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Rubbish clearance · Skip hire · Essex & East London

Rubbish gone today.
No skip, no permit.

Collections, clearances, wait and load and skip hire across Essex and East London from a licensed, family-run firm in Wickford. A few items? Pick them and see the price. A bigger clear-out? Send a photo for a free estimate, usually the same day.

Licensed waste carrier£10m public liability90%+ recycledFixed online pricesCard payment on confirmation

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Same day
on most Essex postcodes when you book before 11am
90%+
of what we collect is recycled or reused
£10m
public liability, Environment Agency licensed carrier
What we do

One crew for anything that needs to go

Collections, skips and wait and load have fixed prices and book online in four short steps. Clearances get a free estimate, usually the same working day.

Rubbish Clearance

No skip, no permit. Tell us what's going, add a photo, and we'll price it. Our crew does all the lifting.

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Skip Hire

2 to 16-yard skips delivered across Essex. Domestic driveways, building sites and commercial yards.

Prices & booking

Man & Van

Our crew and a caged truck for the items and bags you want gone. Leave it out the front and we load it, with a waste transfer note every time.

Prices & booking

House Clearance

Full or part house clearances handled with care: probate, end of tenancy, downsizing. Priced from your photos.

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Wait & Load

The truck by the load. It waits while you load, with our driver helping. No skip on the road and no permit.

Prices & booking

Grab Hire

8-wheel grab lorry for soil, hardcore and mixed loads. 16 tonnes a load, lifted over the wall in minutes.

Prices & booking

Garden Clearance

Green waste, soil, turf, branches, sheds and fencing cleared and recycled. Priced from your photos.

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Builders Waste

Rubble, plasterboard, timber, packaging and strip-out waste taken from site by the truck load, same or next day.

Prices & booking

Site Clearance

Plots, yards and building sites cleared of vegetation, rubble, rubbish and old structures, ready for the next trade.

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Demolition

Soft strip-outs, garage knock-downs, outbuilding and full structural demolition, cleared and carted away in one job.

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Commercial Waste

Scheduled or one-off commercial collections for offices, retail, builders, landlords and agents.

Prices & booking

Office Clearance

Desks, chairs, filing and IT cleared out of hours, reused where possible and documented for your duty of care.

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How it works

Three steps, no phone tag

Price it online, or ask

A few items? Tick them and see the price as you go, with our crew doing the lifting. Loading it yourself? Pick a truck size for wait and load. A bigger clearance? Send a few answers and a photo for a free estimate.

Choose a day

Monday to Friday, except bank holidays: morning, afternoon or any time. Wait and load can be same day if you book before 11am in our same-day areas. Item collections run on our Tuesday and Thursday rounds, booked by 4pm the working day before.

Gone, with the paperwork

Collections and clearances are carried out by our crew. On wait and load you load and our driver helps. Every job gets a waste transfer note.

Clearances

A bigger clear-out? A free estimate.

We estimate house, rubbish, garage, garden, office and end of tenancy clearances from a few answers and a photo or two, usually the same working day. Our crew does all the lifting. If the job turns out different on the day, such as more waste or harder access than described, we agree any change with you before we start.

Get a free estimate Just a few items? Build your own collection

Wait & load

A truck by the load, where a skip won't go

Wait and load is the truck by the load at a set price. You pre-pay for the space, our driver brings the truck and helps, and you supply the help and do the loading within the waiting time for the size you book. Booked mostly by builders and businesses with nowhere to park a skip, and by homes with awkward access.

Quarter load
£180inc VAT · £150 ex VAT
≈ 3.5 cubic yards · a small van

About 25 to 30 bin bags, or the waste from a small bathroom strip-out.

You load, driver helps · waits up to 15 min
Book quarter load
Half load
£360inc VAT · £300 ex VAT
≈ 7 cubic yards · a 6-yard skip

About the same as a 6-yard skip, without a skip sitting on the road.

You load, driver helps · waits up to 30 min
Book half load
Three-quarter load
£450inc VAT · £375 ex VAT
≈ 10.5 cubic yards · an 8-yard skip

Builders' waste after a refit, a shop strip-out or a big flat clear-out.

