BULKY BOB'S - COLLECTS, RE-USES, RECYCLES
Bulky Bob’s is a pioneering social enterprise in the waste industry. It collects bulky household waste (predominantly furniture and white goods) under contracts with local authorities. The Bulky Bob’s service is a creative and innovative solution to bulky household waste management, that can divert up to 70% of bulky household waste from going to landfill.
Since it began in Liverpool in 2000, Bulky Bob’s has made more than 475,000 collections of bulky household waste. More than 275,000 individual furniture items and white goods have been rescued from going to landfill. In total we have collected more than 35,000 tonnes of waste furniture and white goods.
We currently operate Bulky Bob’s services in the following local authority areas:
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Liverpool City Council | Oldham MBC | Warrington BC |
Bulky Bob’s has been honoured with a number of prestigious national and local awards, recognising the achievements Bulky Bob’s has made, the ingenuity of the service that is offered and the environmental and social impacts that Bulky Bob’s makes everyday.
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As well as being recognised through awards, Bulky Bob’s is held up as an exemplar of added value service provision and has been showcased in many publications which promote this approach such as:
- “There’s more to business than you think, a guide to social enterprise”, Social Enterprise Coalition, (2003)
- “Securing the Future - UK Government sustainable development strategy”, (2005)
- “Match Winners: a guide to commercial collaborations between social enterprise and private sector business” Department of Trade & Industry's Small Business Service, (2005)
- “More for your money: A guide to procuring from social enterprises”, New Economics Foundation, (2006)
- “Power Actually: a study in liberal democratic localism in action”, Liberal Democrat party (2006)
Bulky Bob’s is part of the FRC Group of social businesses. Click here to go to the FRC Group website where you can find out more about FRC Group – our people, our values, the good things we do, why we do them and how we are making change happen.