About Workplace Recycling Rules

What is on this site

One question, "simpler recycling for micro-firms", answered with a checker that works on the page with no account, 4 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.

• Simpler Recycling for workplaces: the duty in full: What England's workplace recycling duty actually requires: three streams, customer and visitor waste, garden waste, contamination, and what your collector must do.
• The micro-firm exemption: who gets until 31 March 2027: Micro-firms have fewer than 10 full-time equivalent employees across the whole business, not per site. How to count, what still applies now, and why you never register.
• Business food waste collection: the rule offices get wrong: Workplace food waste must be separated even with no kitchen and however small the volume. Collection frequency, composting, cooking oil and compostable packaging.
• Who enforces workplace recycling, and what a compliance notice means: The Environment Agency issues compliance notices for Simpler Recycling breaches. Who they can be served on, why landlords are exposed, and how breaches surface.

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Contact for a question about the site, or enquiries@workplacerecyclingrules.co.uk. The legal terms are on Terms and Privacy.

Workplace Recycling Rules is an independent information site operated by Ellul Solutions Ltd. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Environment Agency, Defra, the Welsh Government, SEPA, DAERA or any local authority, and nothing here is legal or compliance advice. Every regulatory statement is quoted from the gov.uk, gov.wales or legislation.gov.uk page it links to and was checked on the date shown above. Commencement dates in this area have moved before and some dates quoted here are scheduled rather than in force, so confirm the current position before you act.