RECYCLING MADE SIMPLE WITH CAWLEYS

WHAT IS SIMPLER RECYCLING?

The UK government has announced ‘Simpler Recycling’ waste reforms for households and businesses in England which brings stricter rules on what can be recycled and how.

What’s changing, when and why for businesses…

From 31st March 2025 businesses will need to separate the following groups of recyclable materials

  • Food waste (no matter how small the quantity) as a dedicated collection

  • Glass, metal and plastic

  • Cardboard and paper

  • Food

    Food

    All food intended for human or household pet consumption, biodegradable material resulting from the processing or preparation of food, including inedible food parts such as bones, eggshells, fruit and vegetable skins, tea bags and coffee grounds

  • Paper & card

    Paper & card

    All paper and card except:

    Paper and card that contains glitter or foil, paper that is laminated, stickers and sticky paper, padded lined envelopes, paperback and hardback books and wallpaper

  • Glass

    Glass

    Glass packaging including bottles and jars

  • Plastic

    Plastic

    Plastic bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET, including amorphous, recycled PET), polypropylene (PP) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE), pots, tubs and trays made of PET (including amorphous, recycled and crystalline PET), PP (including expanded PP) and polyethylene (PE), PE and PP plastic tubes larger than 50mm x 50mm, cartons for food, drink and other liquids, including aseptic and chilled cartons, plastic film packaging and plastic bags made of mono-polyethylene (mono-PE), mono-polypropylene (mono-PP) and mixed polyolefins PE and PP, including those metallised through vacuum or vapour deposition (to be included from 31 March 2027)

  • Metal

    Metal

    Steel and aluminium tins and cans, steel and aluminium aerosols, aluminium foil, aluminium food trays, steel and aluminium jars and bottle lids & aluminium tubes

31st March 2025

The new legislation must be adhered to by businesses, healthcare establishments, schools, hospitals and other ‘non-household municipal premises’ with 10 or more full-time employees.

31st March 2027

Micro firms (businesses with fewer than 10 full-time employees) must adhere to the new legislation, ALL businesses will be required to separate plastic film for collection - which will be collected as part of the plastic waste stream.

Get in touch - we are here to help

At Cawleys, we can help your business get ready for the imminent Simpler Recycling changes. Give us a call on 0845 260 2000 or complete the form below and one of our team will contact you to discuss changes to your dry recycling and food waste collections.

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