Household waste collection policy 2026

In March 2025, new legislation for non-household premises states that recycling and separate food collections are provided by the collection contractor and these premises must separate all their waste.

The premises listed below may request chargeable Non-household waste collections provided by the council:

• schools, Universities or other educational establishments
• premises used wholly or mainly for public meetings
• residential hostels which provide accommodation only to persons with no other permanent address or who are unable to live at their permanent address
• charity shops, charities, not for profits and community interest companies (being a company which is registered as such with the registrar of companies), collecting goods for re-use from domestic properties
• prisons or other penal institutions
• residential homes (care homes), hospitals and nursing homes

Following written confirmation of their status, places of religious worship are entitled to the standard waste collection service offered to domestic premises.

We operate a paid-for business waste collection service collecting general waste, mixed recycling and food waste from businesses.

The service is subject to its own terms and conditions and individual requirements must be discussed with the Commercial Waste Team.