The circular economy model is becoming central to how the UK manages waste, resources, and sustainability. But while England and Scotland are working towards the same goal, their strategies are starting to diverge.
Our analysis shows that Easter egg sales generate a shocking amount of waste, with around 25% of each product made up of packaging rather than chocolate.
From 1 April 2026, landfill tax in the UK will rise again. The standard rate will increase to £130.75 per tonne, reinforcing landfill as the most expensive waste disposal option for most businesses.
This commercial waste guide covers everything you need to know in 2026.
Any business that produces hazardous waste must use a consignment note whenever that waste leaves its premises. The document forms part of the waste duty of care, which requires organisations to manage waste safely and responsibly.
Mis-flushed items are products that get flushed down toilets when they should go in the bin. Our expert analysis claims these items contribute to approximately 215,101 sewer blockages a year, with an estimated national cost of £143,472,200.
One year after Simpler Recycling became mandatory for larger businesses in England, compliance has improved. But pressure on infrastructure, rising food waste volumes, and new enforcement powers mean the system is experiencing some teething errors.
This guide explains how to manage waste in a restaurant and build a system that works during busy services and quieter seasons.
This guide explains how to handle facility waste and build a system that works for your building.
The Environment Agency has announced it will charge £118 per hour to businesses in England that fail to comply with Simpler Recycling rules. Here’s everything you need to know.
This guide explains what counts as care home waste, what causes it, and how to manage it in line with current UK legislation and best practice.
This guide explains what warehouse waste looks like in practice and how to control it in 2026.
This guide explains what counts as hotel waste, why it matters, and the practical steps hotels can take in 2026 to manage waste more effectively.
If materials containing PFAS enter your waste stream, you may face tighter handling rules, hazardous classification, and stricter duty-of-care responsibilities. Here’s what you need to know.
Fly-tipping is usually viewed as a local issue, with local consequences. A pile of dumped waste appears, the council clears it up, and residents are left frustrated. But there’s a second cost that is rarely mentioned
This guide explains how waste segregation works in schools, why it matters more with the latest Simpler Recycling rules taking effect, and how schools can build effective, compliant systems that staff and pupils actually follow.
Most businesses take data protection seriously. They lock down systems, train staff on phishing, and tighten access to customer records. But there’s one part of GDPR compliance that still gets missed. What happens to confidential waste when it’s thrown away?
As landfill capacity continues to shrink across parts of the UK, Energy from Waste plants are increasingly being relied on to keep non-recyclable commercial waste going through the system. Yet much of the conversation around EfW still focuses on perception, rather than the practical role it plays when disposal options start to disappear.
North Devon Council has confirmed it will stop all commercial waste collections from 31 March 2026, leaving thousands of local businesses responsible for arranging their own waste services. Businesses now need to act quickly to stay compliant and avoid disruption.
Across England, landfill capacity has been steadily shrinking, with some regions already operating at or close to zero available space. As sites close and approvals for new landfills slow, the UK is facing a growing landfill capacity crisis that is becoming harder to ignore.
As pressure mounts on land availability, infrastructure, energy generation, and climate resilience, ex-landfill sites are increasingly being re-examined not as liabilities, but as opportunities. With the right engineering, monitoring, and planning, many of these sites are finding new life in ways that deliver environmental, economic, and community benefits.
While councils are preparing to deliver food waste caddies and collection services, one issue risks undermining the success of the new system before it even begins: unclear food packaging guidance.
For businesses, 2026 is less about new announcements and more about practical impact. Waste compliance, collection costs, and disposal options are all likely to shift.
Our very own Buffest Binman calendar has officially made its TV debut, appearing on This Morning on ITV.
From new national legislation to the collapse of key recycling markets, surges of waste crime, and high-profile collection failures, the system has faced pressure from every direction.
With 1.6 million temporary workers now making up 5.4% of the UK workforce, businesses need to be aware of the common waste problems that appear during seasonal peaks and the operational fixes that prevent them.
Food waste is already a major cost for UK organisations, and the introduction of Simpler Recycling has raised the risks for businesses that continue to mix materials incorrectly.
Every year, huge amounts of uneaten food go straight into the bin at staff festive events. That waste costs businesses money and increases their environmental footprint.
HMOs house around 1.5 million people across England. They generate higher waste volumes and more contamination risks than standard homes. That places greater responsibility on landlords to ensure correct bins, clear instructions and safe waste handling.
New analysis of Environment Agency data shows that several English regions could reach zero remaining landfill space within the next decade. In some areas, that reality has already arrived.
44% of UK retailers are left with excess stock after Christmas and New Year discounting. Here’s how to donate stock safely, legally and without creating unintended waste problems.