You load, driver helps · waits up to 45 min
Book three-quarter load

Sizes are a guide. Run over on the day and you can buy more space or time online on the spot. How wait and load works →

Skip hire

Skips from £279, delivered from the next working day

Nine sizes, delivery and collection included. Going on the road? Enquire online and we sort the permit.

All skip sizes Which size do I need? Road permit enquiry

Why us

Local, licensed, and we turn up

Actually local

We're in Wickford, not a call centre. Most of Essex is under 30 minutes from the yard, which is how same-day works.

Properly licensed

Upper-tier waste carrier CB/DU308513, £10m public liability, and a waste transfer note for every job, or a hazardous waste consignment note where the law needs one. Fly-tipped waste gets traced back to you; ours never will.

Honest prices

Fixed online when you book, or a free estimate for clearances, based on what you tell us and your photos. If a job turns out different on the day, we agree any change with you before we start. Nothing extra is charged on the day unless you've agreed it first.

Real jobs

Before we came, after we left

Our own photos from Essex jobs. No stock pictures of pristine gardens.

Before: Builders' waste cleared from a bungalow driveway, before and the next morningAfter: Builders' waste cleared from a bungalow driveway, before and the next morningBeforeAfter
Builders' waste cleared from a bungalow driveway, before and the next morning
Before: Office clearance: desks, cabinets and cabling out, room left sweptAfter: Office clearance: desks, cabinets and cabling out, room left sweptBeforeAfter
Office clearance: desks, cabinets and cabling out, room left swept
Before: Side passage: old shelving, timber, pots and the ivy pulled out, water butt left where it wasAfter: Side passage: old shelving, timber, pots and the ivy pulled out, water butt left where it wasBeforeAfter
Side passage: old shelving, timber, pots and the ivy pulled out, water butt left where it was
Before: Restaurant yard clearance in Rayleigh: dead palms and four heavy planters taken away, yard left clearAfter: Restaurant yard clearance in Rayleigh: dead palms and four heavy planters taken away, yard left clearBeforeAfter
Restaurant yard clearance in Rayleigh: dead palms and four heavy planters taken away, yard left clear
Before: Rear passage clearance: overgrown planters, an old table and loose rubbish removed, gas cage left in placeAfter: Rear passage clearance: overgrown planters, an old table and loose rubbish removed, gas cage left in placeBeforeAfter
Rear passage clearance: overgrown planters, an old table and loose rubbish removed, gas cage left in place
Before: Bin store rubbish clearance: overflowing bags and boxes removed, floor left sweptAfter: Bin store rubbish clearance: overflowing bags and boxes removed, floor left sweptBeforeAfter
Bin store rubbish clearance: overflowing bags and boxes removed, floor left swept
Reviews

What Essex says about us

5.0 from 65 Google reviews

★★★★★

“Would highly recommend this company for wait and load service . I Cleared my loft so had a fair bit of rubbish . Prompt reply to my initial inquiry and quote given ..did change on the day to being cheaper price as not as much as it looked in photos , so very happy with their honesty and professionalism . Driver was friendly polite and helpful and kept me updated on arrival time. Will definitely be using this company again for any clearance of rubbish and household items in the future . Thank you LM Waste Management Ltd”

Linda T. · Google review, June 2026
★★★★★

“We used the company to clear my late father’s garden which was heavily overgrown with sheds full of rubbish collected over 30 years in the house (hoarding). The garden was inaccessible and difficult to get into. During a heatwave Levi and his team cleared the garden back to basic as we requested which required significant work. From first contact we received professional responses and an initial timescale of availability. We then had a site visit and a further discussion on how long it would take and the cost being clear about what was involved in the costs but also confirming how the waste would be disposed of. They ensured the parking area and communal paths were cleaned following the work. We would highly recommend the company.”

Teena T. · Google review, July 2026
★★★★★

“Super service! Really responsive and clear, and came the same day with no extra charge. Not only the best quote, but also the easiest to correspond with, and totally professional and super speedy when at my home. Saving the number as I would use again, and recommend to friends and family.”

Shona A. · Google review, May 2026
★★★★★

“Great friendly service from LM waste. They used a small iveco truck with hiab to remove 4 x 1 tonne bulk bags of soil and rubble from outside my house. The access road is unmade, narrow and unsuitable for the usual large skip/ grab lorry. I will be using them again. Thanks very much.”

