How much does it cost to get rid of asbestos (10 figures)
The Council Asbestos Disposal Charges carries 10 published figures read from 5 sources' own pages, from 7.90 to 458.51 GBP, read 11 October 2026.
- 98 to 83
- 83 to 158
- 158 to 233
- 233 to 308
- 308 to 383
- 383 to 459
Bands
| Bucket | Value |
|---|---|
| 8 to 83 | 9 figures |
| 83 to 158 | 0 figures |
| 158 to 233 | 0 figures |
| 233 to 308 | 0 figures |
| 308 to 383 | 0 figures |
| 383 to 459 | 0 figures |
6 of the 16 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 11 October 2026.
By authority and booking rule
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| authoritySwindon Borough Council, call-out per hour | 45GBP | 45 to 45GBP | 1 |
| authoritySwindon Borough Council, consignment note | 30GBP | 30 to 30GBP | 1 |
| authoritySwindon Borough Council, per bag | 7.9GBP | 7.9 to 7.9GBP | 1 |
| authorityBCP Council, per bag | 10.5GBP | 10.5 to 10.5GBP | 1 |
| authorityAberdeenshire Council, per tonne | 458.51GBP | 458.51 to 458.51GBP | 1 |
| authorityAberdeenshire Council, minimum charge per load | 20GBP | 20 to 20GBP | 1 |
| authorityCity of York Council, per sheet under 180cm by 60cm | 10GBP | 10 to 10GBP | 1 |
| authorityLeicestershire County Council, per sheet | 10GBP | 10 to 10GBP | 1 |
| authorityCity of York Council, per sheet over 180cm by 60cm | 20.5GBP | 20.5 to 20.5GBP | 1 |
| authorityCity of York Council, per bag | 10GBP | 10 to 10GBP | 1 |
| booking ruleVeolia Merseyside and Halton, service every three weeks | 3week | 3 to 3week | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeenshire Council - asbestos disposal | 458.51GBP | Aberdeenshire Council, per tonne | 2026-10-11 |
| Swindon Borough Council - dispose of asbestos safely | 45GBP | Swindon Borough Council, call-out per hour | 2026-10-11 |
| Swindon Borough Council - dispose of asbestos safely | 30GBP | Swindon Borough Council, consignment note | 2026-10-11 |
| City of York Council - Hazel Court HWRC | 20.5GBP | City of York Council, per sheet over 180cm by 60cm | 2026-09-11 |
| Aberdeenshire Council - asbestos disposal | 20GBP | Aberdeenshire Council, minimum charge per load | 2026-10-11 |
| BCP Council - recycling centre charges | 10.5GBP | BCP Council, per bag | 2026-10-11 |
| City of York Council - Hazel Court HWRC | 10GBP | City of York Council, per sheet under 180cm by 60cm | 2026-09-11 |
| Leicestershire County Council - waste disposal charges and terms | 10GBP | Leicestershire County Council, per sheet | 2026-09-11 |
| City of York Council - Hazel Court HWRC | 10GBP | City of York Council, per bag | 2026-09-11 |
| Swindon Borough Council - dispose of asbestos safely | 7.9GBP | Swindon Borough Council, per bag | 2026-10-11 |
| Veolia Merseyside and Halton - asbestos disposal service | 3week | Veolia Merseyside and Halton, service every three weeks | 2026-09-11 |
The sentence each figure was read from (11)
- Aberdeenshire Council - asbestos disposal, read 2026-10-11:
This is a charged for service with a fee of £458.51 per tonne (£0.46 per kg).
- Swindon Borough Council - dispose of asbestos safely, read 2026-10-11:
Call out charge of £45.00 per hour
- Swindon Borough Council - dispose of asbestos safely, read 2026-10-11:
Legal Consignment Note charge of £30.00
- City of York Council - Hazel Court HWRC, read 2026-09-11:
Bonded asbestos, per sheet - more than 180 centimetres by 60 centimetres £20.50
- Aberdeenshire Council - asbestos disposal, read 2026-10-11:
There is a minimum charge of £20 per load, and payment needs to be made by card at the end of the visit.
- BCP Council - recycling centre charges, read 2026-10-11:
Once over your free allowance - £10.50 per bag, £21 per sheet.
