Waste removal in St Mellons (CF3 postcodes)
Rubbish Removal in St Mellons — From £160, Same-Day Service
Licensed, fully insured rubbish removal across St Mellons 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.
St Mellons is a suburb on the eastern edge of Cardiff, straddling the boundary between Cardiff and Newport near the M4. Our CF3 postcode rounds cover St Mellons regularly, including the village and the newer housing developments.
The CF3 postcode belt is on our regular Cardiff routes, taking in St Mellons, Rumney and Llanrumney. That is why a St Mellons booking rarely waits long: quote on the photo, slot confirmed, collection same-day where we can.
Typical St Mellons clearances
Suburban clearances around St Mellons 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 St Mellons, Rumney and Llanrumney.
In St Mellons itself and across St Mellons, Rumney and Llanrumney, the pattern is steady year-round work: clearances for sales and probate, landlord turnarounds, garden and garage empties, and single bulky items.
Whatever the job, the price is estimated from the photo and confirmed on-site before we start, disposal is to NRW-licensed sites (licence CBDU034669), and the space is swept before we leave — the same standard across Cardiff and right through St Mellons, Rumney and Llanrumney.
Do you cover St Mellons every week on the Cardiff round?
Yes — the rounds through Cardiff take in St Mellons, Rumney and Llanrumney, so St Mellons is covered every week. If you are just outside St Mellons, that is usually no problem at all: the same flat price applies right across Old St Mellons, Castleton and Pentwyn, with no rural surcharge for being a mile or two off the beaten track.
Which postcodes do you cover around St Mellons, Old St Mellons and Castleton?
We do. The CF3 belt — including St Mellons, Rumney and Llanrumney — 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 St Mellons households around Old St Mellons and Castleton call you in for most?
Suburban clearances around St Mellons 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 St Mellons, Rumney and Llanrumney. In practice that means whole-house clearances, garden and garage empties, landlord turnarounds and single bulky items from St Mellons, Rumney and Llanrumney — each quoted flat on a photo, with the same-day or next-day slot confirmed alongside the price.
Is the council's bulky collection cheaper than you?
For one or two small items left at the kerbside, yes — the council charges £15–£45 depending on how many items you book in, plus a £5 booking fee. But that is the whole deal: you carry it outside yourself, book a date in advance, and hope nothing gets missed. We come to wherever the item actually is in St Mellons — upstairs, the garage, the garden — and take it the same day in most cases. For anything bigger than a couple of bags, or if you just do not want to lift it, we end up cheaper and faster once you account for your own time and effort.
How quickly can you collect in St Mellons, Old St Mellons and Castleton?
Most St Mellons postcodes get a same-day slot for jobs confirmed before mid-morning, with next-day after that; the rounds through St Mellons, Rumney and Llanrumney run frequently, so the wait for a slot is rarely long. We confirm the exact time alongside the estimate.
Why St Mellons Chooses Alpha Waste Removal
From a single sofa in St Mellons to a full house clearance out towards St Mellons, Rumney and Llanrumney, the quote is always estimated from the photo before we set off, with no hourly rates.
There are plenty of people with vans operating in St Mellons, 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 St Mellons 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 St Mellons and across Cardiff Council. Every load goes to licensed facilities with a waste transfer note provided as standard.
Fully licensed and insured — licence CBDU034669
Registration with Natural Resources Wales as an upper-tier carrier means nothing you hand to us ends up dumped on a lane or in a neighbour's skip — every load reaches a licensed site, with no risk of council enforcement landing on you.
A 16 cu yd van — 1.5× bigger than most
Rather than a standard tipper, we run a long-wheelbase, high-roof van with 16 cubic yards of capacity. What would normally need a tipper and more becomes one load for us, at one price.
Two crew on every job in St Mellons
Loading is always done by two people, never a single person taking the risk — so wardrobes, washing machines and roof panels all come out quickly without marking your doorframes or floors.
We sweep up before we leave
We do not drive off once the van is loaded — we sweep whichever area we worked, drive, garden or hallway, so it is as tidy as before. Takes minutes but shows in the finish.
Add honest flat pricing, free photo quotes and a phone that actually gets answered, and it’s why customers in St Mellons keep coming back to us.
