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This guide outlines the regulations and legal obligations for businesses in the UK that generate sanitary waste. Below is a summary of the key obligations for businesses: According to workplace regulations, sanitary waste bins must be provided in staff and public toilets. If your business generates more than 7kg (approximately one full bin bag) of…

Businesses in British urban areas have numerous options for commercial waste collection, but choices in rural locations are often severely limited. While local councils are required to collect waste from even the most remote homes, they are not obligated to provide this service to businesses. In this guide, our waste experts summarise the best practices…

Anaerobic digesters (ADs) prevent millions of tonnes of organic waste from being dumped into landfills every year. They do this by turning your employees’ apple cores, orange peels and any organic residues generated by your business into biogas and a natural solid fertiliser. ADs can process organics at industrial scales, and the resultant biogas is…

How much waste does the UK generate every year? What is it made of, where does it come from, and where does it go? We look at the official government statistics and answer these questions and more! 💡 Key takeaways: The UK generates 222.2 million tonnes of waste annually (growing by 0.6% annually over the…

What happens with your recycling once collected from your home, organisation or business? Did you know that your council is legally required to document and report your waste’s destination as part of its waste management activities? This article uses three local councils to showcase what typically happens to your waste: How it’s sorted, where it’s…

Businesses can significantly reduce their carbon footprint by following the waste hierarchy and avoiding waste disposal in landfills. Calculate how many kilograms of CO2 (and equivalent gases) can be avoided by recycling, composting and incinerating this waste before it reaches landfills using our Waste Emissions Calculator: How are business waste carbon emissions calculated? Business waste…