Workplace recycling guide

All Workplaces

Help for your business at each step of the journey.

Guidance for all workplaces

Welcome to our workplace Recycling Guide!

In this guide, we’ll take you through five steps to implementing recycling in your workplace. It doesn't matter what industry you work in, if your workplace is new to recycling, work your way from Step 1. Or you can jump to a particular page if you're after specific advice.

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 is complying with existing waste regulations 

Content overview

Step 1

Why your business should recycle

There are many benefits of recycling for businesses and other non-household premises.  

Step 2

Planning your recycling needs

If you’re completely new to workplace recycling, this step will help you work out what waste your business generates and what you might need from a recycling service.

Step 3

Calculating the collection cost of your waste

If you’ve completed the waste audit as covered in Step 2, you’ll have collected detailed information about the amount and type of waste your business produces. You can now use the business waste calculator to estimate the amount of waste collected from your business and receive suggested changes that could help your business recycle more and save money.

Step 4

Setting up recycling for your business

If you’ve carried out a waste audit and used the business waste calculator, you should now have a better understanding of the types of waste your business generates and options to recycle more. You’ve hopefully also created a waste action plan, and now it’s time to put it into action!

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Step 5

Monitoring your recycling service

Once you have your workplace recycling set up and you’ve got your employees on board, it’s worth regularly monitoring and reviewing how it’s going. By doing so, you can share successes with your team and customers and look out for opportunities to improve.