Commercial waste collection Glasgow
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Disposing of business waste in Glasgow doesn’t need to be complicated. Whether you require commercial waste bins for general waste, mixed recycling, cardboard, or glass, our waste experts are here to help.
Follow these three simple steps to arrange your commercial waste collection:
Enter your postcode above, tell us what types of waste and recycling bins your business needs, and how often you’d like them collected.
Our experts will quickly prepare a bespoke, low-cost quote for your Glasgow business with everything you need to get started right away.
Once you’re happy with your quote, your waste collection will be set up quickly and efficiently, giving you hassle-free, reliable waste disposal service.
Our business waste experts have helped hundreds of businesses in Glasgow find cost-effective waste collection services. Below are the most popular waste collection types we provide in Glasgow:
Most businesses in Glasgow depend on a general waste collection service to dispose of residual difficult-to-recycle waste. The collected general waste is transported to an energy recovery facility on the south side of Glasgow in Polmadie.
The Scottish Government’s Zero Waste Scotland initiative is an excellent resource. It offers expert support to help local businesses improve their recycling practices. Businesses can utilise commercial recycling providers for paper, metal, and dry-mixed recycling.
Glasgow promotes commercial glass recycling through several licensed private waste providers. These services assist businesses in complying with Scotland’s Zero Waste Plan, which requires separating and recycling all glass.
In Scotland, specific devolved legislation mandates that urban food businesses generating more than 5kg of food waste per week must arrange separate commercial food waste collection.
Used cardboard packaging is a valuable resource for manufacturing new cardboard materials. Businesses in Glasgow that generate large volumes of cardboard waste can use a dedicated commercial cardboard recycling service to benefit from waste rebates.
Glasgow’s busy hospitality, healthcare, and office sectors produce significant volumes of sanitary waste. Local sanitary waste collection services include regular bin collections, hygienic disposal, and support with washroom waste compliance.
Glasgow aims to be one of Europe’s greenest cities, with a target of carbon neutrality by 2030. Business waste plays a key role in the city’s climate plan. Below, you’ll find waste collection options for some of Glasgow’s main industries.
Glasgow’s International Financial Services District has attracted global financial institutions to the city, employing over 15,000 staff.
Large offices in Glasgow utilise specialist office waste collection solutions designed to maximise the collection of recyclable paper and plastic waste.
Glasgow is recognised as the most vegan-friendly city in the UK, thanks to its large student population attending its four universities.
Even restaurants that focus on plant-based menus still need to manage leftover food. Restaurant waste collection in Glasgow transports food waste to an anaerobic digestion facility for processing.
Glasgow boasts a wide range of pubs, many located in historic buildings in the busy city centre.
Space is often limited for storing glass, food, and general waste. To manage this, local businesses use pub waste collection services, with daily pick-ups available from local providers.
Glasgow’s ‘Style Mile’ is the largest retail centre outside of the West End in London.
Shops in the city produce high volumes of packaging waste from stock deliveries. Local providers offer retail waste collection services, with space-saving options like cardboard balers to support busy high street stores.
Glasgow is home to the Clydeside Distillery, which produces Scotch Whisky and offers tours and events.
The city’s distilleries must manage liquid waste, such as spent grains and pot ale, produced during the distillery process. Distilleries typically utilise pre-treatment processes to prevent pollution and enable disposal into the Scottish Water sewage network.
Glasgow has a rich shipbuilding legacy and continues to house major shipyards along the Clyde, where complex naval vessels are built.
Waste management in the marine industry is a specialist area with its own set of rules and regulations. Refer to our complete guide to boat waste management.
Glasgow City Council provides a regular commercial waste collection service in addition to its free domestic waste service. The council’s waste service includes the collection of the following waste types three to four times a week:
Businesses within the city can choose between a regular collection service, for which the council will provide a waste bin and a one-off trade sacks service.
💡Please note the council’s commercial waste collection service does not cover the entire city. For precise service boundaries, refer to this map.
Small businesses might opt to handle their own waste disposal. To do so, obtaining a waste carrier licence is essential.
Our experts provide all the information needed to ensure proper waste disposal in Glasgow.
The City of Glasgow council does not permit businesses to use household recycling facilities in the city.
Instead, if your business intends to use a waste disposal facility, we recommend using one of the below waste transfer stations:
WRC Recycling – Glasgow Airport – 45 Newmains Ave, Inchinnan, Renfrew PA4 9RR
NHW Group – 31 Nuneaton Street, Glasgow, G40 3JT
The waste transfer stations above will provide you with a waste transfer note for any business waste you bring, allowing your company to demonstrate its compliance with commercial waste regulations.
Our waste management service relies on trusted, licensed waste carriers to empty your bins or containers. By working with a range of local providers, we are able to offer a flexible waste management service tailored to the needs of all types of businesses.
In this section, we’ll highlight the top licensed business waste collection providers in Glasgow:
WRC Recycling provides trade waste and wheelie bin collections across both Glasgow and Edinburgh. WRC operates its commercial waste services from their state-of-the-art public recycling centre in Inchinnan, near Glasgow Airport, which processes cardboard, plastic, metal, and glass for recycling.
Originally founded in 1965, JM Murdoch is a family-owned waste and haulage business operating from its headquarters in Neilston, on the outskirts of Glasgow. They offer kerbside trade waste collection services, which include general business waste, dry mixed recycling, and commercial glass recycling.
The Dow Group is a family-owned waste management business based in Cumbernauld, on the outskirts of Glasgow. The Dow Group offers a range of sustainable waste solutions, including rental and collection services for both wheelie bins and larger commercial waste bins, catering to businesses in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Enva provides business waste collection services across Glasgow and Scotland, with 1,900 collections occurring every day. Enva pledges zero waste to landfill as a standard for all their customers. Enva operates two sites on the outskirts of Glasgow: one in Paisley and another in Kilbride.
Biffa is the UK’s largest waste management provider, offering an extensive range of commercial waste and recycling collection services across Glasgow. These include sanitary waste collections, hazardous waste management, and asbestos removal.
Veolia, a global water, waste and energy management company, also offers regular commercial waste collections in Glasgow. Veolia provides low-cost business waste collections across the city with separate collections for glass, dry mixed recycling, food and general waste.
Looking for commercial waste collection for other business locations near Glasgow? We also provide services in the following areas: