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Free Weekend Freighter Service

This service is provided for the collection of certain larger items of rubbish that cannot be put out with your weekly refuse collection.  This is not for the collection of wheeled bins or black sacks and cannot be used for commercial waste.   

We've reviewed the weekend freighter service to make it more efficient.

We've reduced the number of vehicles on the road by changing the routes, cutting some locations where demand was low, and stopping for longer at the places where there's most demand. To find out when the Weekend Freighter is in your area, please see the calendar below.

Important Information

• Only freighter staff are authorised to load items into the vehicle. For your own safety you must remain outside the cordoned area, children must be kept away from the freighter at all times. 
• In busy periods, it may be necessary to queue to hand over your bulky items,abusive behaviour towards staff will not be tolerated.
• Please approach the vehicle from the side and always be aware of moving traffic.   
• Please do not leave items on the pavement or road before or after the Freighter visits.
• Freighter operatives have the right to refuse to accept waste particularly if it is hazardous, can cause damage to the vehicle or cause danger to the public, such as:
• Flammables
• Large quantities liquids/powders
• Paints/Oils
• Lighting tubes
• Vehicle parts/batteries/tyres etc
• Commercial waste
• Clinical waste
• Asbestos
• *Plasterboard
• *As of 1st April 2009, plasterboard can no longer be collected by the weekend freighter or household bulky collections, this is due to the acid produced when landfilled. Waste plasterboard should be taken to the Household Waste Recycling centre in Tovil.  

Electrical Items

We can no longer collect electrical items such as fridges, televisions, monitors and vacuum cleaners. Under European legislation we'd have to provide a separate vehicle to continue to collect these items.

We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. You can dispose of electrical appliances through our paid for bulky collection service or take electrical/hazardous items to the household waste recycling centre at Burial Ground Lane, Tovil, Maidstone.

Weekend Freighter Calendar

1 - Freighter Service route 1
2 - Freighter Service route 2

May - 30th August 2009

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