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The Business of Recycling
New regulations will soon require your business to separate recyclable materials from your general waste.
You have until 31st March 2025 to get ready, unless you're a smaller business with fewer than 10 full-time equivalent employees, in which case you'll have until 31st March 2027.
You will need to separate the following recyclable materials for recycling:
- Glass such as drinks bottles and rinsed empty food jars
- Metal such as drinks cans and food tins, empty aerosols, aluminium foil, aluminium food trays and tubes
- Plastic such as rinsed empty food containers and bottles
- Paper such as old newspapers and envelopes
- Cardboard such as delivery boxes and packaging
- Food leftovers or waste generated by food preparation
It’s compulsory for businesses to arrange a separate collection of these materials, so they can be recycled efficiently.
Not sure where to start? That’s what this guide is for!
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Communication resources to promote recycling in the workplace
We have created a suite of downloadable resources that can be used to help you promote recycling.
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