Commercial bin collection, London

Commercial Bin Collection in London

240L, 360L, 660L and 1100L wheelie bins for General Waste and Dry Mixed Recycling. Daily, weekly or one-off lifts.
From £52 + VAT a month for a weekly collection, no bin rental. Typical service start in 24 to 48 hours, across London and the WD postcodes.

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180+ active commercial customers
4.8 / 5 Trustpilot, verified reviews
98% landfill diversion
Licensed Waste Carrier, CBDU466346
Waste Transfer Note with every collection
By the numbers

The numbers behind the bin round

They come from the accounts we collect for across London, and the Trustpilot reviews are public if you want to check.

180+

Active commercial customers

24-48h

Typical service start

98%

Landfill diversion rate

4.8 / 5

Trustpilot, verified reviews

Who we collect for

Built for London businesses that need bins emptied on time.

Missed lifts, surcharges you never agreed to, and contracts that are hard to leave are why most people call us. If that sounds familiar, you are the customer this service is built for.

Cafés and restaurants

Missed Friday lifts and surcharges you did not agree to are the usual reason café owners switch. We run a fixed lift window and the excess-weight line sits in your contract, not sprung on the invoice.

Takeaways and dessert shops

Tight frontage and bins that fill fast on a Saturday night. We size the bin to your busiest day, not your quietest, and add a lift in a heavy week without reopening the contract.

Serviced-apartment and aparthotel operators

A bin overflowing on a guest-facing frontage ends up in your reviews. We flex the schedule with occupancy and hand you the Waste Transfer Notes corporate bookers ask for at handback.

Coworking and flexible workspace

Many tenants, one bin store, and your members walk past it every day. One reliable partner keeps the store tidy, and the site lead can set it up today without waiting on head office.

Cleaning companies that hold the waste contract

If you hold the waste contract for the sites you clean, a missed lift lands on your relationship with the client, not ours. Start with one site, prove the schedule holds, and add the portfolio when you are ready.

Offices and retail units

No bin rental and no environmental levy. Cardboard goes in your recycling bin at no extra cost.

What we take in a bin

We collect General Waste and Dry Mixed Recycling on one schedule.

General Waste

What goes in the General Waste bin

  • Food-contaminated packaging, paper and card
  • Soft plastics, polystyrene, cling film
  • Mixed non-recyclable waste
  • Disposable cups, food containers, takeaway packaging
  • Anything that cannot go into recycling
Dry Mixed Recycling

What goes in the DMR bin

  • Clean cardboard and paper, no food residue
  • Plastic bottles and containers, rinsed
  • Metal cans, food and drink
  • Clean aluminium foil and trays
  • Mixed clean recyclables, sorted for you after collection

Cardboard goes in your recycling bin at the same price. Cardboard sits in your Dry Mixed Recycling bin at no extra cost. If you have the volume for a dedicated cardboard bin, we can set one up.

Glass is a dedicated stream. Under UK Simpler Recycling rules glass must be kept separate from Dry Mixed Recycling. Small staff-kitchen amounts can usually sit with your recycling; a glass-heavy site such as a bar or busy café gets a dedicated 240-litre glass bin, collected on its own.

Keep recycling clean. Contamination above 5% can be re-classified as General Waste when it is sorted, so a clean DMR bin keeps your recycling rate where it should be.

Sizes and monthly pricing

From £52 + VAT a month for a weekly collection. Pick the size that fits your week.

Published weight limits and fair excess charges. If a bin is consistently over its limit we talk about upsizing or an extra lift first, agreed in writing before anything changes on your invoice.

240 L20 kg max

From £52 + VAT / month

One collection a week

About 3 bin bags

Best for: a small office, salon or studio

360 L30 kg max

From £65 + VAT / month

One collection a week

About 5 bin bags

Best for: a small café, takeaway or retail unit

660 L40 kg max

From £86.67 + VAT / month

One collection a week

About 10 bin bags

Best for: a restaurant, larger café or mid-size office

1100 L70 kg max

From £104 + VAT / month

One collection a week

About 15 bin bags

Best for: high-volume hospitality or a production site

Monthly shown is one bin on a weekly lift. Your exact price depends on bin size, lifts a week and postcode.

How the price works

From £52 + VAT a month for a weekly collection. No bin rental.
  • One fixed monthly price, paid by Direct Debit. We spread the year evenly, 52 weeks divided over 12 months, so your Direct Debit is the same amount every month of the year. Your exact figure depends on the bin size, how many lifts a week you need, and your postcode. Tell us the setup and we price it for you the same day.
  • No bin rental, no environmental levy. The bin is delivered free and included while you are an active customer, and there is no standing charge dressed up as something else.
  • General Waste and Dry Mixed Recycling. Both streams on the same monthly-price basis, one lift day, scheduled together.
  • Annual Waste Transfer Note Service, £65 + VAT a year per account. We produce and keep the paperwork that satisfies your Duty of Care under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
  • Excess weight may be charged separately if a bin is consistently over its limit, and never as a silent surcharge. We discuss upsizing or an extra lift first.
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Recurring or one-off, both work

It works the same whether you need a weekly schedule or a one-off lift.

Recurring scheduled

For most customers

  • One to three lifts a week
  • Same time window every collection day
  • Locked monthly price for the term of your agreement
  • Free bin delivery
  • Fixed monthly Direct Debit, the same amount every month
  • 24 to 48 hour typical service start
  • Annual Waste Transfer Note Service included
Ad-hoc one-off

Events, overflow, post-refurb

  • A single bin lift at short notice
  • Same-day possible in most London postcodes if booked before 12:00
  • Pre-paid via Stripe link before collection
  • Useful for events, temporary sites, overflow weeks
  • Quoted by bin size, postcode and access window
  • Single-collection Waste Transfer Note provided
1

Quote

Share your postcode, bin size and how often you need a lift. Price back the same day, often within hours.

2

Bin delivered

We deliver the bin free and agree your lift days, with a typical service start of 24 to 48 hours.

3

Collect

Scheduled lift days, same window each week, paid by fixed monthly Direct Debit.

Why London businesses choose us

We compete on reliability and clarity, not cheap headline pricing.

National chains can advertise a lower headline rate. They tend to secure it with long agreements, lengthy notice periods, and charges that only show up on the bill. We do it differently: clear terms in plain English, published weight limits, and a team you can actually reach.

01

Founder-led service

A small, accountable team you deal with directly, not a rotating call centre. Ring 0207 101 4003 and you reach someone who knows your account.

02

Service start in 24 to 48 hours

We deliver the bin, agree your lift days, and the first scheduled collection is usually inside the same week.

03

Reliability you can plan around

Turning up on the day is the whole job, and why customers stay. Our track record is verifiable on Trustpilot and Google at 4.8 / 5.

04

Clear monthly pricing

From £52 + VAT a month for a weekly collection, with no bin rental and no environmental levy. You know what a month costs before you sign.

05

Fully licensed and insured

Upper Tier Waste Carrier CBDU466346, with £5m Public Liability cover in place for commercial premises.

06

Cardboard in the same bin

Cardboard goes in your recycling bin at no extra cost. If the volume grows, we can set up a dedicated cardboard bin.

Customer story

One trial bin became three, because the schedule held.

Borough Broth came to us via an emergency one-off pallet pickup at their Greenford production site. Their bin contractor at the time had missed three collections in a fortnight. Andrea, the operations lead, had given notice but could not switch until the contract notice period expired.

After the pallet job, we offered a single-bin trial, one 1100L bin, three lifts a week, no upfront commitment beyond the trial period. The brief was simple: do not miss a collection.

Six months later, we run three 1100L bins three times a week for Borough Broth, all on the back of one trial that proved the schedule holds.

The lesson is straightforward. Every customer who comes to us after a difficult experience elsewhere wants the same thing: a service that does what it says, on the day it is scheduled, without the small print working against them. That is what we deliver.

★★★★★
Google Business Profile, 5.0 stars

“We started to work with Capital Recycle 18 months ago. As a medium-size company we are very satisfied with their services, availability and prices.”

Andrea M., Borough Broth
Where we collect

Bin routes across London and the WD postcodes.

We collect across London, and we cover Watford and the WD postcodes. If your postcode is on one of our routes, adding your bin costs us very little, which is how we hold tight pricing without cutting corners on reliability. If your postcode is not shown, ask anyway; we are always looking to fill route capacity in adjacent areas.

WDWatford HAHarrow UBHillingdon ENEnfield NWCamden WWest SWChelsea ECCity WCCovent Gdn NNorth EEast SESouth-East
Fully licensed, fully insured

Licensed and insured, with the paperwork to show it.

We are a registered Upper Tier Waste Carrier with full commercial insurance in place. Every recurring customer is on the Annual Waste Transfer Note Service, which covers every waste stream on the account. Ad-hoc collections get a single-collection Waste Transfer Note on the day.

Upper Tier Waste Carrier

CBDU466346. Verifiable on the Environment Agency public register.

Public Liability £5m

Full commercial liability cover for all collection activities.

Annual Waste Transfer Note

Issued per waste stream. Satisfies your Duty of Care under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Documented service terms

Plain-English contract schedule, available before you sign.

Common questions

What businesses ask before they sign up.

If your question is not here, ring 0207 101 4003 and we will answer it on the phone in plain English.

