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Business waste drop off service

Book your business waste drop off

We have 2 locations, both open Monday to Friday, 10am – 5pm.

Ware Recycling Centre
Westmill Road
Ware
SG12 0EL

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Welwyn Garden City Recycling Centre
Tewin Road
Welwyn Garden City
AL7 1BD

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All bookings are subject to a £4.99 weighbridge charge.

We accept payment by debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.


We do not accept:

  • Asbestos
  • Chemicals
  • White Appliances (fridges, ovens, & washing machines etc)
  • Mattresses
  • Tyres
  • Oil
  • Car Batteries
  • Gas Canisters/pressurised cylinders
  • Electricals
  • Explosives
  • Hot ashes or wastes.

20kg is our minimum charge per waste type, due to our weighbridge restrictions.

3.5 tonne maximum vehicle weight.


Other ways to dispose of business waste

Can can use a disposal contractor or skip hire company, but make sure they're a registered waste carrier.

Search for registered waste carriers


Skip and Bin - a price comparison site for skip companies.


If your waste is flytipped by someone else, you'll be liable for a fine. Follow our 5 steps to make sure your waste isn't flytipped.

 

Most district and borough councils offer business waste collection services for a fee:

Broxbourne Borough Council

Dacorum Borough Council

East Herts Council

Hertsmere Borough Council

North Hertfordshire District Council

Stevenage Borough Council

Three Rivers District Council

Watford Borough Council

Welwyn Hatfield District Council

 

 


Your obligations as a business owner

Every business that produces waste in the UK has a legal ‘duty of care’ to:

  • manage it properly until it's recycled or disposed of
  • always use a registered waste carrier or register to carry your own waste
  • keep the correct paperwork for at least two years.

For more guidance and contacts: GOV.UK - Dispose of business or commercial waste.

 

 

If your waste is fly tipped (illegally dumped), by you or by someone else on your behalf, you could face a £400 fixed penalty notice or an unlimited fine.

 


How you can help prevent fly tipping

Suspect all waste carriers. Don't let them take your rubbish until they provide proof of registration. Note their vehicle's registration plate.

Check your waste carrier is registered on the Environment Agency's website.

Refuse any unexpected offers to have your rubbish taken away.

Ask how your rubbish will be disposed of - seek evidence of this.

Paperwork - ask for a proper invoice, waste transfer note or receipt, including the waste carrier's contact details and a description of the waste being removed.

 

Leaving items:

  • beside street bins and recycling banks
  • on the floor of communal bin areas
  • outside closed recycling centres and charity shops

are all fly tipping.

More about flytipping and how to report it

 

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