- City of York Council - Hazel Court HWRC, read 2026-09-11:
Waste type Charge Bonded asbestos, per sheet - less than 180 centimetres by 60 centimetres £10.00
- Leicestershire County Council - waste disposal charges and terms, read 2026-09-11:
Charge: £10 per sheet (2400mm x 1200mm / 8ft x 4ft approx.) or 3 metre length of guttering / pipe, or £10 per tub* (or part tub) over the free allowance.
- City of York Council - Hazel Court HWRC, read 2026-09-11:
Bonded asbestos, per bag - able to be lifted by 1 person £10.00
- Swindon Borough Council - dispose of asbestos safely, read 2026-10-11:
A charge for bags is £7.90 per bag (including VAT) and roof sheets are £10.00 per sheet (including VAT).
- Veolia Merseyside and Halton - asbestos disposal service, read 2026-09-11:
Service available at each site once every 3 weeks.
Read in full, publishes no figure
10 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Somerset Council - charges at recycling sites, read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Cornwall Council - charges at household waste and recycling centres, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Cornwall Council - asbestos, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Plymouth City Council - disposal charges for soil, rubble, plasterboard and asbestos, read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Derbyshire County Council - charges for disposal of tyres and asbestos, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Southampton City Council - recycling centre, read 2026-10-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- Bristol City Council - hazardous household waste, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council - asbestos collections, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- GOV.UK - dispose of hazardous waste, read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- GOV.UK - how to classify different types of waste, read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
6 of the 16 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 10 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 2 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 10 figures, never sentences; 39 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per waste disposal authority: does the HWRC accept bonded asbestos at all, the free allowance (sheets/bags per visit, week or month), the charge over it (per sheet, per bag, per tonne), the booking rule and lead time, the size and wrapping limits, and whether a household collection service exists and at what price - read from each authority's own page.
Across 300+ authorities that gives the median and range of the per-sheet charge, the share accepting asbestos at all, the share charging nothing up to an allowance, and the map of where a householder must instead pay a licensed collector.
No such comparison exists: each council publishes only itself, and the national cost guides skip disposal or quote a single national average.
39 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (18)
- Swindon Borough Council - dispose of asbestos safely(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Aberdeenshire Council - asbestos disposal(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- City of York Council - Hazel Court HWRC(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Somerset Council - charges at recycling sites(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BCP Council - recycling centre charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Leicestershire County Council - waste disposal charges and terms(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Cornwall Council - charges at household waste and recycling centres(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Cornwall Council - asbestos(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Plymouth City Council - disposal charges for soil, rubble, plasterboard and asbestos(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Derbyshire County Council - charges for disposal of tyres and asbestos(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Southampton City Council - recycling centre(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Bristol City Council - hazardous household waste(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council - asbestos collections(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK - dispose of hazardous waste(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK - how to classify different types of waste(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Veolia Merseyside and Halton - asbestos disposal service(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- gov.uk(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- gov.uk(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The Council Asbestos Disposal Charges carries 10 published figures read from 5 sources' own pages, from 7.90 to 458.51 GBP, read 11 October 2026.
6 of the 16 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 11 October 2026.
Council Asbestos Disposal Charges, authority Swindon Borough Council, call-out per hour: median 45 GBP across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
Council Asbestos Disposal Charges, authority Swindon Borough Council, consignment note: median 30 GBP across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
Council Asbestos Disposal Charges, authority Swindon Borough Council, per bag: median 7.90 GBP across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
Council Asbestos Disposal Charges, authority BCP Council, per bag: median 10.50 GBP across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
Council Asbestos Disposal Charges, authority Aberdeenshire Council, per tonne: median 458.51 GBP across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
Council Asbestos Disposal Charges, authority Aberdeenshire Council, minimum charge per load: median 20 GBP across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
Council Asbestos Disposal Charges, authority City of York Council, per sheet under 180cm by 60cm: median 10 GBP across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
Council Asbestos Disposal Charges, authority Leicestershire County Council, per sheet: median 10 GBP across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
Council Asbestos Disposal Charges, authority City of York Council, per sheet over 180cm by 60cm: median 20.50 GBP across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
Council Asbestos Disposal Charges, authority City of York Council, per bag: median 10 GBP across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
Council Asbestos Disposal Charges, booking rule Veolia Merseyside and Halton, service every three weeks: median 3 week across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
Cite as: "asbestosremovalcosts.co.uk Council Asbestos Disposal Charges", updated 2026-10-19, https://asbestosremovalcosts.co.uk/datasets/council-asbestos-disposal-charges/.
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