Chatham, Medway
Wait & load in Chatham (ME4)
Local wait & load in Chatham: we reach the town via M2 junctions 3-4, load everything by hand and confirm your all-in price before we start. From £400, ME4, ME5 covered.
- Covering ME4, ME5
- £400, confirmed before we load
- Same-day slots before 11am
- Environment Agency registered
- £5m insured
- 92% diverted from landfill
- 4.9★ from 1,483 reviews
Quick answer
Is wait & load in Chatham available same day, and what does it cost?
Wait & load service in Chatham starts at £400, with the final fixed price set by volume and access. Chatham sits in Medway, so household waste goes via Cuxton and Capstone Road household waste recycling centres. We cover ME4, ME5 with same-day slots booked before 11am.
- Price from
- £400
- Postcodes
- ME4, ME5
- Council
- Medway Council (unitary authority)
- Nearest HWRC
- Cuxton and Capstone Road household waste recycling centres
Reviewed by Daniel Hartley, Operations Director & licensed waste carrier · Last updated 2 August 2026
What makes wait & load in Chatham different
The commercial heart of the Medway Towns, with dense terraced streets on the Luton and Chatham Hill slopes and student housing around the Universities at Medway campus.
Steep terraced streets with no rear access, plus 1960s and 1970s estates at Walderslade and Princes Park. That housing mix shapes how we run wait & load here: Terraced streets on the Luton and Chatham Hill slopes rarely have space for a skip, so wait-and-load collections are the practical alternative here.
Our crews reach Chatham via M2 junctions 3-4, A2 Watling Street, A229 Chatham Hill, A230 Maidstone Road and work regularly across Luton, Walderslade, Wayfield, Brompton, Davis Estate, Princes Park. Wait and load is a service where a licensed waste vehicle and crew arrive at an agreed time and remain on site while waste is loaded, then leave immediately. Because the vehicle is attended it does not require the highway permit a skip needs.
Chatham is one of our home-patch ME4, ME5 rounds — the vans run from Unit 4, Medway City Estate, Rochester ME2 4DP, so Chatham bookings taken before 11am are usually collected the same day. Household waste in this area is handled by Medway Council (unitary authority), with tip runs going to Cuxton and Capstone Road household waste recycling centres and council bulky collections offered as Medway Council operates a chargeable bulky waste service with banded pricing by item count.
ME4, ME5 areas included
- Luton
- Walderslade
- Wayfield
- Brompton
- Davis Estate
- Princes Park
How we load in Chatham (ME4)
- Loading and permit-bay experience around Pentagon Shopping Centre
- Loading and permit-bay experience around Dockside Outlet Centre
- Restricted-access streets near Chatham
- Restricted-access streets near Gillingham
- Landmark reference points: The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Fort Amherst, Great Lines Heritage Park
Chatham at a glance
- Population around roughly 80,000, in Medway
- Postcodes covered: ME4, ME5
- Council collections run by Medway Council (unitary authority)
- Council bulky waste option: Medway Council operates a chargeable bulky waste service with banded pricing by item count.
- Nearest recycling centre: Cuxton and Capstone Road household waste recycling centres
Chatham wait & load prices (ME4, ME5)
Prices are confirmed in writing before we load in Chatham. Send photos and we size the load without a site visit.
| Load / item | What it covers | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Half van, wait & load | Up to 6 cubic yards, 30 minutes on site | from £160 |
| Full van, wait & load | 12 cubic yards, up to 60 minutes on site | £400 |
| Additional waiting time | Charged per 15 minutes after the first hour | £25 |
| Repeat visits on the same day | Second and third loads discounted | from £220 |
What we take in Chatham
What we take
- Renovation and strip-out waste
- House and garage clear-out contents
- Garden waste, soil and hardcore
- Shop and office refit waste
- Mixed loads across all of the above
What we cannot take
- Asbestos-containing materials
- Hazardous liquids, fuels and gas bottles
- Loads exceeding the vehicle's 3.5t plated weight — heavy inert waste is quoted separately
FAQs: wait & load in Chatham (ME4)
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- Fixed price, no hidden extras
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- Waste transfer note by email