Commercial Waste and Recycling
City of Doncaster Council offer Waste collection and disposal services for Commercial customers based in Doncaster.
New customers
The Commercial Waste Team will carry out a non obligatory waste audit at your premises. We will then provide you with a personalised quotation.
You will be guaranteed a reliable, flexible and compliant service.
Why choose City of Doncaster Council for your waste collections
- The service is guaranteed to be compliant.
- There are no long term contracts.
- Our fleet is dedicated to servicing Doncaster residents and businesses, this allows us to offer a reactive and flexible service.
- There are no hidden costs, the price quoted is an all inclusive cost.
- Our team have extensive waste industry knowledge and can tailor a service to your needs.
Contact our team to receive a quote today using our form below:
NEW CUSTOMER COMMERCIAL WASTE enquiry FORM
Existing customers
If you are a current customer with an enquiry relating to your service, contact us using the form below.
Please ensure you keep your contact details up to date as we send out important updates via email and phone.
Your waste - your responsibility (DUTY OF CARE)
If you produce, carry, import, keep, treat or dispose of waste you have a legal 'duty of care' to make sure your waste is handled safely and passed to people authorised to receive it. As a business you are legally required to provide details of the type of waste you are disposing of and to ensure that the company who collects, transports and disposes of it is registered to do so. Our collection contractor, SUEZ Environment Ltd, is registered with the Environment Agency as a waste carrier and we will provide you with an annual waste transfer note (duty of care) to help you to fulfil your legal obligations.
General Waste collection service
We work with businesses to reduce general waste and increase recycling rates where possible.
'Other wastes' listed below should not be placed in your general waste bin.
Recycling collection Service
We will advise how you can apply the waste hierarchy to increase recycling rates.
Recycling containers can currently include the following materials:
- Paper (shredded paper to be bagged)
- cardboard (No cores)
- Tins
- cans
- Foil
- Empty aerosols
- Plastic bottles regardless of type (lids to be taken off and placed in the same bin unless manufactured attached)
Food Waste
City of Doncaster Council do not currently offer a separate food collection for Commercial Customers.
Food waste is collected within our general waste bins.
The facility that handle your general waste has a dedicated process to recycle food via anaerobic digestion.
From March 2025 all businesses in the UK will by law, have to segregate their food waste for a separate collection.
City of Doncaster Council will assist you with these changes.
Please read our section on 'Simpler Recycling' to find out more about upcoming legislation.
Other Waste
We can not collect the following materials directly however we could direct you to local trusted service providers who will manage this waste compliantly.
- Hazardous
- liquid
- Inert(Construction and Demolition)
- WEEE (Electrical including Vapes, lightbulbs and batteries)
- Green waste
- Segregated Food waste
- Glass
- Composite (Clothes and Shoes)
- Tyres
- Medical
- Animal By-products
Where does my waste go?
Please visit the BDR webpage to find out more.
www.bdronline.co.uk
Once recycling is collected, it is tipped at the Councils' Waste Transfer Station in Doncaster. Here it is bulked and re-loaded to be taken to a Materials Recycling Facility in the UK where the items are processed and recycled.
All materials are recycled where possible, less than 1% of material collected is delivered to landfill. This option is used as a last resort.
https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/bins-recycling-waste/doncaster-waste-transfer-station
Simpler Recycling Regulations
Relevant waste means:
(a) glass;
(b) metal;
(c) plastic;
(d) paper and card;
(e) food waste.
Please note that relevant waste falling within categories (a) to (d) must be collected separately from waste within category (e). i.e. from 1st April 2025, all business producing these types of waste will need to have separate bins for general waste, mixed recycling and food.
City of Doncaster Council will communicate with all current commercial customers to ensure they remain complaint
All updates will be shown on this page and communicated across our social media channels . Follow our Linkedin Page Commercial Waste Team Doncaster
We have produced a business waste handbook to help businesses manage their waste effectively and save money which can be downloaded below:
- Business-Waste-Handbook
- Download (1.75MB - PDF)
Terms and conditions
Terms and conditions of the collections service can be downloaded below:
- Terms and Conditions - Commercial Waste
- Download (32KB -
Downloads & Resources
- ABPR Waste Food Disposal Leaflet-1
- Download (416KB - PDF)
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