Business Waste

Confidential Waste Bins

Store sensitive documents safely before removal and destruction with confidential waste bins and bags. Various sizes are available to suit the type and amount of waste you create. Confidential bins are solid and secure while confidential waste sacks are lightweight and flexible, ideal for simple storage in any space.

We provide free bins for your organisation with no rental fees or delivery charges – you just pay for collection. You can use confidential waste bins and bags to store shredded paper, intact sensitive documents, and other items that contain private information and data.

Speak to one of our friendly expert team members for advice on the best confidential waste bin or bag that meets your needs. Get a free no-obligation quote tailored to your specific needs for confidential waste bin or bag collection today – contact us online or call 0800 211 8390.

Collection Frequency:
Daily, weekly, fortnightly or ad-hoc collection
Weight:
up to 25kg
Waste Type:
  • Confidential Waste
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Secure waste bins

There are various types and sizes of secure waste bins available to suit your disposal needs. This includes lockable confidential waste bins that add an extra level of security. Standard non-lockable paper bins are also available and suit offices where you can place them near employee desks to store old documents.

Other secure waste bins include shred carts that have lockable, tamper-proof, and secure lids. These are ideal to store large capacities of confidential waste. You can wheel them around to collect confidential waste items. There are also shred containers and shred consoles, which have paper slots for easy accessibility and are lockable.

Shredding blue bins are best for collecting and destroying large sums of confidential waste due to their big capacities. Wheels make them mobile, so you can place them anywhere around the office, while lockable lids provide additional security for documents awaiting shredding.

Learn more about some of the different sizes and find the right confidential waste bin for your business:

  • Small confidential waste bins

    Small two-wheel bins are best for start-ups and organisations with less confidential waste

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  • 240L confidential waste bins

    Standard two-wheel bins that can be lockable and hold lots of confidential waste

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  • Office bins

    Small and secure bins for offices that are ideal to store sensitive documents and shredded paper

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Confidential waste bags

Paper makes up lots of confidential waste, so it’s safe and simple to store it in bags in many cases. Confidential waste sacks can take up less room than bins and are flexible to fill with both intact old documents and shredded paper. We can provide an array of sacks and paper shredding bags to meet your needs.

The lightweight material of any confidential waste bag makes it easy to move around when empty or full. Use it to store paper before and after shredding whether your business shreds confidential documents onsite or requires it removing for offsite shredding. You can use both bins and confidential waste sacks for effective management.

We can supply confidential waste disposal bags in a wide range of sizes to suit the amount of sensitive rubbish you produce. Each bag has a maximum weight limit, and some have a maximum fill line that you can’t exceed. If you might go beyond the weight limit or fill line then order extra confidential waste bags.

The maximum weight limit depends on the size and material of the confidential waste bag. There are available options that can hold up to 12kg17kg, and 25kg of sensitive waste materials. Common sizes of confidential waste disposal bags include:

  • 60 x 90cm
  • 60 x 100cm
  • 71 x 142cm

Contact our team and we can advise on the exact sizes, weight limits, and materials of confidential waste sacks for your business to use.

What is a confidential 
waste bag?

A confidential waste bag is a secure sack used to store sensitive documents. They can hold shredded paper waste or confidential items that need shredding. Confidential waste bags come in many sizes and can be made from various materials, including polythene, polypropylene, or paper.

Using a confidential waste bag makes separating sensitive rubbish from regular paper recycling easy. Many paper confidential bags can be put through a shredder with their contents and all the shredded paper is then recycled. Confidential sacks made from types of plastic should be emptied and reused.

Secure bags offer an ideal solution for businesses that only produce small amounts of confidential waste or have limited space for storage. Label each one to keep it separate from other waste types and ensure the contents are destroyed and recycled appropriately.

Read our confidential waste guide
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Why do I need confidential 
waste sacks or bins?

Businesses must comply with the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when storing and disposing of confidential waste. Confidential waste sacks provide a secure way to store all sorts of sensitive and important documents on-site before they’re collected and recycled. You can use them to hold shredded paper or documents for off-site shredding.

Bags are more flexible than rigid bins, so you can easily place them in small and secure areas of your business before collection. Storing sensitive waste in such sacks minimises the chance of private and important information falling into the wrong hands. Keep the bags in a locked room or container to limit access.

They also offer a simple solution to separate your confidential rubbish from paper recycling and other materials. Most confidential waste disposal bags are labelled. This reduces the risk of contaminating other loads and should ensure as much of your confidential waste as possible is recycled.

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What can you put in confidential waste 
sacks and bins?

Use confidential waste sacks and bins to store sensitive documents, papers, and items that need destroying. Any papers containing private, personal, and sensitive information that you no longer need can be put in confidential waste sacks. This separates them from other materials and ensures they’re disposed of in line with relevant regulations.

