Commercial Waste

A trade waste officer emptying a eurobin

Waste management and regulation (Commercial)

Commercial Waste Collection

We can offer you a variety of trade waste contracts; these include two types of container or a bag/label option, at a collection frequency to suit your business requirements, all at competitive prices.

Waste and your duty of care

If you have a business you have a duty of care under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Section 34) to store, transport and safely dispose of the waste that you generate.

Download the PDF formatted Waste and Your Duty of Care document at the end of this page for more information.

What you need to do

One of your obligations as a waste generator is to have a trade waste contract with a registered waste carrier, as failure to do so could result in Enforcement Action being taken against you. It is your responsibility to make sure that the person(s) who take your waste away are registered. Apart from Councils, (that are exempt) waste carriers carry a certificate of registration from the Environment Agency. You, as the producer, should keep a copy of this. You also need to transfer your waste to a licensed site.

The transfer must be through a carrier (as above) and carried out with the use of 'Waste Transfer Notes,' documentation that you must fill in and sign and that is transported with the waste. If it is a regular collection you may only need to do this once every year, your carrier should be able to advise and help you. Finally you need to make sure that where you send your waste is licensed by the Environment Agency to accept it. The carrier should be able to supply you with a copy of the licence.

Please make sure you see the schedule to the licence which states what type of waste the site is licensed to take, it is this that is your specific duty under the law, to make sure your waste goes to a site licensed to take it.

Our services

Newport City Council's Waste & Recycling Services have a well-established trade waste section who can offer you a contract including two types of container or bag/label option at a collection frequency to suit your business requirements, all at competitive prices.

What kind of commercial waste can we collect?

EWC 2002	Waste Type
20 01 01	Paper and cardboard
20 01 02	Glass
20 01 08	Biodegradable kitchen and canteen waste
20 01 10	Clothes
20 01 11	Textiles
20 01 36	Discarded electrical equipment not containing hazardous components
20 01 38	Wood (without wood preservers)
20 01 39	Plastics
20 01 40	Metals
20 02 01	Biodegradable waste
20 02 02	Soil and stones
20 02 03	Other non-biodegradable waste
20 03 01	Mixed municipal waste
20 03 02	Waste from markets
20 03 03	Street-cleansing residues
20 03 07	Bulky waste

What kind of commercial waste can we not collect?

EWC 2002	Waste Type
20 01 13 *	Solvents
20 01 14 *	Acids
20 01 15 *	Alkalines
20 01 17 *	Photochemicals
20 01 19 *	Pesticides
20 01 21 *	Fluorescent tubes and other mercury-containing waste
20 01 26 *	Oil and fat other than those mentioned in 20 01 25
20 01 31 *	Cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines
20 01 33 *	Batteries and accumulators included in 16 06 01, 16 06 02 or 16 06 03 and unsorted batteries and accumulators containing these.

* Hazardous waste regardless of any threshold concentrations.

You can download the European Waste Catalogue issued by the Environment Agency at the end of this page for further information.

Advice for businesses

The Environment Agency is urging businesses to follow a five-point plan to minimise the risk of illegal waste management:

Check the classification of waste as hazardous using the Environment Agency Guidance
Make sure that you are clear about what is happening to your hazardous waste
Explore ways to reduce the amount of hazardous waste you produce
Budget for rising costs for hazardous waste management
Keep up to date with further changes to hazardous waste legislation.

Bins supplied as follows:

Eurobin 360 litre (1100x620x860mm) – holds between 4-7 sacks
Eurobin 1100 litre (1370x1260x985mm) – holds between 20-25 sacks

Who to contact

If you are interested in using our service please contact our City Contact Centre on 01633 656656. A trade waste officer will contact you shortly after to arrange an appointment to discuss your requirements.