The waste and resources sector entered this year’s Autumn Budget with high expectations. Following a period of rising treatment costs, limited infrastructure capacity and ongoing reforms, many hoped the Chancellor would provide funding certainty, policy stability and a boost to the UK’s circular economy ambitions.
According to industry insights, festive waste volumes increase by around 30% every year.¹ But there’s a growing issue that many companies overlook: packaging and waste left behind by delivery drivers.
For thousands of people experiencing homelessness, the cold forces them into desperate decisions, including taking refuge inside commercial bins.
Rising food waste volumes, limited plant capacity, delays to infrastructure investment, and the roll-out of Simpler Recycling rules are creating a perfect storm for the waste industry and businesses that rely on regular food waste collections.
Millions of parcels arrive at homes and businesses in boxes that are far larger than necessary, wasting packaging materials and creating a surge in unnecessary delivery emissions.
UK businesses must follow strict packaging waste regulations that control how packaging is designed, used, recycled, and disposed of. This guide explains what the regulations are, who they apply to, and how to stay compliant.
The UK remains heavily reliant on other countries to process its recyclable waste. UK plastic waste exports increased by 84% in the first half of 2025.
Public toilets are disappearing across Great Britain. The British Toilet Association estimates only around 3,300 remain, a 25% drop since 2008.
Windows 10 reaches End of Support (EoS) on 14 October. Find out how this could create a mountain of valuable e-waste and materials with our research.
Home blood test kits are becoming more common but creating lots of sharps waste. Discover how to dispose of home blood test kits safely and responsibly.
Amendments to WEEE regulations in the UK mean online retailers will have more responsibility for e-waste recycling in 2026. Prepare your business today.
Sevenoaks District Council will cease commercial waste collections from 30 September 2025. Find out what your business must do if you use the service.
Reduce the volume of cardboard waste in your business to save space and money with a baler. Learn what a cardboard baler is and how it works in this guide.
A baler is a machine that compresses recyclable rubbish into a dense cube or cuboid block. It significantly reduces the volume of waste by compacting it into a large bale. They’re commonly used for efficient and cost-effective waste management by businesses that produce high volumes of recycling.
Tourists bin 1.2 billion plastic water bottles every year. 493 million bottles are unnecessary as they’re bought in countries with safe drinking tap water.
Business Waste celebrates its tenth anniversary on July 15! That’s a decade managing commercial waste for thousands of customers across the UK.
Ozempic pen use is rising. Safe disposal is vital to protect health and the environment. Learn how to dispose of Ozempic and other GLP-1 pens in this guide.
Disposing of asbestos in any building, business, or home must be done incredibly carefully to protect the health of those around and the environment.
Simpler Recycling regulations have raised many questions for businesses in England. Find expert answers to FAQs with this Simpler Recycling guidance.
Not all rubbish put in your recycling bin at home gets recycled. Discover which regions in the UK have the highest and lowest recycling rejection rates.
Data reveals that Batu Caves is the most littered tourist attraction in the world. See what other popular destinations are also home to lots of rubbish.
Many factors affect how eco-friendly a city is, and we compared them to determine the most sustainable city in the UK to run a business. Read the results.
There’s a cost for a waste carrier’s licence to transport commercial waste. Find out how much a waste carrier’s licence is and other costs in this blog post.
Discover everything you need to know about commercial waste collection costs in the UK.
Farms in the UK that are part of the Red Tractor assurance scheme must adhere to its standards for waste management. Learn what they are in this guide.
Understanding what waste disposal is and how it works can help your business get rid of all your rubbish responsibly.
Commercial recycling should be something that every business in the UK does to get rid of various rubbish streams sustainably. This is especially important to comply with the new Simpler Recycling regulations. Many organisations generate packaging, cardboard, glass, and paper waste every day and it should be recycled.
Discover which Easter eggs have the most and least amounts of packaging. Find those with the best chocolate-to-cardboard ratio in this delicious study.
The prevalence of microplastics in humans is a big topic. Check out these shocking images that show their potential effect on human bodies in the future.
Getting rid of old clothes, fabrics, and furnishings from your business should be done sustainably.
Around three billion nappies are thrown away across the UK every year. They make up between 2 and 3% of all household waste in the country too.
Maidstone Borough Council will stop providing commercial waste services from 1 April 2025. Find out what your business must do and arrange an alternative.
Managing any used chemicals in your business must be done safely to protect employees, customers, and anyone else.
Many businesses in various industries generate hazardous waste – from chemicals used in schools and laboratories to oil and cleaning products in garages.
Councils in the UK charge different rates to collect bulky waste from homes. Discover where it costs the most and least to get rid of bulky items.
Lots of waste that businesses throw out contains metal – from empty tins of beans eaten at lunch in the office kitchen to sheet metal from a construction site.
Electronic waste (or WEEE) covers a wide range of old, outdated, and other electrical items that are no longer needed.
There are strict regulations that cover the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) to reduce the amount disposed of in landfill sites and via incineration.
Dealing with any type of confidential waste must be done with care to protect the sensitive information it contains until it’s destroyed.
Run a business in Manchester and want to manage your waste efficiently and affordably? Read this waste management guide to Manchester to learn how.
A good understanding of clinical waste is important to ensure your business stores, handles, and disposes of it safely.
Plastic is one of the most used materials for packaging, toys, electrical items, and many other products.
Businesses of any size, industry, and location in the UK have a legal duty of care to manage all sanitary waste they generate responsibly.
Managing sanitary waste in your business must be done safely to protect human health and comply with legal regulations.
Combining used packaging, wrappers, and other materials with dry mixed recycling (DMR) is a convenient choice for many businesses.
Dudley Council will no longer provide a commercial waste collection service from April 2025. Find out how to arrange an alternative for your business.
It’s estimated that up to 40% of waste food could end up at landfill sites in the UK. Knowing how to dispose of food waste properly could help reduce this amount.
The O2 network’s move to switch off 3G in April 2025 could generate £13 million worth of e-waste. Discover the calculations and value behind the switch-off.
2025 will be a year of change for the world of waste. Learn about four big waste management changes and trends your business should be aware of in 2025.
Black Friday produces an estimated 1.5 million tonnes of waste. Learn about its negative environmental impact with these Black Friday waste statistics.
Recycling bottle tops prevents them from being littered and going to landfill. Learn how to dispose of lids responsibly in this bottle top recycling guide.
Contaminated recycling causes problems and means waste goes to landfill or is incinerated. Find out how to reduce recycling contamination in your business.
Many tourist hotspots look great in the photos but are sadly surrounded by rubbish and litter. Discover the 10 dirtiest hotspots in the world to avoid.
Recycling at school is the easiest way to teach environmental lessons. Improve sustainability at school with this guide and ideas for recycling for schools.
The modern digital world means more processes are becoming digitalised. Discover how digital transformation is helping and harming waste reduction efforts.
From 31 March 2025, most UK businesses must arrange separate food waste collections. Learn and prepare for the new food waste legislation in the UK.
A digital product passport (DPP) shows data about an item’s environmental impact. Find out what digital product passports are and why they’re sustainable.
Protect the environment, save resources, and help others with the many benefits of recycling clothes. Find out why recycling clothes is important.
Need a big bin to store lots of commercial waste? Discover the difference between front and rear end loader bins to work out which is best for your business.
Moving house is exciting and offers an opportunity to get rid of lots of rubbish. Use these tips to clear your home and dispose of rubbish responsibly.
Thinking about starting a zero waste store? You’ll need a solid plan and the right equipment. Read this guide for tips when setting up a zero waste shop.
Laboratory waste disposal guidelines in the UK keep people and the environment safe. Follow the steps in this laboratory waste disposal guide to stay safe.
Ever wondered what happens to the old garments you put in a clothes bank? Find out what happens to clothes at recycling centres in this blog post.
Waste is a big problem for the beauty industry. Get tips to reduce waste and recycle cosmetics as a beauty business or consumer in this glamorous guide.
We analysed trending baby names and company data to work out the greenest names for newborn babies. Discover the top eco-friendly baby names in 2024.
New Workplace Recycling Regulations come into force in Wales on 6 April 2024. Find out what this means for your business and how to prepare in this guide.
Use these sustainable Christmas ideas to reduce waste at home or work this festive season. Find out how to have a sustainable Christmas with this guide.
Broken an umbrella in wet and windy weather? Don’t chuck it in the bin! Find out how to dispose of it responsibly with these ideas to recycle an umbrella.
Business Waste is proud to support Kevin Sinfield’s 7 in 7 in 7 Challenge for the MND community. Learn all about the challenge and how to donate online.
Used fireworks, piles of ash, and leftover toffee apples all create waste at Guy Fawkes Night. Have a zero-waste time with these Bonfire Night party ideas.
Defra announced reforms to household and business bin collections at the end of October 2023. Understand how they could impact your home or business.
A wet summer and warm early autumn has led to bigger pumpkins on shop shelves. Discover why this could mean more food waste is produced at Halloween.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is predicted to disrupt many industries, including the world of waste. Find out how AI helps reduce waste in this article.
Recycling candles is a green way to get rid of any used ones. Learn how to dispose of candles and wax, and what to do with old candle jars in this guide.
Regulation changes will classify ten wood items as hazardous from 1 September 2023. Find out what these are and how wood recycling will be affected.
In a petty crime spree that should shock the nation, a third of Britons say they steal plastic bags from the tills at supermarkets rather than pay for them.