Daniel · Google review, 2025
★★★★★

“Excellent service from start to finish. Really good communication and prompt and efficient sofa removal. I can't recommend them highly enough. The website and booking service was super easy too.”

Debbie N. · Google review, November 2025
★★★★★

“We had garage clearance plus fridge freezer and large sofa. The guys turned up they were very professional, polite and efficient. In no time they were done. Definitely would recommend this company.”

Sue B. · Google review, January 2026

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Areas

Essex and East London, from Wickford

51 towns, each with its own page: local prices, who issues skip licences and the nearest tip. Wait and load and clearances can be same day within half an hour of the yard. Item collections run on our Tuesday and Thursday rounds, and skips, skip bags and the grab come from the next working day.

All areas, with postcodes

Questions people ask

How do you price a job?

Three ways. A few items: build a collection from the item list and our crew loads it. One £60 base fee covers the crew and van, then each item is charged at its collection rate, so a mattress is £35, a sofa £65 and a bin bag £5. Loading it yourself: book wait and load by the truck load and load it with our driver's help; a quarter load is £180 and a full truck £540. A clearance (a house, flat, garage, garden or office, or a big pile of rubbish): send a few answers and a photo and we send you a free estimate, usually the same working day. Online prices and estimates both include VAT. The price you book online is the price you pay, and anything extra on the day is agreed with you first. An estimate is based on what you tell us and your photos; if the job turns out different on the day, we agree any change with you before we start.

Who does the loading?

It depends which you book. On an item collection our crew loads it: leave it out the front or somewhere easy to reach, or add carrying out from inside at £72 an hour. On wait and load our driver brings the truck and helps, but you supply the help and do the loading, and the truck waits up to 15 minutes for a quarter load, 30 for a half load, 45 for a three-quarter load and 60 for a full load.

What if I have more than I booked on wait and load?

You choose the size and pre-pay for that space. The sizes shown are a guide only: we can't see your waste, so we can't be responsible if the size you pick turns out too small. The driver tells you when you've reached the space or the waiting time you paid for, and more of either is charged as an extra that you can pay for online on the spot. Extra space is £54 per cubic yard and extra waiting time £30 per 15 minutes. Buy more space or time.

Is there a base fee?

On item collections, £60 once per visit gets the crew and van to you; every item is then charged at its collection rate. The list price of an item is simply its rate plus that fee, so a mattress on its own is £95 and a second mattress in the same booking is £35. Wait and load, skips, skip bags and the grab lorry are set prices with no base fee.

Which days can I book?

Bookings are for Monday to Friday, except bank holidays. Item collections run on our Tuesday and Thursday rounds, booked by 4pm the working day before.

When do I pay?

Payment is taken by card when we confirm your booking, by phone or a secure payment link. Trade accounts are invoiced monthly on 14-day terms once agreed in writing.

What if I need to cancel a one-off booking?

Free cancellation up to 4pm the working day before. After that a £42 call-out (£35 + VAT) is charged, or the price of your booking if that is less, and if you've already paid we refund the rest. For a skip, once the lorry has left to deliver it, the wasted journey fee is £60 (£50 + VAT) instead of the call-out. Booked as a private person, not a business? You can also cancel within 14 days after the day you book. If you didn't ask us to come within those 14 days, cancelling inside them is free. If you did ask us, cancelling before 4pm the working day before is still free. After that we have started work on your job, so you pay the late cancellation charge above, and once the job is done you can't cancel it. Our terms say how, with a form you can use.

Are you licensed?

Yes. LM Waste Management Ltd holds Environment Agency upper-tier waste carrier licence CB/DU308513, carries £10m public liability insurance and issues a waste transfer note for every job, or a hazardous waste consignment note where the law needs one.

What can't you take?

Asbestos, clinical waste, loose chemicals and fuels. The exception is waste oil and contaminated fuel, which our oil waste service collects with a hazardous waste consignment note. Gas bottles: yes, we can take them. They're dealt with separately and priced by type, so tell us and we'll quote. Paint tins and fluorescent tubes are fine if you tell us in advance. Fridges and freezers are fine; they're priced separately because they have to be degassed, and those from a business come with a hazardous waste consignment note.

Rubbish gone today. Price in 60 seconds.

Pick what needs collecting, see the price, choose a day. We confirm by text and take card payment.