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How commercial waste collection in Edinburgh works
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1. Get your free quote
Tell us your waste types, volumes, and location. We provide a clear, tailored quote based on your business requirements.
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2. Receive your bins
We deliver the correct bins and containers free of charge. There are no delivery or rental fees.
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3. Fill them correctly
Separate your waste streams in line with current Scottish requirements. We can advise your team on best practices for Edinburgh waste management.
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4. We collect via vetted local carriers
Licensed waste carriers collect your bins on agreed days. Routes are planned efficiently across the city centre, Leith, Haymarket, and the surrounding commercial areas.
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5. Waste managed responsibly
Your waste is handled in line with the waste hierarchy. You receive the correct documentation for compliance and reporting.
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Read Our Customer Reviews
Efficient communication
We have worked alongside Business Waste for quite a few months now, and their efficiency with communication and resolving queries is great. Allie especially is a pleasure to liaise with. Great company from a B2B perspective
Flo Bolton-Smith
The real definition of service
The service received was simply outstanding. Business Waste gave good advice and a demonstration of a willingness to help and get me a solution.
Gregory Harrand
Great company
Great company to deal with, special thanks to Danielle who is always on the ball and sort any issues out instantly with proactive involvement with follow up phone calls and emails. I would recommend her to be the next PM to get things done, oh and as a company to deal with all the waste needs for your business.
Top Deals Online
Excellent service set up process
I was impressed by the speed of setting up the service. I made a single phone call to Business Waste and all the necessary paperwork was done efficiently.
Yahya Saeed
We work with organisations across Edinburgh’s major commercial sectors.
From offices in the Exchange District to hospitality venues in the Old Town and healthcare sites across the city, we design services around the way your sector operates.
Areas we cover
in Edinburgh
We provide commercial waste collection across Edinburgh and the wider EH postcode area.
Our coverage includes:
- Old Town
- New Town
- Haymarket
- Leith
- Stockbridge
- Morningside
- Newington
- Corstorphine
- Portobello
- South Queensferry
- Musselburgh
- Dalkeith
- Livingston
- Bathgate
- Dunbar
We serve businesses situated in high streets, business parks, industrial estates, and multi-tenant buildings. If your business has an EH postcode, we can arrange collections suited to your location and building type.

Commercial waste collection for Edinburgh Festival businesses
Edinburgh’s festivals include, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival, and Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, create the largest arts and culture event in the world by attendance, with over 200,000 daily visitors to the city during August. For Edinburgh’s hospitality and food businesses, the Festival period means significantly increased waste volumes, kitchen food waste from restaurants and cafes serving festival crowds, glass and bottle recycling from bars and licensed venues, cardboard packaging from increased deliveries, and litter from outdoor food and drink traders. Business Waste Ltd arrange’s temporary increased frequency collections for Edinburgh businesses during the Festival period, as well as one off waste collection for pop-up food vendors, festival venue operators, and event caterers who need cruitial time critical short-term commercial waste services. Contact us to arrange Festival period waste collection for your Edinburgh business.
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Published 12th May 2022 by JackBrayshaw. Last modified 24th August 2026