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In Oxford, commercial mixed recycling collection makes it simple for businesses to manage recyclables like cardboard, glass, aluminium cans, and plastic bottles. Just place everything in one bin, and the provider will handle the sorting and recycling.
We help arrange reliable general waste collection services in Oxford, making it easy for businesses to dispose of non-recyclable items like polystyrene, food-contaminated packaging, and plastic packaging. With our support, you can connect with trusted providers to ensure your waste is managed responsibly.
Oxfordshire promotes commercial food waste recycling with composting sites in Chipping Norton and Ardley and anaerobic digestion facilities in Yarton, Farringdon, and Wallingford. Commercial waste providers offer regular food waste collections, transporting it to these facilities for processing.
Commercial cardboard waste created by retail shopping centres, like the Westgate in Oxford city centre, benefit from cardboard recycling services that help minimise the space taken by cardboard waste and deliver cardboard to local cardboard manufacturers that can repurpose the waste.
We assist in arranging clinical waste disposal services in Oxford, ensuring the safe and compliant handling of items such as sharps, medical equipment, and other hazardous materials. These services adhere to UK regulations for proper clinical waste management.
Breweries, including the Little Ox brewery in Freeland, recycle tonnes of glass due to the nature of their business – they benefit from commercial glass recycling schemes and services, including the Select Environmental glass recycling program promoted by Oxford University’s A-Z Guide.
Oxford is a bustling city with a wide variety of businesses, each contributing to the need for efficient waste management solutions. We explore some of the key sectors needing commercial waste collection services below:
Oxford hosts various offices, from academic institutions to tech startups, generating waste like paper, cardboard, and electronics. Office waste collections in Oxford handle sensitive materials like confidential waste documents, ensuring compliance with data protection and environmental standards.
Oxford’s lively pub scene, including iconic spots like The Eagle and Child, produces waste like glass bottles, food scraps, and recyclables. Specialised pub waste collection services in Oxford ensure proper disposal of glass and other materials while efficiently managing food waste and packaging.
Oxford University, with its 15,000 staff and 43 independent colleges, generates significant commercial waste. The University’s robust waste management strategy aims to reduce waste per staff member by 10% and achieve a 40% recycling rate by 2025. Specialised university waste collection services in Oxford support these goals, focusing on initiatives like WARPit for item reuse, reducing commercial electronic waste.
Our experts have identified the following trusted providers offering commercial waste collection services in Oxfordshire:
Grundon is a family-owned waste management provider founded in 1929. It operates across Southern England and offers a comprehensive suite of waste collection services to Oxfordshire companies from its depot in Wallingford.
Simply Waste provides regular commercial waste bin collections for general business waste and recycling throughout Oxfordshire. Its fleet is at a depot on the Grange Farm Industrial Estate in Little Chesterton, near Bicester.
ODS is an independent company wholly owned by the Oxford City Council. ODS is a contractor for several council contracts, including business waste. ODS offers regular collections of general business waste, food waste, and dry mixed recycling.
Biffa, the UK’s largest waste management company, has a significant presence in Oxfordshire. From a depot in Abingdon, Biffa provides domestic waste services across South Oxfordshire and the Vale of the White Horse, alongside commercial recycling and waste collections.
Select Environmental Services offers bespoke commercial waste collection, recycling and sanitary waste collection services across Berkshire, Oxford, and Northampton. Select provides waste collections to some of Oxford’s biggest organisations, including the University of Oxford.
In Oxfordshire, five wards are represented by individual district councils, each responsible for household waste collections.
Some councils offer a paid-for commercial waste collection service, while others do not. Here’s a breakdown of the council-operated commercial waste services in Oxfordshire:
Oxfordshire district council | Offers commercial waste collections? | Link to service |
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Cherwell | Offers general waste, mixed recycling, glass, and commercial food waste collection services to businesses in North Oxford | Cherwell business waste service |
Oxford City | No council service is offered, but the council directs you to the council-owned contractor ODS. | ODS Commercial Waste |
West Oxfordshire | Offers general waste, dry mixed recycling, glass, and food waste collections to businesses in West Oxford | West Oxfordshire commercial waste and recycling |
South Oxfordshire | Offers no business waste collection services. | N/A |
Vale of the White Horse | Offers no business waste collection services. | N/A |
Our experts provide all the necessary information to help you dispose of commercial waste in Oxford.
Oxfordshire County Council operates several public waste and recycling centres across the county. However, these do not accept commercial waste, with the exception of the recycling centre at Redbridge, Abingdon.
Redbridge Recycling Centre – Old Abingdon Road, Oxford, OX1 4XG
The commercial waste facility at the recycling centre operates independently from the household waste service. To arrange disposal of commercial waste, please call 01865 721464 in advance.
More information: Redbridge Recycling Centre – Oxfordshire County Council.
Alternatively, here are the locations of private Waste Transfer Stations in Oxfordshire that offer commercial waste disposal:
⚠️ Businesses transporting waste must be registered with a waste carrier licence.
The waste transfer stations listed above will issue a waste transfer note for any business waste you bring, enabling your company to demonstrate compliance with commercial waste regulations.