From the 1 April 2025, businesses and non-domestic premises with 10 or more full-time employees must separate their waste as part of the new Simpler Recycling guidance for commercial waste. This will help save resources and supports the UK circular economy.
This rule applies to all such premises, including schools and hospitals, regardless of how many employees are on site at one time. For example, if your business has 5 locations with 2 full-time employees each, you still need to follow these regulations.
This change aims to increase recycling and reduce waste, potentially lowering business costs, saving energy, conserving resources, and protecting the environment. Smaller businesses with fewer than 10 full-time employees have until 31 March 2027 to comply. These changes support a national policy to achieve a 65% recycling rate by 2035.
As a result, we are pleased to announce our new recycling collection service in Fylde for our commercial waste customers. The new commercial recycling collection service is due to commence from 1st September 2025.
What waste can we currently collect from businesses?
- General waste – we offer collections in grey sacks (pre-paid rolls of 50 sacks), 660 litre eurobins or 1100 litre eurobins (a bin lease or purchase charge applies)
- Comingled recycling (glass, cans and plastic bottles/pots/tubs/trays) – we offer collections in 140 litre or 240 litre red-lidded wheeled bins (a one-off bin purchase charge applies)
- Paper & cardboard recycling (newspapers, office paper, cardboard boxes and other paper or card packaging) – we offer collections in 140 litre or 240 litre blue-lidded wheeled bins (a one-off bin purchase charge applies) and blue sacks (pre-paid rolls of 50 sacks)
Further information on the charges that apply for the above services is available at Commercial Waste Charges
To register your interest in working with the council for your commercial waste collections please email tradewaste@fylde.gov.uk.
For more information and guidance on how to set-up recycling in your workplace please visit Commercial Recycling
There is also a handy waste calculator on the website that can help each business calculate the amount of containers they will require available at Waste Calculator.
