Trade Recycling

Simpler Recycling for businesses

The Government has announced some important changes to the collection of waste across England from 1 April 2025 under an initiative called ‘Simpler Recycling’. Businesses will need to have recycling and food waste collections in place. The timeframe for this will depend on the size of business.

Business and workplace recycling - What you need to know

From 31 March 2025, businesses with more than 10 full-time equivalent employees will be required to separate out particular materials for recycling and have a dedicated separate food waste collection.

For businesses and workplaces with fewer than 10 full-time equivalent employees in total across all of your premises this is by 31 March 2027.

What you will need to be recycle?

You will need to recycle the following materials. 

  • Paper and card
  • Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, and cartons
  • Metal tins and cans, foil and empty aerosols
  • Glass bottles and jars
  • Plastic films (from 2027)
  • Food waste

This is a legal requirement and ignoring the changes could result in compliance action being taken against your business.

Who needs to act?

All workplaces in England, including:

  • Businesses
  • Care homes
  • Educational establishments
  • Healthcare establishments
  • Places of worship
  • Penal institutes
  • Charity shops
  • Residential hostels
  • Premises used for public meetings

Information about recycling collections

Erewash Borough Council provides a commercial recycling service for paper, cardboard, metal food and drinks cans, aluminium foil and containers, aerosols (empty), glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles, plastic pots, tubs and trays.

This service will ensure you comply with the new legislation. You will not need seperate recycling bins for each material (except for food waste). All recycling can be mixed in the same bin for collection. Collections take place alternate Thursdays.

Recycling Container sizes are 360 litres, 660 litres or 1100 litre.

Prices

Trade Recycling prices (based on one bin lift per fortnight).

  • 360 litre = £7.50
  • 660 litre = £10.00
  • 1100 litre = £18.00

Prices are VAT exempt and are fixed for the financial year. Prices from 1 April each year will be subject to an annual increase. 

We also provide a trade waste service for businesses for more information go to our Trade Waste page.

For more information on our trade waste service please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., fill in the trade waste enquiry form, or call our customer service advisors on 0115 907 2244.