Commercial waste collection Kent
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Disposing of business waste in Kent 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 Kent 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.
Kent County Council does not offer commercial waste collections, so businesses must arrange their own services. We provide a full range of commercial waste collection services across Kent.
Below are the main types of business waste we can collect.
All of Kent’s business waste collection providers offer a commercial dry-mixed recycling service alongside more specialised segregated recycling streams for materials such as cardboard, glass, and other recyclables.
Kent is renowned for its vineyards, such as Chapel Down Winery. These businesses generate significant amounts of used wine bottles, necessitating efficient commercial glass recycling collection services.
Kent is home to the Bluewater Shopping Centre and logistics hubs around the Port of Dover, which generate large volumes of cardboard waste. Separate commercial cardboard recycling collection services are crucial to ensure this valuable waste type avoids cross-contamination.
Restaurants and pubs in Kent have a wide range of options for their food waste collections. Most national and local commercial waste providers mentioned in this guide offer weekly commercial food waste collection.
Businesses in Kent produce a wide range of general waste, from non-recyclable packaging and food scraps to used paper. Our general business waste collection services offer reliable and scheduled pickups, helping you stay compliant and maintain a clean, efficient workplace.
Sanitary waste must be handled professionally to meet hygiene regulations and protect staff and visitors. We provide discreet and reliable sanitary waste collection services across Kent, ensuring your business stays compliant with health and safety standards through scheduled collections.
This section explores some of the more specialised commercial waste collection requirements for key business sectors in Kent.
Kent’s bustling town centres are home to popular pubs like The Black Horse in Maidstone and The George & Dragon in Canterbury. These pubs generate various types of waste, including glass bottles, food scraps, cardboard packaging, and other recyclables.
Effective pub waste management solutions are essential for pubs in Kent to handle their daily waste output efficiently.
Kent is home to over 1,500 restaurants that produce significant volumes of commercial food and other waste.
Restaurant waste management solutions include regular food waste collections that not only help maintain the hygiene of professional kitchens but also convert food waste into compost and green biogas.
Kent’s thriving business community and numerous office spaces, including notable sites like the Eurolink Industrial Centre in Sittingbourne and Kreston Reeves in Canterbury, generate substantial office waste.
Local office waste collection solutions encompass confidential waste disposal and recycling. These practices promote sustainability by reducing landfill contributions.
Kent, home to several major healthcare facilities, such as the Kent and Canterbury Hospital and Medway Maritime Hospital, generates substantial amounts of waste, including clinical waste, hazardous materials, medical waste, and general refuse.
Effective hospital waste collection is crucial for maintaining a safe, hygienic environment and ensuring strict compliance with health and environmental regulations.
With its extensive network of approximately 600 educational institutions, including primary schools, secondary schools, and colleges, Kent generates diverse waste, including paper, food, plastics, and electronic waste.
Tailored waste management solutions are essential for handling specific types of school waste. Specific school waste collection services are imperative to ensure waste is dealt with correctly.
In this section, we will review commercial waste disposal options available to businesses in Kent that hold a waste carrier licence to transport their own waste.
Kent County Council does not permit businesses to use most of their recycling centre but does accept commercial waste at the following locations:
For further information on using these sites, visit Kent County Council – Transfer Stations.
Alternatively, there are privately run commercial waste recycling sites in Kent at the following locations:
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 across Kent:
Country Style Recycling offers commercial waste and recycling collections across Kent and Cambridgeshire. Their flagship Recycling and Recovery Centre at Ridham, near Sittingbourne, processes waste from over 3,000 local businesses.
Country Style Recycling operates a dedicated wood recycling facility which produces panel boards and wood pellets from recyclable wood.
CDDL Recycling is a total waste management company offering a free commercial waste audit to assist customers in streamlining and optimising their waste management strategies.
CDDL provides regular waste and recycling collections across Kent from their base in Sheerness.
Midas Waste, an independently owned commercial waste management company, is based in Gravesend, Kent. Their fleet of bright pink waste vehicles is a familiar sight across the Southeast.
Midas Waste provides a zero-to-landfill waste disposal service as standard. All commercial waste collected is recycled, and as much residual waste as possible is sent to an energy recovery facility.
RTS Waste offers a range of recycling services, including general waste, food waste, dry-mixed recycling, and commercial glass recycling across Kent.
RTS operates its Kent fleet from their premises on Manor Way Business Park in Swanscombe, on the banks of the Thames.
Trident Waste is a family-run business based in Ashford, Kent. The emphasis at Trident Waste is on maximising recycling and offering the greenest possible solution to trade waste.
Trident Waste offers regular collections across major towns and rural areas of Kent, focusing on providing a positive customer experience.
East Kent Recycling operates two waste recycling centres in the heart of Kent, in Faversham and Tilmanstone. EKR is an independent waste management provider with over 45 years of experience, employing more than 100 staff members in Kent.
Originally based in East Kent, EKR has expanded its operations across the county from Thanet to Sevenoaks.
The two largest UK commercial waste providers, Biffa and Veolia, both have regular commercial waste collections across Kent.
Our commercial waste experts have pulled together a quick summary of the services they offer.
Biffa is the UK’s largest waste collection provider and offers regular commercial waste collection services across Kent and the South East.
Biffa employs a variety of technologies and processes, such as material recovery facilities (MRFs), energy-from-waste (EfW) plants, and anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities, to manage and process waste sustainably.
Biffa dealt with over nine million tonnes of waste from the South East last year, with a landfill diversion rate of over 90%. Biffa operates its waste collections in Kent from its hubs in Canterbury and Rochester.
Veolia is a national commercial provider with its operation in Kent, which is centred around the Shornescliffe Industrial Estate in Folkestone. Veolia offers regular routes across Kent for:
Looking for commercial waste collection for other business locations near Kent? We also provide services in the following areas: