New Waste Obligations for All Businesses in England: Your Questions Answered

From 31 March 2025, new waste legislation will begin to come into force requiring all businesses in England to separate recyclable materials in a similar way to how most householders do now. Significantly, this includes the separate collection of your food waste, diverting it from general waste streams.

The aim is to improve the quality and quantity of waste collections, and aligns England with similar legislation already in place in Wales and Scotland.

These requirements have been some of the biggest waste changes for some time, and as a result you’ve been emailing our Barbour writing team in huge numbers to double check what you need to do!

waste separation legislation questions answered UK

We’ve pulled together a little something around the key questions you’ve been asking:

  • What types of waste are covered?
  • Does this apply to all businesses?
  • Are there any exemptions?
  • Is there an exemption for less than 5 kg of food waste per day?
  • Are “micro-firms” exempt?
  • Does the waste have to be collected separately, or can it be mixed?
  • And more…

 

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