Commercial Waste Solutions
After 12 years of supporting small to medium-sized businesses with waste and paper recycling collections, it is with regret that the decision has been taken to cease the service on 1 April 2025.
All existing customers should have received a letter in the post and an email advising of the change. The service will end on Monday 31 March 2025 and no further collections will be made after this date.
If you already have a commercial waste service agreement with us and commercial waste bins, these will be removed from 1 April 2025. Any blue bags will also need to be used by this date.
We would like to thank our past and current customers for your business and wish you all the best for the future- from all the team at Commercial Waste Solutions
What you need to do
Existing customers will need to find a new commercial waste provider to collect your waste and recycling from 1 April 2025. If your business has 10 or more employees, you will need to have collections of the following:
- food waste - including leftovers and waste generated by preparing food (of any volume, including if the workplace does not serve food or have a canteen)
- glass - such as drinks bottles and rinsed empty food jars
- metals - such as drinks cans and rinsed empty food tins, empty aerosols, aluminium foil, aluminium food trays and tubes
- plastics - such as rinsed empty food containers and bottles
- paper and cardboard - such as old newspapers, envelopes, delivery boxes and packaging
There are many providers locally who offer the full range of recycling collections.
It is a legal requirement for all businesses to have waste collection arrangements in place. Your provider must have a valid waste carriers’ licence and provide you with a waste transfer note for all of your waste, so you know where it is going. If the company you use illegally dumps your waste, you could be held responsible.
More information can be found on the Business of recycling WRAP website.
If you have any questions, please email commercialwastesolutions@maidstone.gov.uk or call 01622 602666
Ordering Sacks
Please ensure you order the correct amount of rolls to last until the 31st March 2025.
Waste collection and business rates
We calculate business rates on behalf of central government and the amount levied is based on the rateable value of the premises occupied. As different types of businesses could occupy the same amount of space but produce very different quantities or types of waste, it would be unreasonable to include charges for its collection, treatment or disposal within this.
Small businesses
All businesses have a legal duty of care under Part II of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, anyone who produces, imports, keeps or stores, transports, treats or disposes of waste has a duty to take all reasonable steps to keep it safe. This means that any waste produced by your business is regulated by law.
Duty of care applies to all businesses to engage the services of a licensed waste carrier for your business and to be able to provide waste transfer notes to this effect. Commercial waste cannot be disposed of through domestic collections or civic amenity sites such as Tovil. Businesses failing to comply with the legislation can face prosecution.
Duty of care
As a business, regardless of size, you have a duty of care for all of your waste.
Every business has a legal responsibility when it comes to disposing of commercial waste, even after it has left the premises, until it is properly disposed of. Under Part 11 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, anyone who imports, keeps, stores, transports, treats or disposes of waste, has a duty to take all reasonable steps to keep it safe. This means that any waste produced by your business is regulated by law.
There are some simple steps to follow to make sure you get this right:
- know what waste you are producing – think about what you can recycle
- find the right waste contractor – are they legal, reliable, flexible
- check your waste contractors' credentials – ask to see their waste certificate
- get the right paperwork and keep hold of it – always get a copy of the waste transfer note from the person who takes your waste away