Rubbish Removal Hornsby

Council gives houses two scheduled bulky waste collections a year, capped at three cubic metres with nothing longer than two metres, or a $71.50 on-call collection if you don't want to wait. Paul's Rubbish has no load limit and no booking window, so a bigger clear-out, or one that can't wait for the next scheduled date, still gets taken in one visit.

Yes. A lot of Hornsby's bigger blocks are battleaxe blocks or sit behind a steep driveway where our truck can't pull up at the house. We carry items out by hand from wherever they are on the property, garage, backyard or a rear dwelling, so you don't need to move anything to the street yourself.

Yes, with no volume limit. Established blocks along the national park boundary produce more green waste than a standard clean-up, and everything we clear goes out the front of the property, never over the back fence into the park. We take it in the same visit as everything else.

Yes. The unit blocks around the station and Westfield are a different job to a house on a larger block, usually a single lift and a booking rather than a truck up a driveway. We work around building access and loading-dock bookings and can collect the same day if you call before 10am.

Yes. Deceased estate and downsizing clear-outs are regular work for us in Hornsby, where a lot of the housing has been in the same family for decades. There's no load limit, so a full house, garage and garden can be cleared in one visit, and we can work to an executor's or agent's timeline rather than a fixed council collection date.

Council accepts mattresses in its scheduled bulky waste collection, but houses only get two collections a year, and nothing longer than two metres. Paul's Rubbish takes mattresses in the same trip as everything else, any time, with no length limit and no extra charge.

Yes. Hornsby Shire Council's bulky waste collection does not take building or demolition waste at all, which is exactly the kind of load a renovation or strip-out produces. Paul's Rubbish takes bricks, timber, plasterboard and general construction and demolition waste on the same trip, same day if you book before 10am.

No. Garden waste is explicitly excluded from council's bulky waste collection. On the bushland-adjacent streets around Hornsby, where asset-protection clearing is common, that leaves a real gap. Paul's Rubbish takes garden and green waste with no volume limit, including bushfire-clearing offcuts.

No. Apartments of five storeys or under get one scheduled collection a month with no on-call option, so missing that date means waiting until the next month. Apartments of six storeys or more have no scheduled collection at all; it's on-call only, booked through strata management. Paul's Rubbish doesn't need a strata booking or a scheduled date: call any time and we'll collect on the day that suits you.

Council's bulky waste collection takes scrap metal but excludes car parts, batteries and tyres. Paul's Rubbish takes it all together in the one visit, no need to sort it into what council will and won't collect.