What We Take Away in St Mellons
Whatever comes out of a St Mellons home — from the loft, the garage, the garden or the spare room — goes onto the van at one flat price, estimated from the photo and confirmed on-site before we start.
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 St Mellons:
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 St Mellons — 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 St Mellons, 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 St Mellons ›
Garden waste removal
Hedge clippings, branches, old sheds, broken fence panels, turf, decking and green waste from gardens across St Mellons. 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 St Mellons. 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 St Mellons — 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 St Mellons, 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
One item only? A sofa is £40 to £90 depending on size, a mattress a flat £50, collected alone or folded into a bigger job. Full item price list ›
Unsure if we can take a particular item? Snap a photo and WhatsApp it to us — we will tell you yes or no honestly, with no pitch attached.
Council collection versus a van load in St Mellons
Residents of St Mellons — and the households across St Mellons, Rumney and Llanrumney — can book a bulky collection with Cardiff Council for £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; the service is limited to a maximum of six items per booking and you arrange it by having to book online through the council website.
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 St Mellons 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 Old St Mellons and Castleton.
Areas We Cover in St Mellons
We cover all of St Mellons, including Old St Mellons, Trowbridge and Trowbridge Green, plus the areas around it: Castleton and Marshfield to the north-east, Peterstone Wentlooge to the east, Llanrumney and Rumney to the west and south-west, and Pontprennau, St Edeyrn's Village and Pentwyn to the north-west. If you are just outside St Mellons, 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 St Mellons 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 St Mellons 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
A flight of stairs adds £10, and a carry past 10 metres adds £30 — flagged to you upfront, never 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 St Mellons.
Planning a clear-out yourself? Our blog has practical guides to make it easier.
How It Works — Three Simple Steps
We have stripped the booking process back to the basics: no paperwork, no site visits, nothing to wait around for.
1. Send us a photo
A few photos on WhatsApp is all we need, even if the waste is dotted around the house. We will text back an estimate within minutes, with no site visit to arrange first.
2. We load it
We turn up on time with a van matched to the job and two people ready to lift. We handle the loading entirely, work round your things and leave everything swept.
3. You pay when it is loaded
You pay nothing upfront — settle up once the van is loaded and you can see the clearance is finished, by card, cash or bank transfer. Every load then goes to a licensed facility with proper paperwork behind it. Book your slot ›
Waste Removal in St Mellons — Your Questions Answered
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes, we are properly licensed: an upper-tier waste carrier registration with Natural Resources Wales (CBDU034669 — verifiable on the public register) plus public liability cover on every job we take on, residential or commercial.
How much does waste removal cost in St Mellons?
We give a flat-rate estimate upfront — £160 and up for smaller jobs, £290 for a half van, £450 for a full load, with garden waste coming in lower at £80–£250. The number we give from your photos is an estimate; the final price is confirmed once we give you the price on-site, before we start.
Do you load everything yourselves?
That is exactly what we do — a two-person crew carries everything out, from the garden, the loft or any room in the house. You will not need to move a thing to the kerb first; that is included.
What areas of St Mellons and the surrounding area do you cover?
St Mellons is on our regular east Cardiff routes. We cover all of the CF3 area — including Old St Mellons, Trowbridge and Castleton — with same-day available on most jobs.
Can you collect from inside my property in St Mellons?
Correct, we go and get it from wherever it is — bedroom, loft, garage, shed or garden — without you needing to bring anything to the kerb. We work carefully around your furniture and leave the area swept.
How do I book a collection in St Mellons?
A photo on WhatsApp is all it takes — we will confirm your price and a collection slot, usually within the same day. Message us here ›
Is it cheaper than hiring a skip in St Mellons?
In most cases, yes — add up the skip rental, a road permit if required, and the days spent filling it yourself, and it tends to cost more. Our van is larger than a standard tipper, so a single load carries further, and the lifting is on us.
Ready to Get Rid of It in St Mellons?
Send a photo through and we will reply with an estimate, usually in a few minutes. We respond fast and turn up on schedule — no hourly billing, no hidden fees, and the area left tidy afterwards.