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  • We always charge them. Usually it's q van load or more and it's priced into the job.
  • You must pass on any costs that you incur in doing a job to the customer. With our maintenance contracts, the cost is included in the annual cost, so doesn't show on the monthly invoices. With 'one - off' work it will be included in the cost of the job.

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    What do you do Adrian ?


    Colin Hunt said:

    You must pass on any costs that you incur in doing a job to the customer. With our maintenance contracts, the cost is included in the annual cost, so doesn't show on the monthly invoices. With 'one - off' work it will be included in the cost of the job.

  • We always charge as it costs us to get rid of it and takes time & fuel to go to the tip!+ waste carrier licence of course!

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    I charge to take away but I always ask about it as some people prefer to take it away themselves or to compost it. I'd prefer it if people composted it on their own garden to be honest, as it's a bit of a pain to dump and the waste yard is full of rather large pot holes and big telehandlers that don't look where they're going so often.

  • Depends. Just to give a different view!

    I can't imagine what I'd have to charge for taking away a few handfuls of grass cuttings from a small lawn, on a regular contract paying me all year round. That gets included: and you need a lot of the small jobs to fill the trailer, which is a £24 minimum tip plus two hours of my time.

    A large clearance or hedge job? Minimum of a £24 tip, plus two hours of my time. Even if it doesn't fill the trailer, it's going to mess my routine up and cost me time.

    I always make the point that I'm a licensed carrier, and the small amounts are included in the contract for regular maintenance work. One-off larger jobs, I'm a licensed carrier and the waste is either my cost, or you get a skip in at your expense.

    I guess my point is, you tailor your charges for included costs carefully, and make sure clients know that part of the charges are for "extras", like waste or chemicals. If it's an exceptional cost, that needs to be explained and charged for separately.

    It's back to that old chestnut of marking up materials. I don't think you can expect clients to understand a nominal charge now they can search prices easily, they need it related to your real costs. Then they are fine about it, it's simple for them to look for the prices the local trade tips charge, so if you're transparent about it then you should be fine.

  • For the one off jobs it is included in the quote price, not listed as a separate itemised cost.
    Within the quote it is listed as part of the job description that the waste will be weighed and payed for the disposal.

    Local tip charges £40 a 1000kg with increments of 100kg upto that amount.
  • Hi Gary
    Up until now we have had land available to dump all our green waste, so the price of disposing was always built into the the overall price. However, now that the land has been sold for re-development we are hiring in skips at the rate of £240 per 6 yards.
    On our vans we use 90 litre bins to collect the green waste from each job, and we are now considering making an extra charge for each bin load that we take away from each property.
    As a 6 cu yard skip is 4587 litres, one has to divide £240 by 4587 to find out the cost per litre which works out at 5.2pence.
    So the cost to us for disposing of a 90litre bin of rubbish is £4.68, and our price to the customer will be £6.00 per bin.
    The alternative is to get customers to obtain "Green Waste Bags" from the local council, who usually only charge £1.50 per collection. This would work out to be a far cheaper method for the customer, but it maybe the council won't collect for a few days after the work is completed, so the waste is hanging around.




    Gary RK said:
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    What do you do Adrian ?


    Colin Hunt said:

    You must pass on any costs that you incur in doing a job to the customer. With our maintenance contracts, the cost is included in the annual cost, so doesn't show on the monthly invoices. With 'one - off' work it will be included in the cost of the job.

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    I would note, that whilst it is possible to 'ram' full a bin, that it is much more difficult to fully utilise the full capacity of a skip

    Adrian Noble said:
    Hi Gary
    Up until now we have had land available to dump all our green waste, so the price of disposing was always built into the the overall price. However, now that the land has been sold for re-development we are hiring in skips at the rate of £240 per 6 yards.
    On our vans we use 90 litre bins to collect the green waste from each job, and we are now considering making an extra charge for each bin load that we take away from each property.
    As a 6 cu yard skip is 4587 litres, one has to divide £240 by 4587 to find out the cost per litre which works out at 5.2pence.
    So the cost to us for disposing of a 90litre bin of rubbish is £4.68, and our price to the customer will be £6.00 per bin.
    The alternative is to get customers to obtain "Green Waste Bags" from the local council, who usually only charge £1.50 per collection. This would work out to be a far cheaper method for the customer, but it maybe the council won't collect for a few days after the work is completed, so the waste is hanging around.




    Gary RK said:
    + 1

    What do you do Adrian ?


    Colin Hunt said:

    You must pass on any costs that you incur in doing a job to the customer. With our maintenance contracts, the cost is included in the annual cost, so doesn't show on the monthly invoices. With 'one - off' work it will be included in the cost of the job.

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    If a home-owner creates waste they put in brown bin and then the council sends out a 3 man team in a big articulated lorry and takes the waste away for free.

    If on the other hand a business creates the same waste and wants to dispose of it for the customer thus saving the council the lorry and man hours they get charged for the pleasure.

    You couldn't make it up

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