collection, 3+ units
£35/item · By volume
Discounted per unit for landlords, letting agents and student blocks clearing several rooms in one visit.
Domestic prices are the total you pay; landlord, letting agent and student-accommodation invoices are plus VAT at 20%. Carrying, dismantling of bed frames and the tip gate fee are included. Where a bay suspension, permit, ULEZ or the Congestion Charge applies it is itemised in the written quote before the crew is booked.
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Coverage
Also in this area
Single items, part-loads, garden waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
Mixed household and bulky waste taken by the load with a transfer note the same day.
Sofas, wardrobes, tables and old white goods collected per item, dismantling included.
Overgrown beds, hedges and years of accumulated green waste cleared and taken away.
Local moving crews working from the same borough, not across the city.
Deep extraction cleaning if the mattress is worth keeping.
Working in East Village
East Village E20 is mixed-era and renter-heavy: 77% of homes here are flats and 23% are houses, across 3,158 households (ONS Census 2021).
Because 43% of East Village is privately rented and 24% socially rented, a lot of E20 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
East Village substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in East Village, with metal stud partitions between rooms, with 24% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because East Village gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, a median age of 29 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here is the mistake that costs a E20 customer twice.
The former athletes' village, now a managed neighbourhood of apartment blocks and parkland. That character decides the practical detail of mattress and bed disposal here far more than the borough boundary does. East Village is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Estate management requires move-in slots, lift protection and permits for every vehicle. Nearest station is Stratford International (DLR, Southeastern), and two crew and a Luton on a standard mattress and base; the same crew dismantles bunk frames and storage divans on site before the carry.
Area at a glance
Who lives in East Village and what they live in decides how mattress and bed disposal is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Olympic Park & Mill Meads neighbourhood itself — not Newham-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,427
Residents
Olympic Park & Mill Meads neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,158
Households
Median age 29.1
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
29.1%
Privately rented
42.7%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Olympic Park & Mill Meads (E02006996) — the published geography that covers East Village, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the E20 district: 51.5463, -0.0106 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Single mattress, any type starts at £45 in East Village on the streets near The ArcelorMittal Orbit, with 24% social-rented stock nearby, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Mattress size and whether the base comes too across E20, then the floor it sits on. A mattress cannot be compacted in the van on this side of Newham — and 3,158 households on this patch, with The ArcelorMittal Orbit a few streets away, so the tip gate fee is charged per unit rather than by volume — that is why the price step between sizes is smaller than on other bulky items.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions around Stratford International (DLR, Southeastern), with Newham parking rules in play. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in East Village most weeks in this 77% flats neighbourhood, with 29% one-person households here.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on this side of Newham, with this being London Borough of Newham territory. With 77% of homes in East Village being flats, we plan the route up front.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in for East Village (E20) addresses. With 77% of East Village homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the East Village rounds — and 77% of homes here being flats, with 43% of E20 homes being privately rented, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
The ArcelorMittal Orbit is the marker we route to in this 77% flats neighbourhood, with 77% of homes here being flats, and estate management requires move-in slots, lift protection and permits for every vehicle. A E20 slot added to an existing Newham round usually lands the same week rather than the next on Newham bookings, with this being London Borough of Newham territory.
Same-week across every borough, with next-day slots common where a new mattress delivery is already booked and the old one has to be out of the room first around Stratford International (DLR, Southeastern) — and 3,158 households on this patch, with The ArcelorMittal Orbit a few streets away. East Village sits close to Stratford International (DLR, Southeastern) on E20 jobs, with 23% of East Village homes being houses, so we can usually add a E20 job to an existing Newham round at short notice.
Estate management requires move-in slots, lift protection and permits for every vehicle around Stratford International (DLR, Southeastern). Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Newham it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards across E20, with 33% owner-occupation locally — and 77% of homes here being flats.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. East Village E20 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of newham.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.