What bin sizes do you offer for commercial collection?
We run four wheelie-bin sizes: 240L (about 3 bin bags, 20kg), 360L (about 5 bin bags, 30kg), 660L (about 10 bin bags, 40kg) and 1100L (about 15 bin bags, 70kg). General Waste and Dry Mixed Recycling come in every size. Most London businesses run a 660L or a 1100L; smaller sites often do better on our bag service.
What size bin does a café or restaurant need?
A small café or takeaway usually starts on a 360L or 660L. A busy restaurant, or a site with a lot of packaging, tends towards a 1100L or a 660L lifted more often. Tell us your covers and your busiest day and we size the bin to the peak, not the average, so you are not paying for empty space on a quiet week.
What decides the monthly price?
Three things: the bin size, how many lifts a week you need, and your postcode. Monthly prices start at £52 + VAT for a 240L and £104 + VAT for a 1100L, both collected once a week. Send us the setup and your exact monthly figure comes back the same day.
Do you charge bin rental?
No. The bin is delivered free and included while you are an active customer. There is no bin rental, no environmental levy, and no standing charge dressed up as something else. You pay one fixed monthly price, collected by Direct Debit.
Do I have to sign a long-term contract?
Most customers are on our 12-month standard contract at a locked monthly price, which auto-renews unless you give 60 days notice before the renewal date. There is also a 1-month rolling option priced 10% higher. All of it is set out in plain English before you sign.
How quickly can bin collection start?
A typical service start is 24 to 48 hours from confirming your order, and the first scheduled lift is usually inside the same week. We deliver the bin, agree your lift days, and the schedule runs from there.
What goes in the General Waste bin and what goes in recycling?
General Waste takes food-contaminated packaging, soft plastics, polystyrene and anything that cannot be recycled. Dry Mixed Recycling takes clean cardboard and paper, rinsed plastic bottles and containers, cans, and clean aluminium foil and trays. Keep the recycling clean: contamination above 5% can be re-classified as General Waste when it is sorted.
Do you collect glass?
Yes, as a dedicated stream. Under UK Simpler Recycling rules glass has to be kept separate from Dry Mixed Recycling, so a glass-heavy site such as a bar or a busy café gets its own 240-litre glass bin, collected on its own. Small staff-kitchen amounts can usually sit with your recycling. Tell us roughly how much glass you get through in a week and we will size the bin and the round.
Do you charge extra for cardboard?
No. Cardboard goes in your Dry Mixed Recycling bin at no extra cost. If you have the volume for a separate cardboard bin, we can set one up.
What happens if a collection is missed?
Tell us in writing within 24 hours and we rearrange, then take any built-up waste on the next scheduled lift. London traffic, weather and the odd vehicle problem happen; when they do, you reach the operator directly rather than a ticket queue, so it gets sorted rather than logged.
How often can you collect, and can I have more than one lift a week?
Any schedule you need, on a fixed window each collection day: daily collections, several lifts a week, one a week, or one every two weeks. Restaurants and busy sites often run two or three lifts a week; a small office might be fine on one, or one a fortnight. If a bin is consistently overfull we will talk about upsizing or adding a lift before anything changes on your invoice.
Do I get a Waste Transfer Note?
Yes. Every bin customer is on our Annual Waste Transfer Note Service at £65 + VAT a year per account. We produce the Waste Transfer Notes you need, keep them for three years, and issue an annual aggregate note on request for audits, tender packs or a lease handback.
Who is legally responsible for my business waste?
You are. Under Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 every business has a Duty of Care for its waste, which means using a licensed carrier and keeping Waste Transfer Notes. We are an Upper Tier Waste Carrier, licence CBDU466346, and the paperwork is part of the service, so your side of the Duty of Care is covered.
Can I switch bin provider mid-contract?
Yes, it happens often. Send us your current agreement and we will read the notice terms and tell you the cleanest exit window. We can hold your start date until your notice runs out, or run alongside your current provider through the changeover.
What notice do I have to give my current provider?
Most commercial waste contracts want 30 to 90 days written notice before the renewal date, and many auto-renew if you miss it. Check your agreement for the notice period and the renewal date. Send it to us and we will point out both and help you time the switch.
Do you actually recycle the waste?
We divert about 98% of what we collect from landfill across our streams. Dry Mixed Recycling is sorted by a licensed disposal partner, and General Waste that cannot be recycled goes to energy-from-waste rather than landfill. We do not claim 100%, because that is not honest for mixed commercial waste.
Which areas of London do you cover?
We collect across London, and we cover Watford and the WD postcodes. If your postcode is on one of our routes, adding your bin costs us very little, which is how we hold the price. If you are not sure, send your postcode and we will tell you straight away.
Do you collect on bank holidays?
On most bank holidays we run an adjusted schedule and tell you your revised lift day in advance. Over Christmas and the New Year we publish the collection days ahead of time so nothing piles up while you are closed or busy.
Can I add extra lifts or a pallet in a busy week?
Yes. Extra lifts can usually be added with 24 hours notice for busy weeks, events or a seasonal peak, and your agreement stays exactly as it is. If a pallet turns up with a delivery and your bin is already on the round, the driver can take it for £10 + VAT, with no separate booking.
Can you handle multiple sites, a cleaning contract or a landlord arrangement?
Yes. If you run several sites, hold the waste contract for the places you clean, or manage a building on behalf of tenants, we can bill it as one account and start site by site. Begin with one location, prove the schedule holds, and roll out the rest when you are ready.
Get your quote

Tell us your setup and we price it the same day.

Share your postcode, bin size and how often you need a lift. A real person reads it and replies, usually within the hour. No obligation, and you keep a useful benchmark price either way.

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From quote to first collection typically takes under a week.

Most quotes go out within hours. We deliver the bin free, agree your lift days, and the schedule runs from your first collection.

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