Rubbish & Waste Disposal in Hertford
Licensed waste-carrier, recycle-first disposal. Vetted, insured crews across SG13, SG14 — with a fixed price agreed before we start, from £95.
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- £1m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
Rubbish & Waste Disposal · Hertford
from £95
Fixed price, quoted before we arrive
- Postcodes
- SG13, SG14
- Availability
- 7 days
- Cover
- £1m liability
- Licence
- CBDU300454
What we can show you for Hertford
Hertford access and housing notes
SG13, SG14 housing stock and loading reality, written for Hertford rather than the county.
Rubbish & Waste Disposal in Hertford: what actually matters here
The county town, set where four rivers meet, with a Norman castle, a compact Georgian centre and Victorian terraces climbing the valley sides toward Bengeo and Port Hill.
The housing stock is Georgian townhouses and timber-framed frontages in the centre, Victorian terraces at Bengeo and Port Hill, and modern riverside apartments at Hertford Lock, which decides the tools, protection and crew size we bring to a rubbish & waste disposal job.
The valley streets are steep and narrow with a one-way system through the centre, and Bengeo's terraces have no off-street parking, so we position the van uphill where the road allows it and keep carry distances short with a shuttle when the lane will not take a Luton.
Hertford is quoted as a whole: Bengeo, Port Hill, Hertford Heath and Sele Farm are on the same rubbish & waste disposal rate as anywhere else inside SG13 and SG14.
As a mid-sized town built around Hertford Castle and the confluence of the Lea, Beane, Rib and Mimram, Hertford has a mix of approach roads and loading points, so we confirm parking and carry distance when you book rather than assuming.
What a rubbish & waste disposal job includes
Rubbish removal is man-and-van waste collection: we load it, we sweep up and we dispose of it legally. Pricing is by the volume of the van you actually fill — £65 minimum collection for a single item, £110 a quarter load, £180 a half load, £240 three-quarters and £310 for a full load of roughly 12 cubic yards — with labour and tip fees included. It is not a skip: nothing needs a permit, nothing sits on your drive for a week, and you are not the one carrying it out.
What we take
- Household and office rubbish, bagged or loose
- Furniture, sofas, wardrobes, desks and office chairs
- White goods and electricals through the WEEE route
- Bulky one-offs — mattresses, carpets, garden furniture, exercise equipment
- Building and refurbishment waste as a separately priced heavy stream
How the collection runs
- Two-person crew who carry it out — from the room, the garage or the garden, not just the kerb
- Loading route protected and the area brushed up before we leave
- Volume measured against the van and confirmed with you before loading, so the price is agreed not estimated
- Same-day and next-day slots where a van is already in the area
Disposal and paperwork
- Registered upper-tier waste carrier, Environment Agency CBDU300454
- Usable items offered to charity partners before anything is treated as waste
- Loads segregated at a licensed transfer station, with over 90% diverted from landfill
- Digital waste transfer note issued in your name, usually the same day
What changes the price on a rubbish & waste disposal job
- Heavy waste — soil, rubble, hardcore, plasterboard — is charged as its own stream by weight rather than volume, because that is how the transfer station charges us.
- Asbestos, clinical waste, chemicals, fuel and gas bottles are outside our licence and are sub-contracted to a licensed handler rather than loaded.
- Always take the transfer note. Householders have a legal duty of care for their waste, and fly-tipped rubbish traced back to your address is your problem unless you can show who took it.
- Volume is the price, so how it is stacked matters. Broken-down flat-pack and flattened cardboard take a fraction of the space of the same items whole, and that difference is real money.
- Some items carry a per-item charge because the permitted facility charges them separately: fridges and freezers need degassing from £45, and mattresses, tyres, paint and upholstered seating covered by the POPs rules have their own disposal route. These are quoted before the van arrives.
Rubbish & Waste Disposal prices for Hertford properties
| Job | From | What it covers | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden & green waste | £95 | Cut, bagged and removed | 1–3 hours |
Reviews from Hertford customers
4.5 ★ from 3,131 Trustpilot reviewsSulltan and Adam assembled some furniture for me extremely professionally. They were polite and efficient and the service was very easy to use, the booking and quote process was straightforward. Thank you very much, I will use them again
Cosmina and co. worked hard and did a great job. They worked tirelessly to transform a house, a bit neglected due to busyness and work, into a sparkle. Apart from a 15 minute break, for a drink, they did not stop working and did and excellent job.
Have used this company four times now for a deep clean and three end of tenancy cleans. Always on time, thorough, friendly and polite.
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Where we cover around Hertford
- BengeoSG14
- Port HillSG14
- Hertford HeathSG13
- Sele FarmSG14
- FoxholesSG13
- HertingfordburySG14
- Balls ParkSG13
- MolewoodSG14
- PinehurstSG13
- Hertford LockSG13
Rubbish & Waste Disposal in nearby towns
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Recent jobs near you
Real jobs our crews have completed nearby, with the price the customer actually paid. Published with their permission.
Carpet Cleaning
Hertford
February 2026
One carpet & rug cleaning job completed in Hertford in February 2026.
Deep Cleaning
Hertford
February 2026
One deep cleaning job completed in Hertford in February 2026.
Oven Cleaning
Hertford
November 2025
One oven cleaning job completed in Hertford in November 2025.
£150
Hertford questions, answered.
How quickly can you book rubbish & waste disposal in Hertford?
Same-week slots are standard in Hertford, with next-day often available midweek. Month-end tenancy changeovers are the busiest window across Hertfordshire, so book those a week or two ahead.
How does this compare with hiring a skip?
A skip needs a permit on the road, sits there for days, and you load it yourself. A van collection is loaded by us, gone the same visit, and priced by what you actually fill rather than by the skip size you had to guess.
Can you come today?
Often, depending on where the van already is that morning. Same-day and next-day slots are normal for quarter and half loads; a full house-worth of waste is better booked in so we send the right crew and van count.
What proof do I get that it was disposed of legally?
A digital waste transfer note in your name, usually the same day, from an Environment Agency registered upper-tier carrier (CBDU300454). That note is your evidence of duty of care, and you should insist on one from anybody who takes waste away.