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Fees and Charges for Cleansing Services 2008/9

 

Service Details Charge excluding VAT Charge including VAT
Tipping Charges Charge per tonne (pro-rata) £21.00 £24.68
  Minimum charge (if total weight under 1 tonne) £21.00 £24.68
  Soils (contracts) - per tonne (contact 01835 825111 for price) POA POA
  Green Waste per tonne £25.00 £29.38
  Minimum charge (if total weight under 1 tonne) £25.00 £29.38
  Commercial Waste from Mansefield £25.00 £29.38
  Minimum charge (if total weight under 1 tonne) £25.00 £29.38
Landfill Tax (Charged by weight at site (per tonne, pro-rata) Active waste £32.00 £37.60
  Non-active waste £2.50 £2.94
Refuse Sacks Industrial and Commercial - per sack (inclusive of Landfill tax and disposal charges) £1.15 £1.35
Special Collections - Business Per hour - pro-rata £88.00 £103.40
  Minimum charge (20 minutes) (additional labour, plant and machinery charged at dayworks rates) £29.50 £34.66
  Fridges and Freezers - each £40.00 £47.00
Special Collections - Domestic (to be paid at time of booking, and before goods are uplifted) Per article - 1 to 5 articles (excluding fridges and freezers) £3.40 £4.00
  Fridges and freezers - each £8.51 £10.00
Car Batteries Lead acid - maximum 3 £2.75 £3.23
Waste Oil Disposal at SBC Civic Amenity site per 40 gallon drum (or part thereof) £5.60 £6.58
  Collected from premises per empty £27.00 £31.72
Wheeled bins - Business (Annual charge based on one collection per week) 1280 litre bin £622.44 £731.37
  1100 litre bin £546.13 £641.70
  660 litre bin £359.61 £422.54
  500 litre bin £291.78 £342.84
  360 litre bin £173.62 £204.00
  240 litre bin £122.75 £144.23
  190 litre bin £101.55 £119.32
  140 litre bin £80.36 £94.42
Paper/Cardboard (Contracts) Minimum (equivalent to 1 bag/week) £32.80 £38.54
  Small (equivalent to 2-3 bags/week) £81.90 £96.23
  Medium (equivalent to 4-9 bags/week) £213.00 £250.28
  Large (equivalent to 10-15 bags/week) £409.50 £481.16
  Industrial (Over 15 bags/week) - large quantities from industrial or very large commercial producers will be priced on an individual basis, based on quantity & method of collection. Individually charged Individually charged
Recycling Bags (Orange - Paper/Cardboard and Green - Cans and certain Plastics) (Businesses Only) Minimum Purchase 25 bags (must be all the same colour) £15.75 £18.50
Street Sweeping Dayworks rate (Call 01835 825111 for quote) POA POA
Keys for disabled facilities RADAR Keys for disabled facilities (zero rated if customer completes VAT relief form) £2.70 £3.17

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