Coffee Shop Waste Management

We can build your collection service around your customer numbers, food offer and available storage space. This can include:

• Food and commercial kitchen waste collections for coffee grounds, tea bags, preparation waste, leftovers and spoiled ingredients.
• Routine recycling and residual waste collections for cardboard, glass, packaging and other agreed streams.
• Bins sized to your premises, including smaller wheelie bins where space is limited.
• One-off or scheduled collections depending on how regularly each waste stream is produced.
• Routine and agreed specialist waste managed through one Business Waste account, rather than arranging separate suppliers for individual streams.
• Support reviewing bin sizes and collection frequencies if customer numbers, opening hours or your food offer change.
• Waste Transfer Notes at no extra charge for eligible non-hazardous collections.

Food and drink waste, as well as packaging for takeaway cups, stirrers, and ingredients, are often unavoidable in coffee shops.

Separating waste streams and arranging sustainable disposal is important. These are some common types of coffee shop waste:

• Kitchen food waste: used coffee beans and grounds are a type of food waste. Many coffee shops also serve baked goods, sandwiches, and salads that lead to leftovers from customers and kitchen waste during preparation.
• Liquid waste: larger quantities of unwanted liquids should only be placed into another waste stream where the collection service specifically accepts them.
• Cooking oil waste: where food is fried or cooked using oil, keep waste oil separate and arrange an appropriate collection.
• Packaging waste: coffee bean bags, and used cardboard coffee cups, lids, and holders are all kinds of packaging waste that should be recycled.
• Dry mixed recycling: paper/card, plastic, metal and glass should be separated according to the agreed collection setup.
• General waste: non-recyclable materials that do not belong in food, recycling or specialist streams.

Different waste streams follow different routes after collection. Food waste can be sent for appropriate biological treatment, while suitable cardboard, glass, metal and plastics can follow their agreed recycling routes.

Disposable cups, bulk liquids, used cooking oil and other specialist streams may need separate collection arrangements. Residual waste follows the recovery or disposal route available for the service.

Arrange waste collection for an independent coffee shop, tearoom or multi-site coffee business anywhere in the UK.

Tell us the waste streams you produce, bin-storage space, postcode and how quickly each stream fills. We’ll confirm suitable containers and collection frequencies.

Waste Transfer Note information is included at no additional charge for eligible non-hazardous collections.