Rubbish removal across the Northern Beaches
Most rubbish jobs posted here follow a life event. Owners rebuilding mid-century houses on the ridges have renovation waste that will not fit a skip on a narrow street, families clearing a deceased estate need a house emptied with care, holiday homes at the northern end change hands and need the shed cleared, and every spring produces green waste from hedges and gums faster than the green bin can take it. Apartment residents in Manly and Dee Why want old furniture and whitegoods carried down the stairs and taken away. Narrow roads, steep driveways and strata loading rules make hand loading more common than skips.
A vetted removal tradie sorts what can be recycled or donated, loads it by hand and takes the rest to a licensed facility such as the council's Kimbriki centre at Terrey Hills, and can show you the tip receipt. Dumping on roadsides or in bushland is an offence enforced by the EPA and the council. Asbestos is handled differently: old fibro sheets, eaves and fences from pre-1990 houses must not be broken up, go only to a facility licensed to take asbestos, and anything beyond ten square metres is licensed removalist work. General rubbish tradies will refuse suspected asbestos and point you to a licensed contractor.
When you post the job, describe the volume in trailer or cubic metre terms, list heavy or awkward items, say whether the load includes green waste, building material or anything that might be hazardous, and describe the access, from a lift and loading dock to a flight of stairs down to the house. We match it with removal tradies who already work on the Beaches, and the tradie quotes you directly, often from photos. The quote should cover loading, transport and disposal fees. No charge falls on the homeowner, and you can turn every quote down. Council's booked kerbside clean-up remains an option for smaller loads if you can wait for it.
Rubbish removal services
Suburbs in the Northern Beaches
Frequently asked questions
To a licensed waste or recycling facility. On the Beaches that is often Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre at Terrey Hills, which sorts green waste, timber, metal and general waste. Tradies in the network agree not to dump anywhere else and can provide the facility receipt on request.
Not as general waste. Fibro dating from before 1990 counts as asbestos cement until a test says otherwise. It must stay intact, be wrapped and taken only to a licensed asbestos facility by people trained for it, and once the area passes ten square metres a licensed removalist must do it. Post it as a separate job and say it may be asbestos.
Northern Beaches Council offers booked kerbside collections with limits on volume and item types, which suit a small load you can leave out on the date given. A removal tradie suits larger volumes, renovation waste, heavy items, deceased estates or anything that needs to go now and from inside the house.
Hand carrying up stairs takes longer, so quotes allow for it. Tell the tradie the number of steps and whether there is room to stage items near the street. On very steep blocks some removalists bring an extra person rather than a bigger truck.
