Waste Recycling

With effect from 31st March businesses with 10 or more employees must separate and recycle waste under the new Simpler Recycling law.

You must separate dry recyclable waste, food waste and black bin waste from each other. 

Dry recyclable waste is: 

• glass - such as drinks bottles and rinsed empty food jars 

• metal - such as drinks cans and rinsed empty food tins, empty aerosols, aluminium foil, aluminium food trays and tubes 

• plastic - such as rinsed empty food containers and bottles 

• paper and cardboard - such as old newspapers, envelopes, delivery boxes and packaging 

Food waste is:  

• food leftovers  

• waste generated by preparing food (of any volume, including if the workplace does not serve food or have a canteen)  

Black bin waste or residual waste is:  

• absorbent hygiene products such as nappies 

• highly contaminated materials like food packaging that cannot be washed