Find out how to safely and legally get rid of and recycle business waste. Book a business waste collection.
We offer a waste collection service to businesses in Southwark. This includes recycling and food waste.
You could be fined or prosecuted if you do not dispose of your business waste correctly and legally.
We can dispose of your business waste efficiently and legally, reducing the risk of you getting fined or prosecuted.
Our service is competitively priced, reliable and flexible. It can be amended to suit your changing needs.
We also have our own waste disposal site within the borough which helps to reduce our carbon footprint.
We collect weekly, depending on the service we provide to you.
To find out how our commercial waste service can benefit your business and to get a quote:
We're open Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm.
We collect the following types of business waste:
We can recycle:
Food waste we can collect includes:
We can provide containers, wheelie bins or prepaid sacks to collect your business recycling, food and general waste.
These containers are available in 4 sizes:
All containers are marked with 'For collection by Southwark Council'.
The 660 and 1,100 litre containers are:
fully fitted with easily operated brake controls
made from steel so are hard-wearing and fire resistant
watertight to keep out rainwater
lockable, with extra keys on request
We have a range of bin and container sizes for your recycling. Select the best based on your business needs.
We offer a reduced rate for our mixed recycling collection service.
We have a 240 litre wheelie bin for food waste.
You can get sacks if you have limited space for large containers.
All sacks are marked with 'Southwark Council' so our crew can easily identify them.
You'll get orange sacks for general waste and green sacks for recyclable material.
They're delivered monthly or quarterly, depending on your contract.
If you need more you can buy them for an extra cost.
You can also get stickers for cardboard-only collections.
Our charge includes:
Contact us if:
you're a prepaid customer and need to order extra bags
any bins, containers or sacks you've ordered are missing or have been damaged - we will send a replacement
you have a contract with us and want to amend your contract
You must put all business waste inside your commercial waste sacks and tie them up.
You must put the sacks in the bin with the lid closed to stop waste from escaping.
It should not weigh more than:
You must flat pack all cardboard into untied bundles and attach your commercial waste provider's cardboard stickers.
You must never put your waste into the back of a bin truck by yourself.
Only authorised and trained staff can do this on you behalf, for health and safety reasons.
We do not state collection times on our agreements or contracts unless your business is in a timed waste collection area.
If it is then you must put your waste outside of your business premises within an hour of the start of the collection time.
If your business is on a road that does not get a timed collection, you must still put your waste out for collection by 6am.
It will be collected between 6am and 6pm.
If this is not possible contact us (or your waste collection provider if you're not using our service).
Rearrange a business waste collection that we've missed by:
We're open Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm.
Get in touch if you have any queries by:
We're open Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm.