Guidance for Hospitality
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Why your Hospitality business needs to recycle

Checklist: what your Hospitality business needs to do to comply

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What your business needs to do to comply:

  • Keep waste to a minimum – prevention is always best, so remember to eliminate waste where possible, and reuse and repair if you can. As a food business, you have greater potential to lower your costs by minimising food loss.

  • Sort and store waste safely and securely – sort different types of waste to avoid , using clearly labelled containers with covers to stop waste blowing away and getting wet.

  • Complete a waste transfer note for each load of waste that leaves your business, or a document with the same information, such as an invoice. You’ll need to keep this for two years. You can complete ‘season tickets’ for a series of loads, and from April 2025 you’ll be able to move over to Digital Waste Tracking.

  • Use a registered waste carrier – visit the Public Register of Waste Carriers, Brokers and Dealers to check if a provider is registered.

  • Make sure it’s disposed of legally – if the company you use disposes of your waste illegally, such as ‘’, you could be held responsible.