Commercial waste Bristol

General business waste is an essential service for most small businesses in Bristol. It helps them dispose of non-recyclable waste, such as food wrappers and crisp packets.

In Bristol, general business waste is transported to Viridor’s Energy Recovery Facility in Avonmouth, which generates 300 GWh of electricity each year—enough to power 84,000 homes.

All of Bristol’s commercial waste collection providers highlighted in this guide offer a range of business waste and recycling services.

We recommend consolidating your recycling and general business waste collections into a single contract to obtain the lowest business waste collection costs.

Bristol is renowned for its iconic blue glassware, which has been manufactured in the city since the 18th century. Glass is an amazing material that can be repeatedly remade into new products.

Businesses in Bristol can use dedicated commercial glass recycling collections to ensure their bottles and jars are transported to a glass manufacturing facility for reuse.

Bristol, located at the junction of the M4 and M5 motorways, serves as an important logistics hub for South Wales, Devon, and Cornwall.

Logistics firms based in Bristol utilise commercial cardboard recycling services to manage the high volumes of cardboard used in the packaging of goods in transit.

Bristol is home to Pieminister, a pie-making company headquartered in St Paul’s since its inception in 2003. Food production businesses must manage organic waste produced from unused ingredients or products past their sell-by date.

Dedicated commercial food waste services in Bristol transport organic waste to local composting or anaerobic digestion facilities.

Bristol is home to Hargreaves Lansdown, one of the UK’s largest financial services firms.

Large corporate offices in Bristol use bespoke office waste management solutions that can securely store and dispose of confidential electronic and paper waste alongside general business waste and mixed recycling.

Bristol hosts an array of coffee roasters, the Bristol Coffee Festival, and a huge number of coffee shops and cafes.

Coffee shops in Bristol take advantage of dedicated coffee grounds and coffee cup recycling services offered by the commercial waste provider, Bristol Waste.

Filton Airfield in Bristol is a hub for the aviation industry, hosting Airbus and Rolls-Royce manufacturing facilities.

Advanced manufacturing facilities must manage hazardous by-products, such as chemical residues and industrial oils, which require safe and specialised hazardous waste solutions

In the vibrant streets of Bristol, a revolution in street art emerged, spearheaded by the anonymous artist Banksy.

Banksy’s 2021 gull mural on the side of a house in Lowestoft features a large commercial waste bin. This art piece was part of Banksy’s ‘Great British Spraycation’ collection.