MRF recycling stands for materials recovery facility (or materials recycling or reclamation facility). It’s a place where domestic and commercial waste goes for sorting and processing before it’s sent out for final recycling, reuse, or disposal.
Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) and solid recovered fuel (SRF) are renewable energy sources produced from commercial and domestic waste. Not all waste types are reusable or recyclable, so converting waste into RDF or SRF provides a sustainable option for waste management.
Converting food waste into energy is a sustainable solution that makes much better use of waste food than allowing it to decompose in a landfill site.
Reuse and recycling are the primary commercial waste disposal methods. These are sustainable and environmentally friendly ways businesses can get rid of many types of waste. However, not all rubbish is recyclable or reusable. Getting energy from waste is a sustainable solution and great alternative to landfill.
A government consultation ruled out mandatory food waste reporting for the time being. Discover the results and reasons for and against food waste reporting.
When it comes to food and drink on-the-go, boy are we spoilt for choice in the UK, and we also seem to do our best to spoil our towns and countryside as we go.
The proper disposal of X-ray films is important for hospitals, dentists, healthcare centres, and other organisations.
Recycling blister packs is important for businesses and homes to reduce the amount of packaging waste going to landfill.
Find out which Premier League stadiums are in areas with some of the best (and worst) recycling rates in England with this alternative table and rankings.
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is a new UK scheme that means many businesses will pay for managing their packaging waste. Learn all about EPR.
Bins overflowing can cause a real headache for businesses and households.
Furniture and electrical items can contain persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Learn what POPs waste is and how to dispose of it safely in this guide.
The single use plastic ban arrives in the UK from October 2023. Understand everything your business needs to know and how to prepare for it in this guide.
A clean wheelie bin keeps pests, germs, and bad smells away. It also makes filling and emptying it much more pleasant – nobody likes opening the lid of a smelly bin.
Wheelie bin costs and prices vary by size, type, and other factors. Find out how much wheelie bins cost to buy and hire in the UK with this guide.
There are many alternatives to paper shredders to destroy private documents. Learn how to get rid of confidential papers without a shredder in this guide.
There are six main categories of plastic waste and anything else that doesn’t fit into these falls under code 7.
Digital waste tracking in the UK could become mandatory in 2023 or 2024. Learn what mandatory digital waste tracking is and why it’s being introduced.
Unsure where to dispose of vapes safely when you’ve finished with one? Find out how to dispose of and recycle vapes properly in this guide.
Producing all sorts of waste is inevitable at any type and size of festival. Effectively deal with festival waste with these festival waste management tips.
The UK buys between 80 and 90 million Easter eggs every year in all sorts of packaging. Find out how easy recycling Easter egg packaging is in this guide.
Use these Easter recycling tips, facts, and ideas for a sustainable holiday. Find out how to have a low waste Easter at home and work in this guide.
Shrove Tuesday is all about using up food, but it often creates extra waste in UK homes and businesses. Reduce food waste this Pancake Day with these tips.
Flowers, chocolate boxes, and plastic gifts all make up Valentine’s Day waste. Learn how to have a low-waste Valentine’s Day with these lovely tips.
A material safety data sheet (MSDS) details the hazardous elements a product contains. Learn about the importance of an MSDS for waste management.
Computer recycling is an easy and environmentally friendly way for businesses and households to get rid of old machines.
Disposing of medication that’s out of date, damaged, or unused must be done carefully and safely due to its hazardous, chemical, and toxic nature.
This guide will explain everything you need to know about Hazardous Waste and your waste management obligations – To arrange delivery of containers and to arrange collections call 0800 211 83 90 What are The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005? The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005, were brought into force to […]
We use plastic every day, in both our personal and professional lives. For example, a large majority of packaging is made from plastic – and it can be difficult to avoid using it altogether. However, as a Business Owner, you have a personal responsibility to ensure that you reduce the amount of plastic you use, […]
Everything you need to know about sharps bins, sizes, costs, collections, all the different options for collection and disposal.
Combining paper, card, foil, and plastic makes advent calendars hard to recycle. Explore some sustainable advent calendar ideas and ways to reduce waste.
Recycling Christmas cards is quick, easy, and saves trees. You can recycle most cards. Discover all you need to know about Christmas card recycling.
Businesses in all industries produce more rubbish over the festive period. Learn how to manage your commercial waste at Christmas with these tips.
Waste cooking oil is a natural by-product businesses and households create, often when frying foods in their kitchens.
Pumpkin waste at Halloween is a seriously scary problem, with millions binned in the UK each year. Discover what to do with pumpkins after Halloween.
What should you do with Halloween decorations once October is over? Don’t bin them! Find out how to recycle Halloween decorations in this guide.
Used engine oil is a type of hazardous waste, which can harm human health and the environment if it’s not disposed of properly.
Many businesses produce more waste at Halloween having parties and decorating the workplace. Learn how to manage your commercial waste at Halloween.
In the UK we spend nearly £60 billion on new clothes every year, meaning many old clothing items make way for them in our wardrobes.
Disposing of light bulbs in the UK is easy when you understand the different bulb types.
Halloween plastic waste might be the scariest thing about spooky season. Help cut back with these ways to reduce plastic waste at Halloween.
Restaurants, cafes, hotels, catering companies, supermarkets, and households create mountains of waste food. Around 9.5 million tons of food waste is thrown out in the UK every year.
Millions of Halloween costumes end up in landfill every year. Discover ideas for zero waste Halloween costumes and how to dispose of them properly.
Halloween conjures up lots of avoidable excess waste every year, from pumpkins to plastic. Use these tips and tricks to have a low waste Halloween.
On and off the court, Wimbledon produces all sorts of waste every year. Find out what the championship has been doing to serve up less waste.
Any business that produces any type of waste must comply with the waste duty of care requirements.
Closed loop recycling is the process by which recycled waste is processed and re-purposed to create new items.
Are you thinking of hiring a skip bag, HIPPOBAG, or simply want an alternative to using a skip?
When it comes to getting rid of all sorts of packaging materials from your business, you might wonder what to do with polystyrene.
Identifying different plastics and their properties can be tricky. Working out which types of plastic can be recycled and re-purposed is even harder.
All hazardous waste types can be harmful to humans and the environment due to their properties and the substances they contain.
Anaerobic digestion is a process where bacteria break down organic matter – like food waste, animal manure, and wastewater biosolids.
There are many types of clinical waste that may be hazardous, infectious, and offensive.
Recycling is a necessity for homeowners, businesses, and commercial organisations across the UK.
Home Composting involves gathering together various types of organic waste such as leaves, grass clippings and vegetable peeling, into a pile so that it will break down into a rich brownish-black product called compost. This section of our website is designed to give you the basic understanding of how to give it a go …In […]
Hair salon waste includes everything from old hair dye to broken hairdryers. Discover hair salon waste disposal methods and arrange collections today.
Some simple tweaks to your approach to shopping, cooking, and food waste disposal can potentially cut your food-related carbon footprint by almost two-thirds and it can be a healthy, fun, and inexpensive way to make a very real difference to our precious environment and to promoting ethical products. What is low carbon food? Low carbon […]
How to save money on the most expensive outfit you’ll only wear once Your big day can be one of the most expensive events you’ll ever throw in your life, especially with the UK couples spending on average an eye-watering £27,000 on their nuptials. This has prompted a new wave of savvy brides on a […]
Avoca-DOH! Our slightly sarcastic listicle shows you which products to avoid, and how to shop better. British households are wasting millions of pounds every year because they’ve bought fresh products which have gone bad by the time they get round to eating them. According to one British food waste and recycling company, it doesn’t have […]
Charity shop treasure…or just trash? Is your donation worth a fortune, or is it costing charities to get rid of your rubbish? Donating unwanted items to charity is a great way to support well-deserved causes while having a clear out, but is your unloved junk even making it to the shop floor? The waste collection […]
The greenest cities in the world (and the least) – which international cities top the list for recycling and which don’t make the grade The need for recycling has, by now, been fairly well cemented into the minds of the general public. Citizens the world over are aware of what can and cannot be given […]
According to a recent study by the Office for National Statistics, around 14.9% of adults in the UK consider themselves to be smokers, meaning that the safe disposal of cigarette butts and similar was products is vital if we want to protect the planet for future generations. While the safe disposal of cigarette waste lies […]
Only 1 in 50 clean their bins – Britain’s stinky streets That’s wheelie grim Shocking results of a survey by a waste collection company show that just 1 in 50 – that’s 2% – of all people regularly clean their wheelie bins – leaving unsavoury bacteria to multiply. Our household bins aren’t often given much thought, it […]
Time to clean up our makeup habits We’re flushing away or binning an astonishing 11 billion wet wipes every year which can take up to 100 years to biodegrade. BusinessWaste.co.uk, waste management specialists, are concerned about the volume of waste being created by the number of makeup wipes and says that women and men across […]
We crumple them, shove them in coat pockets and find them forgotten in shopping bags every day – the humble receipt may not seem like a big problem, but waste collection company BusineseWaste.co.uk says paper receipts should be banned to stop them heading to landfill. Over 11.2 billion paper till receipts are printed each year […]
For when you want to sesh with the squad but still respect the environment Want to have a drink AND do something good for the environment? While celebrating the hideous goo you find at the bottom of bins? Boy, have you come to the right place, because two of the UK’s leading waste collection experts […]
