How the councils compare The differing costs of disposing of your waste
Blackpool council – £12.50 permit for non-household waste
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council – charges £5 to dispose of a car tyre
Bracknell Forest borough council – charges £6 to dispose of gas canisters and £3 per bag of soil
Bradford city council – charges £125 to dispose of a boat or canoe
Brent council – charges vans £16 per 100kg of waste being disposed of
Bristol city council – weekly limit to one bootload for DIY waste per household
Buckinghamshire county council – charges for DIY waste on arrival, including £10 for an entire toilet or £17.50 for a shed
Calderdale borough council – charges £2.50 per bag of hardcore, brick and rubble
Cheshire East council – charges £3.50 per sheet of plasterboard
Cornwall council – charges £3.30 per car tyre, and also £10.30 for a sheet or bag which contains asbestos
City of York council – does not accept printer cartridges and tyres
Darlington borough council – ceramics, household fittings, construction and plasterboard waste not accepted
Devon county council – charges £3.90 for plastic showerscreens or shower trays
Dorset council – charges £1.50 per bag for soil
Ealing council – charges £23 per 100kg of DIY waste, and vehicles are weighed
East Sussex county council – Charges £2 for car tyres
Hampshire county council – warns that kitchen and bathroom sinks may face additional charges
Hartlepool borough council – charges £3 per ceramic item
Hillingdon council – charges £197 per ton for DIY waste
Kent county council – charges on arrival for DIY waste, including sinks and toilet basins
Leeds city council – charges for ceramics, rubble, hardcore and soil, and plasterboard
Lewisham council – does not allow building or renovation waste
Leicestershire county council – charges £3 per roof tile or concrete slab
North Lincolnshire council – charges £4 for a bucket of soil
Nottingham city council – charges for plasterboard, rubble, and ceramics
Norfolk county council – charges £3 to dispose of timber
North Tyneside borough council – charges for nonhousehold waste, primarily construction and demolition material
Oxfordshire county council – charges £1.50 to get rid of a radiator
Southampton city council – charges £2.50 for a bag of soil or rubble
South Gloucestershire council – charges for DIY waste after six bags
South Tyneside borough council – can buy donated items from them such as fridges, but doesn’t charge
Staffordshire county council – charges £3 per bag of bricks or gravel
Stockton-on-tees borough council – £20 permit for DIY waste
Stoke-on-trent city council – charges £3 for a roll of turf
Suffolk county council – charges for soil, hardcore, rubble or plasterboard
Surrey county council – charges £5 to dispose of a tile, or £4 for a concrete fence post
Swindon borough council – charges £2.80 for car tyres and £3.50 per plasterboard sheet
Torbay council – no DIY waste allowed
Warwickshire county council – staff wear body cameras to catch out culprits flouting their rules
Warrington borough council – does not accept plaster, fencing, bricks, tiles, kitchen units
West Berkshire council – charges for sinks, toilet cisterns and sink pedestals
DIY waste is classed as material removed from building and renovation work