Household Bin Collection

Helping to manage household waste across South Warwickshire

Pay Monthly

Struggling with the new bin changes? Pay just £12 per month for a collection every three weeks!

One Off

Don’t waste time worrying about waste. Book an extra collection today.

Regular waste collection

Do you find that despite your best efforts to reduce, reuse & recycle, you still accumulate more waste than your wheelie bin can handle?

Are you already making regular trips to the tip to dispose of excess rubbish?

Do you panic if you miss a collection?

Are you concerned about the upcoming changes to household waste collections in Warwick & Stratford Districts?

If you answered yes to any of the above, then we can help.

Choosing to have an additional collection of your household waste, will give you

More time to spend doing things you enjoy
One less thing to worry about
Peace of mind knowing your rubbish is being disposed of compliantly & ethically

For just £19 per month, you will receive a collection every three weeks. This is just £13.50 per collection!

One off waste collection

There are several times throughout the year, when we generate more rubbish.

Christmas

Summer BBQ’s

Moving house

Spring clean

Missed collections

And rather than spending time making trips to the tip, why not let us take care of it for you.

One off collection £19 per bin.

What happens next?

Once you know that we cover your area, select the frequency you would like to have your bins cleaned. On the payment page you will be asked to select your bin colour and add any additional information that may help us find your bin (e.g. collected on a side road, round the back of garages etc.)

Once your payment has been confirmed you will receive an email advising when your first bin clean(s) will take place. This can take up to 36 hrs (especially at weekends) so please BEAR with us.

Our emails can sometimes go into spam so please check & add admin@bearcleaning.co.uk to your contacts.

Still got questions?

Frequently ask questions

Aren’t you just making it easier for people not to reduce their waste?

Our aim at Bear Cleaning is to help households manage their excess waste. We’re certainly not discouraging people from recycling. We’re just offering a practical solution to busy households who have recycled as much as possible and would rather not spend their valuable free time disposing of rubbish at the tip.

Why are you offering household waste collections?

Since August 2022, when Warwick & Stratford District councils merged their waste collection service, the waste collection system has changed from fortnightly to a 123+ system:

1 – Weekly food collection

2 – Fortnightly recycling

3 – Three weekly refuse

+ Green waste will be collected separately at a cost of £40 per permit per year.

The council hopes reducing refuse collections to three weekly will encourage people to recycle more. This will lower the amount of waste and reduce the negative impact on the environment.

We feel that some households will still have too much refuse to wait every three weeks for collection despite recycling as much as possible, resulting in overflowing bins or time consuming trips to/from the local tip. That’s why we offer a waste collection service – as a solution to support those households that the 123+ system just doesn’t suit.

Can’t people just take their excess waste to the tip?

Yes, of course they can. However, not everyone has the time to do this. That’s where we can help.

Charging people for a service that should be included in council tax isn’t right; how can you justify this?

We understand why you would ask this. As a Warwickshire family with three children and a dog, we too feel the impact of any reduction in waste collections as much as you do.

We aim to give information on how people can reduce their waste. If they try this yet still need extra waste collection, we can help.

What areas do you cover for waste collections?

We operate waste collections in and around the following areas: Kenilworth, Stoneleigh, Ashow, Burton Green, Leamington Spa, Warwick, Hatton, Hampton Magna, Barford, Wasperton, Bishop Tachbrook, Bishop Itchington, Lighthorne Heath, Lighthorne, Southam, Stockton, Napton, Harbury, Long Itchington, Stratford upon Avon (Town only), Wellesbourne, to name just a few locations – if you don’t see your location listed, but you’re in/around this area, just fill in our enquiry form and we’ll get in touch to confirm.

How much does waste collection cost?

We offer two services, a regular waste collection or a one-off wheelie bin or waste bag collection.

Our regular collection service starts from just £19 per month, for which you’ll receive a collection every three weeks, that’s just £13.50 per collection! For our one-off wheelie bin collection it’s £19 per bin, and we offer extra waste bag collections for £3.50 per black bag.

Our current waste collections are a Wednesday and Friday and we will put your Bear Cleaning collection in the middle of the council regular collection.If you book a one off we will get you the closest empty possible.

Where does my waste go?

We take it to a waste management facility in Coventry. There, it’s sorted to extract recyclable materials such as cardboard, plastic, glass, building materials, timber and metals. Anything that can be recycled will be. The rest is processed through an incinerator and converted for energy.

What green credentials does Bear Cleaning have?

We continue to pay close attention to upcoming technologies and developments in the use of electric-powered vehicles & cleaner fuel options to improve the carbon footprint as costs allow.

Our long-term aim is to have an entirely electric fleet for both cleaning & collections. However, cost and limited range capabilities mean we’re not able to do this yet.

Our waste collection vehicle has a EURO 6 engine, the most environmentally efficient vehicle available right now other than electric.