How to manage your business waste
Find out what business waste is and what your responsibilities are as a business.
About business waste
If you run a business, the recycling and refuse you produce is classified as business waste. This is the case even if you run your business at home. For example, you may run a childminding business or property rental firm from your home or you may let your property as a short term rental.
You also produce business or trade waste if you work as a mobile trader. This includes working as a gardener or running burger vans.
Business waste also includes any waste that comes from:
- construction
- demolition
- industry
- agriculture
Your responsibility
You must:
- keep waste to a minimum by doing everything you reasonably can (in the following order) to:
- prevent
- reuse
- recycle
- recover waste
- sort and store waste safely and securely
- complete a waste transfer note for each load of waste that leaves your premises
- check if your waste carrier is registered to dispose of waste
- not allow the waste carrier to dispose of your waste illegally - and report them to Crimestoppers if they do
You have extra responsibilities if you’re dealing with hazardous waste.
More information
Read more about your responsibilities and the arrangements you need in place.