Why not switch to a plastic-free alternative? Enough plastic waste to circle the globe twice is the annual result of us cleaning our teeth with toothpaste from tubes that can’t be recycled. With the global toothpaste industry worth tens of billions per year, one waste and recycling company thinks it’s high time its house was […]
Plastic Resin Identification Codes There are several different types of plastic, and some facilities will require the plastic to be separated before collection. This is due to the fact that each type of plastic is processed and recycled in a slightly different way. These are the different plastic resin identification codes and symbols: Code 1: […]
Why are you still sending Christmas cards? It’s time to ban this outdated, wasteful festive pastime It’s the most wonderful time of the year, trim the tree, stuff the turkey, and reach out to loved ones, but you’re unwittingly wasting literally tonnes of paper through wasteful Christmas cards. According to Britain’s fastest growing waste collection […]
The waste company has been named one of UK’s fastest growing companies. Yorkshire-based waste collection company Business Waste is celebrating its inclusion in the prestigious list published in this weekend’s Sunday Times. The company appears at no.59 in the paper’s 24th annual Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 list marking the fastest-growing companies in […]
Food waste generated by Britain’s hospitality sector each year amounts to a staggering 920,000 tonnes of food waste, of which 75% is avoidable if we look to recycle food waste properly. As a result, BusinessWaste.co.uk is calling for the hospitality industry to be compelled by law to make arrangements to recycle food waste, as Britain’s […]
Britain’s Food Waste Crisis: Food waste generated by primary and secondary schools during one academic year amounts to a staggering 80,382 tonnes of food waste, and almost half of this is reported to be fruit and vegetables. As a result, BusinessWaste.co.uk is calling for local councils to be compelled by law to make arrangements to […]
What are the benefits of recycling? It goes without saying that there are numerous benefits to recycling. Firstly, it allows products to be reused as opposed to being improperly disposed of in a landfill. Landfills emit dangerous pollutants into the air, causing damage to the planet and the ozone layer. Secondly, recycling helps to protect […]
Also, please don’t use someone’s garden as a toilet With public toilets as well as loos in pubs and shops being closed during the Covid-19 outbreak, there’s been an outbreak of what can only be described as “fly peeing”. In the true nature of ‘if you got to go, you got to go’, waste management […]
What happens to confidential waste while working from home? With employees working from home because of the Covid-19 outbreak, how safe is the information they’re accessing and disposing of now it’s out of the office? According to one specialist waste handling organisation, remote working means new headaches for companies and their data security. UK waste […]
It’s time to clean up our binning habits With the world’s focus firmly fixed on the Covid-19 virus pandemic, maintaining perfect hygiene has been at the forefront of everyone’s minds. However, a national waste company notes that while people are following the advice of healthcare officials, the resulting waste may not be doing much good […]
Do you have an overflowing household waste bin? If you have reached the stage where you’ve had enough of mounting, uncollected household waste or other waste including commercial business waste, you should consider our one-off, Adhoc, private waste collection service. For a fixed fee, we can make your waste disposal headache disappear. More working and […]
Charity shops lift the lid on some of the strange stuff they’ve received The staid and dependable world of charity shops hides stock rooms filled to bursting point with the horror and the turmoil of strange donations. While most of us see quiet shops filled with quality second hand clothing, bric-a-brac and a million copies […]
Over a billion journeys, but customers only get a single waste bin Thousands of tonnes of rubbish which could have been recycled go straight to landfill every year because of a lack of recycling available on Britain’s trains. There are over a billion and a half individual rail journeys in the UK every year, with […]
Here’s why your Christmas countdown is a single-use plastic nightmare In the next few days, millions of children – and quite a few adults – will open the first window on their advent calendars without a second thought of the mountain of waste to which they’re contributing. One of Britain’s top waste and recycling companies […]
Why it’s high time we ditched cheapo Christmas crackers…and the shiny wrapping paper, and the plastic table cloth, and the Christmas napkins, and… Families across Britain could give a huge present to the environment by dumping shop-bought Christmas crackers this year. That’s the opinion of one of the country’s commercial waste collection experts, which says […]
Schools are missing out on valuable income which could be generated from waste cardboard and commercial waste collections– as well as teaching their pupils a valuable lesson about the importance of recycling. The 24,000 or so primary and high schools in the UK go through plenty of cardboard throughout the year, often in the form […]
How the law of unintended consequences hits the plastic carrier bag tax An unforeseen factor behind the supermarket plastic bag charge means that people are buying more single-use plastic bags. It’s the kind of thing that makes you slap your forehead with frustration, one of the UK’s top waste and recycling companies says, and it’s […]
