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