Commercial waste dry mixed recycling

Business recycling made easy
Bespoke collection service
Boost your recycling rates
One bin for all recyclables

Are you losing time and money from inefficient recycling practices?

Your waste management costs skyrocket when you miss out on potential earnings from recyclables and fall short of your sustainability goals. Navigating the complexities of recycling can be a costly task, leaving you with inefficiencies and wasted opportunities.

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The easy way to reduce your waste management recycling costs

Save space and effort with our co-mingling method. We take all your dry mixed recycling in one bin, including:

Mixed paper – e.g. letters, newspapers and magazines
Cardboard
Plastic bottles
Plastic containers – e.g. pots, tubs and trays
Metal tins and cans

With our own Materials Recycling Facilities (MRFs) and decades of experience supporting businesses of all shapes and sizes with their recycling requirements, we are expertly equipped to enhance your mixed recycling efforts. Last year, we recycled over 55,000 tonnes of dry mixed recycling – viewing waste as a valuable resource. We focus on its reuse, recycling, or recovery, to help maximise recycling, and potentially earn rebates while reducing expenses.

Adding value

Recycling materials can earn you money and boost your environmental credentials

100% diversion from landfill

Separating recyclables from general waste reduces costs and boosts recycling statistics

CarbonNeutral® collections

Our entire collection fleet is certified CarbonNeutral® – ensuring we don’t add to your carbon footprint

Industry-leading facilities

We operate a network of Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs) which ensure the efficient separation and recovery of materials for recycling and reprocessing

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Trusted by over 15,000 businesses

We understand the complexities of commercial mixed recycling

We believe that recycling should not be a complex task that detracts from your business.

That’s why we offer a streamlined approach to mixed recycling. All it takes is one mixed recycling bin to get you started. From delivery to employee awareness events, we’re here to guide you through every step. We help set up Green Teams and Waste Champion programmes, organise Waste Awareness Days and provide handbooks, posters and signage – in different languages if required – to help get the recycling message out to everyone. We can also arrange a visit to one of our Materials Recycling Facilities (MRFs), so you can see the significant impact of proper recycling firsthand.

We understand the importance of showing the return on your recycling investment. We provide reports that include the tonnage of each waste stream recycled, the rebates earned, and the equivalent number of trees saved through your recycling efforts, thanks to precise measurement and tracking.

Tell us about your mixed recycling and we’ll provide you with a bespoke quote

We’ll schedule your collections and provide recycling reporting

Your business remains fully compliant with clear documentation and ongoing support

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Frequently asked questions

What goes in a mixed recycling bin?

Our mixed waste recycling service collects paper, card, plastic and cans, enabling them to be collected together in one container or bin.

Mixed paper – e.g. letters, newspapers and magazines
Cardboard
Plastic bottles
Plastic containers – e.g. pots, tubs and trays
Metal tins and cans

We can supply bins of all different shapes and sizes to fit your requirements and we provide signage and posters to make it as easy as possible for everyone to dispose of their waste in the correct place.

Why should I segregate mixed recycling from other waste?

Recyclable waste is valuable but can become worthless if contaminated, such as a greasy food container tainting an entire recycling bin. We strongly promote education on proper recycling practices to ensure people understand its importance and get it right. Recycling can reduce your disposal costs and, in some cases, generate rebates from recyclable materials.

Won’t a separate mixed recycling service be more expensive?

Mixed recycling offers a cost-effective alternative. By diverting waste away from landfill, you won’t be liable to pay Landfill Tax and you can potentially earn a rebate on the materials which are sent for recycling. Of course, mixed recycling also offers a much more sustainable solution.

What happens to the mixed recycling once you’ve taken it away?

Our mixed recycling collection service will take the waste to our state-of-the-art Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs). There, the different waste streams are separated out, before being baled and sent off for reprocessing into new products.

Can you help me boost my recycling rates?

The first step will be to look at your existing waste streams and how you currently dispose of your waste. We work closely with your in-house teams to identify the opportunities for recycling and then suggest ways of implementing these, for example, by installing mixed recycling bins.

We collect data from all your mixed recycling collections and produce statistics to show the different quantities of recycled waste. By tracking these monthly, you can see how improvements are being made. We always suggest sharing these with your staff so they can understand the improvements and why recycling is so important.