You can put complete documents in a confidential waste bag before it’s shredded, or the shredded paper waste created from destroying sensitive documents. It’s important that you use separate bags to ensure the waste is processed properly.

Common examples of what you can put in confidential waste bags and bins include:

  • Medical records
  • Old contracts
  • Financial documents
  • CVs from candidates
  • Building plans

Arrange confidential waste bin collection

Get any type and size of confidential waste disposal bins and bags delivered to your business anywhere in the UK. Fill them with confidential paper waste – either shredded or whole – and within any weight limits and max fill lines. Then arrange confidential waste bin collection on a daily, weekly, or fortnightly basis.

Licensed waste carriers will remove and transport the waste to a nearby facility for safe and secure destruction and disposal. You receive a free duty of care certificate and certificate of destruction for peace of mind and proof that your waste was destroyed safely and legally.

Get a free no-obligation quote for confidential waste bin collection for your organisation. Contact us online or call 0800 211 8390 to speak to our friendly and expert team. They can answer any questions, advise on the best solutions for your waste, and provide a bespoke price.

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Find the right bin for 
your business waste

All waste types
  • All waste types
  • Cardboard Waste
  • Clinical Waste
  • Confidential Waste
  • Dry Mixed Recycling (DMR)
  • Food Waste
  • Garden Waste
  • General Waste
  • Glass Waste
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Liquid Waste
  • Oil Waste
  • Paper Waste
  • Plastic Waste
  • Sanitary Waste
  • WEEE Waste
  • 1100 litre wheelie bins

    The 1100 litre bin is the largest wheelie bin available to store up to 18 bags of waste.

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  • 240 litre wheelie bins

    The standard size wheelie bin you have at home that holds three to four bags of waste.

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  • 360 litre wheelie bins

    This is the largest two-wheel bin available to store five or six waste bags.

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  • 660 litre wheelie bins

    A four-wheel bin suitable for larger volumes of general waste and dry mixed recycling.

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  • Anatomical waste bags

    Red clinical waste bags for organs, body parts, materials contaminated with bodily fluids.

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  • Balers

    Static balers compress recyclable waste into solid bales to save space.

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  • Clinical infectious waste bags

    Orange clinical waste bags are for materials contaminated with infectious waste.

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  • Clinical waste bags

    Clinical waste bags to store medical waste safely before collection and disposal.

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  • Clinical Waste Bins

    Clinical waste bins are suitable containers to store all sorts of medical waste safely.

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  • Commercial Bin Sizes

    Read our helpful guide to commercial bin sizes, dimensions, and measurements

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  • Commercial waste bags

    Commercial waste bags are ideal for various waste types when you can’t use a bin.

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  • Compactors

    Choose from mobile and static compactors for general waste or recyclable rubbish.

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  • Confidential Waste Bags and Bins

    Confidential waste bags provide a secure and flexible way to store sensitive documents before disposal.

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  • Cytotoxic and cytostatic waste bags

    Purple waste bags for waste contaminated with cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines.

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  • Dental (amalgam) waste bins

    White clinical waste bins for dental waste including unwanted and excess amalgam.

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  • Front end loaders

    Large static containers ideal for businesses generating high volumes of waste.

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  • Highly infectious hazardous waste bags

    Yellow clinical waste bags for waste contaminated with infectious bodily fluids.

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  • IBC containers

    Store high volumes of liquid waste including chemicals, solvents, and hazardous waste.

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  • Large Commercial Waste Bins

    A large bin offers a cost-effective way to store and dispose of commercial waste.

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  • Non-infectious clinical waste bags

    Yellow and black waste bags for non-infectious and non-hazardous waste.

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  • Office Bins

    Different types of general waste and recycling bins for offices in various sizes.

  • Rear end loaders

    A big commercial waste skip in sizes that can hold up to 160 bags of waste.

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  • Roll on roll offs

    One of the largest containers for business waste that can store up to 440 bags of waste.

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  • Sanitary waste bins

    Safely store feminine hygiene products and other sanitary waste with various bin sizes.

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  • Sharps bins

    Use sharps bins with different coloured lids for needles, syringes, scalpels, and knives.

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  • Skip sizes

    Sizes vary from 2 to 12-yard skips that can easily store various waste types and amounts.

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  • Small wheelie bins

    Small two-wheel bins for businesses producing low volumes of waste or with limited space.

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  • Waste drums

    Drums and barrels are ideal to safely store liquid, oil, and hazardous waste for collection.

  • Wheelie Bins

    Explore a range of two and four-wheel bins for many waste types.

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Published 31st January 2023 by Graham Matthews. Last modified 21st February 2025