Drug users upset by plastic straw ban “I might as well just give up, I’m losing a fortune” The move away from plastic drinking straws to paper has sparked one of the most bizarre complaints registered with a company, quite possibly since the dawn of time. Yorkshire–based commercial waste services company BusinessWaste.co.uk says that they’ve […]
Open fridges – seen in supermarkets up and down the country – should be banned due to their environmental impact. Thousands of these open fridges are in supermarkets in the UK and millions worldwide. Now environmental experts BusinessWaste.co.uk has urged for them to be banned. A common sight for shoppers, these fridges are used to […]
Certain items should be banned immediately to prevent further damage the environment, business waste and recycling experts BusinessWaste.co.uk have said. While the impact of single-use plastics is being discussed more visibly, actual change has been slow. The introduction of a 5p charge for plastic bags saw a dramatic reduction in the number of new bags […]
As wildfire races through even more acres of British countryside this week, devastating the beautiful Ilkley Moor, calls are being made to ban disposable barbecues to prevent further damage. The ancient moorland, in West Yorkshire, saw two fires over the Bank Holiday weekend – despite laws having been in place since 1900 prohibiting citizens from […]
Everyday life can be hectic and small details often get missed – but a staggering 95% of households have ‘no idea’ which of their rubbish bins are due to be collected each week, waste disposal experts BusinessWaste.co.uk have found. The survey conducted by BusinessWaste.co.uk, which polled 1,400 households, showed that the vast majority of households […]
Consumers are increasingly turning towards second-hand clothing, studies are revealing – with conscientious buyers set to make pre-loved items a bigger market than so-called ‘fast fashion’ by 2029. In a poll conducted by waste management collection company, BusinessWaste.co.uk, almost half of the 1500 respondents (45%) said they would buy clothes that had been pre-owned. This […]
A waste transfer note (WTN) is a legally required piece of documentation which must be completed when waste changes hands.
That wonderful time of the year has come and gone – but those thoughtful gifts will soon turn into an environmental headache as millions of candles head to landfill in January. A report by business waste management service BusinessWaste.co.uk has shown that, far from being a light-hearted stocking stuffer, candles are one of the worst […]
SIt’s something most of us won’t give a second thought while wrapping our presents during the festive period – but is there a more sinister consequence to using Sellotape, and should it be banned for the good of the environment? The UK’s waste management service, BusinessWaste.co.uk, has delved into this sticky subject as Christmas – […]
Despite the rise of recycling and recent high-profile debates in Government and the media about plastic use, 90% of businesses still do not have a green policy, it has been revealed. UK waste management agency BusinessWaste.co.uk, says that the overwhelming majority of businesses are still behind the times when it comes to reducing their environmental […]
The community-run football team is now sponsored by BusinessWaste.co.uk, a leading waste management firm who operate nationwide, and StemProtect.co.uk, a stem cell storage facility with 75,000 families entrusting their precious stem cells to its protection. Budding sports stars train on at Ben Rhydding on Sundays at 8:45 am – come rain or shine, its dedicated […]
This week, environmental protesters have hit the headlines for posting their empty crisp packets back to the UK’s largest crisp makers, Walkers – but ready salted snacks aren’t the only offenders. Thousands of empty packets have been posted to the food giant’s freepost address in a protest designed to highlight the fact that, despite a […]
Below are a number of dog poo posters. You can prevent people from leaving their dog poop by displaying a poster in your local community. Here are some examples. Please note we do not provide or sell any posters these are just examples of what you can create. Poop free zone. No dog pooping. The […]
There is plenty of information online and elsewhere that espouses the benefits of recycling. It saves on energy, it encourages us to reuse things, it cuts down on waste sent to landfills… and on it goes. But what about disadvantages? It would be foolish to assume there are none, but this is not an area […]
Each year, over 10,000 door or car keys end up in rubbish tips as a result of forgetful owners, leading some to attempt to retrieve them with potentially dangerous consequences. Research by leading the Uks waste management agency, has revealed that citizens across the UK are losing their keys every day – and that a […]
One very important feature of the new GDPR legislation that came into effect on 25 May 2018 is the correct disposal of confidential waste. Under the new law, every company who has clients within the EU is now responsible for the appropriate disposal of GDPR waste, including items such as hard drives, old computers, memory […]
British waste collection and commercial waste disposal company is the first in the world to accept virtual currencies A British waste collection company has become the first in the world to accept Bitcoin. National company BusinessWaste.co.uk, which is based in York, England are now accepting payment in virtual currencies for its commercial waste contracts. With […]
Refuse operators live in fear of accidentally killing a rough sleeper The UK homeless crisis means that refuse collectors are now living with the fear that they could accidentally kill a person sleeping in a commercial wheeled bin as they attempt to stay warm for the night. That’s a fear expressed by a Yorkshire-based waste […]
