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Transport and Storage
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Why your Transport or Storage business needs to recycle

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New regulations will soon require your workplace to separate recyclable materials from your general waste, and in this guide, we’ll explain what to do to prepare. You have until 31 March 2025 if you have ten or more full-time equivalent () employees, or until 31 March 2027 for fewer than ten. In this step, we’ll cover: 

  • The benefits of recycling 

  • How to comply with the new legislation 

  • Checklist: what your workplace needs to do 

Before we get into the details, let’s take a quick look at the background and how recycling can help your workplace. 

Good to know 

‘Waste’ means any substance or object to be discarded. This includes household materials for disposal (rubbish, in other words!) and recycling. New regulations mean that similar materials produced by businesses now need to be separated for recycling.

If you use part of your home to run your business, any waste from that part of it also counts as business waste. 

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  • The Waste Hierarchy for the Transport and Storage sector

    Preventing waste in the first place is always the best option.

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  • The benefits of reducing food waste in the Transport and Storage sector

    Reducing food waste can decrease general waste and save your organisation money.

    According to WRAP food waste was estimated at 10.7 million tonnes in the UK in 2021. This estimate covers waste from households, alongside industry sectors including hospitality and food service (HaFS), food manufacture, retail and the farming sector.  

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  • The benefits of recycling for the Transport and Storage sector

    You’re considered to have a ‘Duty of Care’ to ensure that the waste your business generates is produced, stored, transported and disposed of without harming the environment.

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  • How the Transport and Storage sector can comply with the new workplace recycling legislation

    ​Having looked at the business case for recycling, it’s time to delve into the details of what the new legislation means for your workplace. Businesses and relevant non-domestic premises will need to separate dry recycling (except plastic film) and food waste for recycling by 31 March 2025. If you’re a smaller business, with fewer than ten full-time equivalent employees, you’ve got until 31 March 2027, but it’s a good idea to take the opportunity to comply early – one less thing to worry about!​ 

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  • Checklist: what your Transport or Storage business needs to do to comply

    What your business needs to do to comply.

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