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Groundwork

Research we’ve done ourselves, because nobody else had. Every figure traces to a primary source with the date we checked it, and the method is on the page so you can pull it apart.

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These aren’t opinion pieces. Each one is a question we couldn’t find an honest answer to, so we went and collected the data — from councils, from legislation, from published price lists — and showed our working.

Free to quote and link to. If you’re a journalist or another site, take what’s useful; a link back is all we ask. If you think we’ve got something wrong, we’d genuinely like to know.

Skips of broken concrete at a British recycling centre beside a car boot holding two rubble bags. DIY dumping was made free. It still won’t clear your garden. England banned councils from charging to tip DIY waste. We checked 65 UK councils and worked out what the rule actually covers — less than one car boot, and under 2% of a single patio. 54 councils verified · July 2026

More in progress. If there’s a garden cost question you think nobody has answered properly, tell us.