Burning bins doesn’t get you high. In fact, it might just make you dead Bins are burning, and a rash of local news stories from around the UK all point to the same conclusion – Britain’s stupidest urban myth which claims the fumes from burning wheelie bins gets you high is back with a vengeance. […]
Charities losing out as criminals leave their own bins in town centres Local and national charities are being cheated out of income by an ambitious criminal who has started leaving fake clothes banks in towns and cities. Fresh from scams involving convincing-looking plastic charity bags being pushed through people’s doors, the fraudsters are now thinking […]
Call to redistribute tens of thousands of publications to sick and needy Every week, tens of thousands of unsold comics and magazines are returned from shops to retailers, who send them to be pulped, it’s been revealed. Instead of this destruction, one national waste and recycling company suggests that they are redistributed at cost to […]
Waste businesses vie for electronic goods to release a small fortune in precious metals There’s a new buzzword in the waste and recycling industry, and it’s “urban mining” – the act of reclaiming electronic goods to cash in on the precious metals inside. With commodity prices still at high levels as investors turn away from […]
Billions are thrown away each year in scandalous and preventable waste, which also destroys companies’ green credentials The average British worker uses – and throws away – around 400 disposable plastic cups every year in what’s been dubbed one of the great-unreported waste scandals. This adds up to billions of cups disposed of every year, […]
Red tape wrapping its way around the environment leads to fines and fly-tipping Who’s watching your rubbish bins? That’s the question that’s being asked as phantom bin stuffers are avoiding tip fees and council fines by stuffing their rubbish into other people’s bins. It’s an anti-social behaviour that many in the recycling industry warned would […]
Landfill tax is paid by any business that wants to dispose of any waste in landfill. Find out what landfill tax is, how it works, and landfill tax rates.
Landfill: The facts The UK was warned that it could run out of landfill capacity within eight years if current rates were continued. While the proportion of waste recycled hasn’t changed a great deal in the last five years – it has, in fact, stalled at around 44% – we’re not quite three years away […]
We’ll admit it – we’re all little kids at heart and we love working with our bin lorries. In fact, any six-year-old with express wonderment and curiosity when faced with one of these monsters of the road, and (cough) many years later the huge majority of us are none the wiser – how exactly does […]
Massive waste as majority put food scraps into the bin A huge majority of Britons have never knowingly composted food or garden waste, a new survey has revealed. Figures obtained by a major UK waste and recycling company finds that most British households throw compostable waste straight into the bin, even if council collection facilities […]
From high-value metals to ‘shabby chic’ – light-fingered staff and visitors to blame Levels of theft from rubbish tips and recycling centres has reached “astonishing” levels, one national waste management and recycling company says. According to BusinessWaste.co.uk, both site staff and visiting members of the public are equally to blame, with many staff thefts made […]
PRESS RELEASE Calls to ban smoking in cars in bid to stub out the scourge of cigarette butts The smoking ban in enclosed public places has simply moved the problem elsewhere, and has led to one company calling on tighter restrictions on smoking, including inside cars A leading waste management company now says that cigarette […]
What is offensive waste? Offensive waste. It’s not when you open a bin and you hear a voice shouting ″Knickers!″ back at you. That being our one and only attempt at end-of-the-pier humour on these pages, and we think it best to stop now. Offensive waste is refuse that falls generally into the same category […]
PRESS RELEASE Calls to arrest internationally renowned ‘artist’ as cost of vandalism clean-up highlighted A national waste management company has called for steps to be taken to stop the scourge of world famous graffiti artist Banksy. Drawing attention to how he paints on walls and gets praised for his actions, the UK-based company BusinessWaste.co.uk points […]
Recent news reports have highlighted the fact that charity shops are staggering under the weight of donated copies of the ‘mummy porn’ blockbuster series Fifty Shades Of Grey. Apparently, people are buying the books, finding out that they’re the most unbelievable piles of tosh, and giving them away. We don’t blame them, to be honest, […]
England may still be stalling when it comes to introducing the mandatory 5p levy on plastic bags in supermarkets but recent figures have shown that the usage of plastic bags IS falling across Great Britain. But we still have a long way to go, please share this info-graphic and spread the word, you can make a difference. […]
Press Release 95% of companies don’t recycle old computer equipment Up to 95% of business computer waste going to landfill Most British businesses dispose of their old computer equipment without recycling, according to a leading waste management company. According to recycling experts Business Waste, up to 95% of companies still send their electronic waste to […]
Firms filling landfill sites and resorting to illegal activity to get rid of their rubbish Many businesses have not got the message on recycling and send most, if not all, of their rubbish to landfill, a study by one of the UK’s leading waste and recycling experts has found. According to the Business Waste commercial […]
Published 7th January 2022 by Mark Hall. Last modified 19th December 2024