Waste removal in Rumney (CF3 postcodes)
Rubbish Removal in Rumney — From £160, Same-Day Service
Licensed, fully insured rubbish removal across Rumney and the CF3 postcode. Cardiff homes, gardens and local businesses — priced flat, disposed of properly, swept up before we leave. Same-day where we can, with a price estimate agreed before we start.
Rumney is a suburb in eastern Cardiff, set along the A48 between Cardiff city centre and the M4 junction 29. Our CF3 postcode rounds cover Rumney regularly, including the residential streets and the Old St Mellons area.
Most Rumney jobs come from Rumney, Llanrumney and St Mellons and the streets around them, and with the CF3 area on our regular Cardiff routes, the van is usually there the same day or the next.
Day-to-day jobs in and around Rumney
Suburban clearances around Rumney are mostly the practical kind: lofts and garages full of decades of accumulation, house clearances for sales and downsizing, and landlords clearing between lets — the same steady pattern across Rumney, Llanrumney and St Mellons.
Most of the work arrives from Rumney, Llanrumney and St Mellons and the streets around them — and because we run the Cardiff rounds weekly, most Rumney jobs are done within a day of the photo quote.
Every Rumney collection is quoted flat on the photo, booked into a slot, disposed of at NRW-licensed facilities (licence CBDU034669), and finished with a sweep-up — the same standard right across the CF3 area, from Llanrumney and St Mellons to the far side of Rumney.
Do your rounds reach Rumney and the streets around Llanrumney and St Mellons?
Yes — the rounds through Cardiff take in Rumney, Llanrumney and St Mellons, so Rumney is covered every week. If you are just outside Rumney, that is usually no problem at all: the same flat price applies right across Trowbridge, Pengam Green and Splott, with no rural surcharge for being a mile or two off the beaten track.
Do you cover the whole CF3 postcode area around Rumney, Llanrumney and St Mellons?
We do. The CF3 belt — including Rumney, Llanrumney and St Mellons — is on the rounds we run through Cardiff, and the per-van pricing stays the same wherever the load is collected. Not sure if your road counts? Message us a photo or a postcode and we will confirm in minutes.
What do you usually clear in Rumney, around Trowbridge and Pengam Green?
Suburban clearances around Rumney are mostly the practical kind: lofts and garages full of decades of accumulation, house clearances for sales and downsizing, and landlords clearing between lets — the same steady pattern across Rumney, Llanrumney and St Mellons. In practice that means whole-house clearances, garden and garage empties, landlord turnarounds and single bulky items from Rumney, Llanrumney and St Mellons — each quoted flat on a photo, with the same-day or next-day slot confirmed alongside the price.
What does the council charge in Rumney compared with you?
Besides the price — £15 for one or two items, £30 for three or four, and £45 for five or six, plus a £5 booking fee — booked online, with items left at the kerbside against one flat van price from us — the practical difference is labour: we lift everything from wherever it is, while a council collection needs items at the kerbside. For a whole house or a heavy load in Rumney, Llanrumney or St Mellons, that usually settles it.
When can you get to Rumney and the houses around Llanrumney and St Mellons?
Because Rumney sits on our regular Cardiff rounds — the ones that pass through Rumney, Llanrumney and St Mellons — we can normally offer the same day for jobs messaged before mid-morning, and next-day slots beyond that. The exact slot is confirmed when we send the estimate.
Why Rumney Chooses Alpha Waste Removal
Most Rumney clearances start the same way: a photo on WhatsApp, an estimate back in minutes, and a booked slot on the Cardiff rounds that pass Rumney, Llanrumney and St Mellons most weeks.
There are plenty of people with vans operating in Rumney, and we know it. So we do not ask you to take our word for it — we show you why homeowners, landlords and businesses across the Cardiff keep coming back, and why we are rated 9.77/10 on Checkatrade with over 80 combined reviews across Google, Checkatrade and Trustpilot.
We are a two-man crew operating a 16 cubic yard high-roof van — about 1.5× the size of the typical tipper vans most waste companies use. That single difference changes everything about your job: most clearances in Rumney fit in one trip rather than two, and one trip costs one price. Garden clearances, renovation waste, a three-bed house clearance — we are usually done in a single visit where another crew would need two, two quotes, and twice your time.
We are licensed by Natural Resources Wales (licence CBDU034669 — checkable on the public register) and fully insured with public liability cover on every job in Rumney and across Cardiff Council. Every load goes to licensed facilities with a waste transfer note provided as standard.
Fully licensed and insured — licence CBDU034669
Because we are registered upper-tier carriers, nothing you give us ends up fly-tipped down a lane or stuffed into someone else's skip — every load is taken to a licensed site, so there is zero chance of the council tracing illegal dumping back to you. It is always worth asking a waste company for their licence number; a company that will not answer is one to avoid.
A 16 cu yd van — 1.5× bigger than most
The van we use is not your average tipper — a long-wheelbase, high-roof model holding 16 cubic yards. Work that would otherwise need a tipper and a bit more becomes one load, one price, with us. Since space is what you are really paying for, a larger van stretches your money further.
Two crew on every job in Rumney
We always send two people to load a job, never one person risking an injury — which means heavy items like wardrobes, washing machines and roof sections come out quickly without marking your doorframes or floors. It is also how a full house clearance gets done in a day with us, versus a solo operator still working through room one.
We sweep up before we leave
Loading the van is not the end of it — we sweep whatever area we have worked in, whether that is the drive, the garden, the hall or the pavement, leaving it as tidy as it was before. Landlords and letting agents in particular notice this. Five minutes of our time, but it separates a finished job from a properly finished one.
Add honest flat pricing, free photo quotes and a phone that actually gets answered, and it’s why customers in Rumney keep coming back to us.
What We Take Away in Rumney
Across Cardiff, the same list applies: we clear homes, gardens, garages and businesses across Rumney, Llanrumney and St Mellons, on the flat per-van pricing you see on the price page.
If it is waste, there is a good chance we will take it. Bags, furniture, rubble, garden cuttings, office clear-outs, dumped rubbish — it all goes in the van, and almost all of it gets recycled or recovered rather than buried. Here is the full rundown of what we do in Rumney:
General waste & rubbish removal
Black bags, boxes, clutter, garage junk, loft junk, and the stuff that has been "waiting to go to the tip" for a year. Priced by van space, from £3 a bag up to £450 for a full load. We collect from inside your property in Rumney — no dragging bags to the kerb required. See the prices ›
House clearance
End-of-tenancy, probate, selling up or simply 20 years of accumulated belongings — we clear whole properties in Rumney, usually in a single day. We take the lot or leave what you want to keep or sell. Beds and wardrobes are dismantled on the spot, and we sweep through before we leave. House clearance in Rumney ›
Garden waste removal
Hedge clippings, branches, old sheds, broken fence panels, turf, decking and green waste from gardens across Rumney. Garden rates from £80 for a quarter load (full van £250). We carry it all out from the back garden ourselves — it does not need to be at the front. Garden waste removal ›
Builders’ rubble removal
Bricks, concrete, slabs, plasterboard, wood waste, soil and renovation leftovers from jobs in Rumney. Whether it is a bathroom rip-out, a kitchen refit or a full extension, we take the rubble off site — even from the second floor — and dispose of it properly at licensed facilities. Builders rubble removal ›
Commercial waste clearance
Shops, offices, restaurants and businesses across Rumney — one-off clear-outs or regular collections on a schedule that suits your business. Waste transfer notes as standard, and invoicing available for regular trade customers. Commercial waste clearance ›
Fly-tip cleanup
If waste has been dumped on your land or outside your property in Rumney, we clear it quickly and dispose of it properly — no questions, no hassle, fully legal. We prioritise these jobs because a pile left sitting only attracts more. Fly-tip cleanup ›
Sofas, mattresses & single items
Only have a single item? A sofa is £40–£90 based on size, a mattress is a flat £50, and either can be collected alone or folded into a larger job. We also handle white goods, TVs, furniture, carpets, bikes, tools and empty paint tins. Full item price list ›
If you are unsure whether something is on our list, just send a photo over WhatsApp. We will give you a straight answer, no sales pitch attached.
Is the council's bulky collection worth it in Rumney?
If you go through Cardiff Council, a bulky collection in Rumney is £15 for one or two items, £30 for three or four, and £45 for five or six, plus a £5 booking fee — booked online, with items left at the kerbside, subject to a maximum of six items per booking, and you arrange it by having to book online through the council website. Everything must be at the boundary by collection day, and that includes the streets around Trowbridge and Pengam Green.
