Guides & Resources
Welcome to Grundon’s Guides & Resources! Explore our collection of easy-to-use, downloadable guides for expert advice, designed to support your journey towards sustainable waste management. From fostering better recycling habits to ensuring compliance and safety – learn how to effortlessly maximise recycling and minimise your environmental impact.
Guides on how to recycle more
Which plastics can go in your mixed recycling bin?
Knowing which plastics are recyclable helps you maximise your recycling efforts while avoiding contamination. This guide breaks down the different types of plastic, so you can confidently sort your business’s plastic waste.
Compostables vs Biodegradables – What’s the difference?
Although compostable and biodegradable are often used interchangeably, they do mean different things. But what exactly is the difference between them?
A guide to Christmas waste
This guide provides practical advice on recycling festive items such as wrapping paper, cards and packaging, while also covering the correct disposal of electronic waste and non-recyclable materials.
How NOT to contaminate your workplace recycling bin
Our A-Z guide tells you what items shouldn’t be placed in your workplace recycling bin
Guides on specialist waste
Identifying hazardous waste in the workplace
Some items you use at work require specialist treatment, as they are classed as hazardous waste. This guide helps you spot those items in a range of settings – including salons, schools, factories, offices and hotels.
Managing sharps waste in a healthcare setting
From reducing needle-stick injuries to cutting carbon emissions by up to 87%, this guide explores how to manage sharps waste safely and sustainably in a healthcare setting.
What is POPs waste and how to safely manage it
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in waste pose serious risks to our environment and health. This guide shows you how to safely identify, manage, and dispose of POPs in upholstered furniture.
What to do when disposing of hazardous business waste
Discover five steps of what you need to do when disposing of hazardous waste
Guide to finding value in your waste
Could your recyclables be earning you rebates? Untap the potential of your waste
Trends & Topics
From evolving waste regulations to advances in technologies, this section explores key trends and hot topics shaping the way the waste management and recycling sector operates, innovates and supports the circular economy.
Simpler Recycling – is your business compliant?
Simpler Recycling is a set of regulations introduced by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) to make recycling easier whilst providing consistency in practices for homes, workplaces and schools across England. It came into effect on 31 March 2025.
Deposit Return Scheme – Changing the way the UK recycles
The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is a recycling initiative, used across the world, to help reduce litter and increase recycling of drinks containers such as bottles and cans. This will come into effect in the UK from October 2027.
Grundon Glossary
As with any industry, the waste and recycling sector has its own set of commonly used terminology and jargon.
To help you feel confident and navigate any waste management responsibilities you may have, we’ve compiled a Grundon Glossary which contains a list of the most frequently used terms, with definitions.