Recycling Guide
Help for your business at each step of the journey
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About this guide
Welcome to our workplace Recycling Guide!
The tips in this step-by-step guide will help you to:
Optimise: get the most from your current waste collection service
Plan: design a recycling system that works for your business and employees
Reduce costs: recycling is often cheaper than disposal!
Get compliant: ensure your business complies with the new regulations
In this guide, we’ll take you through five steps to implementing recycling in your workplace – below is an outline of what we’ll be explaining. Whether you’re a business, a school, a health service or any other type of organisation, if your workplace is new to recycling, work your way through from Step 1. If you’re after advice on a particular stage, click the links below to jump to the relevant section.
Let's begin…
- 1. Why your business needs to recycle
Why your business needs to recycle
New regulations will soon require your business to separate from your general waste, and in this guide we’ll explain what to do to prepare before the 31 March 2025 deadline for businesses with 10 or more full time equivalents or the 31 March 2027 deadline for all businesses. In this step, we’ll cover:
3. How to comply with the new legislation
4. Checklist: what your business needs to do
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- 2. Planning your recycling needs
Planning your recycling needs
- 3. Calculating the cost of your business waste
Calculating the cost of your business waste
- 4. Setting up recycling for your business
Setting up recycling for your business
- 5. Monitoring your recycling service
Monitoring your recycling service