The council collects on a booked date, items must be left outside at your usual collection point, and anything over six items needs a second booking. A private collection from Rumney works differently: one price quoted on the photo, the two-man crew doing every lift, and the whole load gone in a single visit — no separate per-item charges, and no carrying everything to the pavement yourself, even on the tighter streets around Trowbridge and Pengam Green.
Areas We Cover in Rumney
We cover all of Rumney, including Trowbridge and Trowbridge Green, plus the areas around it: Llanrumney to the north, Old St Mellons and St Mellons to the north-east, Pentwyn and Llanedeyrn to the north-west, Penylan to the west, and Windsor Village, Pengam Green and Tremorfa to the south. If you are just outside Rumney, that is usually no problem at all — Cardiff is on our regular route, so the same flat price applies. Not sure if we cover your road? Drop us a message and we will confirm in minutes.
Waste Removal Rumney Prices
No hourly rates. No call-out fees for standard collections. No "it depends." Our pricing is flat, not hourly: we estimate from your photos, and the final price is confirmed once we give you the price on-site, before we start. The same prices apply whether you are in Rumney or anywhere else in the Cardiff.
- Full van load — £450 (16 cu yd — roughly a full house-clearance load)
- Half van load — £290 (the typical garage clearance or garden tidy)
- Quarter van load — £160 (a single room or small shed)
- Garden waste — from £80 a quarter load, £250 full
- Black bin bags — £3 each (£2.50 when booking 40 or more)
- Sofas — £40 two-seater, £60 three-seater, £90 L-shaped
- Mattresses — £50 any size, any condition
£10 gets added per flight of stairs, and £30 for any carry over 10 metres — both flagged to you in advance, never sprung on you once we have arrived. See the full price list ›
Real Jobs, Real Photos — Our Before & After Gallery
Anyone can promise a tidy clearance. We would rather show you one. We photograph almost every job we do — the pile before we start, the clean space after — so you can see exactly the standard we work to. Our before and after gallery is full of real clearances from across South Wales, including jobs in and around Rumney.
Planning a clear-out yourself? Our blog has practical guides to make it easier.
How It Works — Three Simple Steps
The process is deliberately simple — no forms to fill in, no site survey, no waiting around for someone to come and look:
1. Send us a photo
Send us a photo (or several, if the waste is spread across more than one room) on WhatsApp. We will reply with an estimate, usually inside a few minutes, with no site visit required.
2. We load it
We turn up on time, bring a van sized right for the job, and have two people ready to lift. The loading is entirely our responsibility — we work carefully around your belongings and tidy up before heading off. You just need to show us what needs to go.
3. You pay when it is loaded
Payment only happens once the van is loaded and the job is visibly done — cash, card or bank transfer, whichever you prefer. Your waste then goes to licensed disposal sites with the paperwork to back it up. Book your slot ›
Waste Removal in Rumney — Your Questions Answered
Are you licensed and insured?
That is correct — we are registered as an upper-tier waste carrier with Natural Resources Wales (CBDU034669, checkable on their public register) and we carry public liability insurance across every domestic and commercial job.
How much does waste removal cost in Rumney?
Our prices are flat and set by the size of the load: £450 for a full van, £290 for a half load, and smaller jobs from £160. Garden waste runs cheaper, between £80 and £250. Whatever we quote from your photos is an estimate — the final figure is confirmed once we give you the price on-site, before we start.
Do you load everything yourselves?
Yes, a two-man crew handles all the lifting — whether it is in a bedroom, the loft or the garden. Nothing needs dragging to the kerb beforehand; doing that for you is the whole point of the service.
What areas of Rumney and the surrounding area do you cover?
Rumney is on our regular east Cardiff rounds. We cover the whole CF3 area — including Llanrumney, St Mellons and Trowbridge — so same-day is usually available.
Can you collect from inside my property in Rumney?
Yes — we collect directly from wherever the waste sits, whether that is an upstairs room, the loft, a shed or the garden. There is no need to move anything outside beforehand, and we sweep up before we go.
How do I book a collection in Rumney?
Send a photo over on WhatsApp and we will come back with a price and an available slot, often the same day. Message us here ›
Is it cheaper than hiring a skip in Rumney?
Generally yes, once you factor in the skip hire cost, a council permit if it needs to sit on the road, and the time spent loading it yourself. Our van holds more than a standard tipper, so your money covers more waste — and we do the lifting.
Ready to Get Rid of It in Rumney?
A photo gets you an estimate back, often within minutes. We reply quickly and arrive on time, with no hourly charges or hidden extras — and the space left clean when we go.