Over time, sofas usually wear out; look ugly and outdated, and need replacement with trendy, modern, and comfortable couch. However, we all know how bulky and difficult it is to replace household items like sofas and old furniture, moving a sofa’ from home becomes a difficult and arduous task. Every Londoner has seen an old sofa parked by the side of the road. Discarding the sofas this way is against the law and can result in hefty fines. That is why you need an appropriate sofa removal and disposal company in London that offers a professional, hassle-free, and friendly service. Clearabee is just like that company. We’ll take the stress out of removing your sofa.
Our efficient and effective service means no Londoner is left with the option to throw their old sofas on the side of the roads (or dumping it illegally). Our professionally trained staff has been dumping and recycling old sofas for years and we do it in an environmentally friendly way. Regardless of whether it’s just one or more unwanted old sofas, we’ll come to you and offer an industry-recognized furniture removal service. Our skilled cleaning team takes great care when working and will safely remove your sofa and not damage any part of your space.
Are you wondering what to do with your old sofa or how to recycle your old sofa? There are many options available and we will direct you through this guide.
Sofa Removal in the UK
A study revealed that more than 1.6 million tonnes of bulky waste are dumped in the UK each year, and more than 40% of this is furniture. Sofas and armchairs top the list of more than 200,000 tonnes thrown away. The average household changes their sofa every 11 years. Therefore, finding the most appropriate rubbish clearance service for removing the sofa is important – both for the environment and for your wallet. We’ll walk you through options covering sofa reuse networks, community services, and various commercial options detailing gross and environmental costs issues.
Sofas come in a variety of shapes and sizes – sofas, couches, armchairs (or three-piece suites), lazy children, to name a few, and sofas can range from a small single armchair to a large modern corner sofa.
Sofa removal can be frustrating because of its size as it can’t be thrown with your trash collection. Council sofa collections are usually set aside (and increasingly billed), which can take weeks to set up, while reusable nets are sometimes unreliable and can include strangers entering your home. Renting vans and tipping on-site can be time-consuming (and busy on weekends/holidays), and commercial collectors are costly even if it’s convenient.
Cheaper options are available at places like Facebook, but the problems with Facebook’s garbage truck reported in The Telegraph are a constant risk and, like a sofa maker, your responsibility is to get rid of them. An LGA spokesman was quoted as saying in a Telegraph article as saying, “Petty criminals are trying to undermine legal services by offering to dispose of household waste cheaply.” However, often, they just throw objects in unfamiliar places or in public places. People should not use this service because they are the source of the problem.
The legal requirement is to implement a waste hierarchy where economically possible. The aim is to bring more sofas into the waste hierarchy and thereby reduce their impact on the environment.
Reduce and reuse
This includes initiatives to extend the life of furniture, possibly through repairing, cleaning, and reusing items where possible. It is estimated that about 20% of today’s sofas are reused in some form, with most of the others often ending up in landfills.
Affordable, fast, and environmentally friendly sofa removal
For sofa removal and disposal, there is only one option – Clearabee. We will find the best solution for you and at an affordable price. All you have to do is make a call and plan a time that is most convenient for you. Then we will send our team of experts in sofa removal to carry out, remove, and dump your sofa in an environmentally friendly way.
