Commercial Waste and Recycling

Trade Refuse Collections    

North West Leicestershire District Council offers a competitively priced trade refuse collection service to businesses in the district. The standard weekly cost includes:

• Hire of the Container
• One Emptying
• Disposal Costs
• Controlled Waste Transfer Note

Trade Recycling Collections

The Council also offers a trade recycling collection service of mixed paper and cardboard to a large proportion of the district's businesses.
To discuss your requirements further please call 01530 454554.

Available Containers

There are three sizes of containers available:

240 litres
Equivalent to 3 sacks

360 litres
Equivalent to 5 sacks

1100 litres
Equivalent to 15 sacks

Trade sacks
are also available and can be purchased in bundles of 50.

Collections

Collections normally take place on a weekly basis. However, more frequent collections are available for an additional charge. Special collections can also be arranged by request for large or irregular quantities of waste. We are pleased to discuss any special requirements with you.

Please contact us for a quote and to discuss your needs.

Your Business and Waste Law

Duty of Care - Since 1st April 1992 every business who imports, stores, treats, processes, transports, recycles or disposes of controlled waste must comply with the duty of care regulations. If you have a trade contract with us we will send you a controlled waste transfer note annually so that you comply with the above legislation.

For more information on the Duty of Care, see the Duty of Care guidance.

Pre-treatment Regulations - Under the pre-treatment regulations, your business is obliged to ensure that a proportion of your waste is 'treated' before disposal. This is done either by separating various wastes for recycling or sending it to a sorting facility. A business separating their paper and card for recycling from their other waste would be deemed to have satisfied the pre-treatment requirements.

For more on the pre-treatment of business waste, see Net Regs.

Battery Recycling

From the 1 February 2010 retailers have a duty to take back used batteries from their customers. You can get all the help you need to set up a battery recycling point from the following website Battery Compliance Schemes

A good source of guidance on environmental legislation for small businesses.