Accepted Business Waste

Strict regulations governing the types of business waste we can collect as part of our Commercial Waste Service.

Accepted Commercial Waste

The type of waste we can collect is detailed below along with its code.

Code	Waste Type
18 01 01	Sharps (in sharps bucket from residential / nursing homes)
18 01 04	Offensive / hygiene waste (yellow tiger bags from residential / nursing homes)
20 01 01	Paper and cardboard
20 01 02	Glass
20 01 08	Biodegradable kitchen and canteen waste
20 01 10	Clothes
20 01 11	Textiles
20 01 36	Discarded electrical equipment not containing hazardous components
20 01 38	Wood (without wood preservers)
20 01 39	Plastics
20 01 40	Metals
20 02 01	Biodegradable waste
20 02 02	Soil and stones
20 02 03	Other non-biodegradable waste
20 03 01	Mixed municipal waste
20 03 02	Waste from markets
20 03 03	Street-cleansing residues
20 03 07	Bulky waste

This is a list of the business hazardous waste that we will not collect, regardless of any threshold concentrations.

Code	Waste Type
17 08 01	Gypsum plasterboard
17 08 02	Gypsum plasterboard
20 01 13	Solvents
20 01 14	Acids
20 01 15	Alkalines
20 01 17	Photochemicals
20 01 19	Pesticides
20 01 21	Fluorescent tubes and other mecury-containing waste
20 01 26	Oil and fat other than mentioned in 20 01 25
20 01 31	Cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines
20 01 33	Batteries and accumulators included in 16 06 01, 16 06 02 or 16 06 03 and unsorted batteries and accumulators containing these