All organisations
Save money by sharing waste services
Sharing business bins is where a small number of businesses in the same geographic location such as a high street, shopping centre, or industrial estate, work together to procure waste management services.
Collaborative procurement already in place
Sharing business bins is part of the wider Non-Household Municipal (NHM) waste cost alleviation which also includes collaborative procurement.
Benefits of sharing business bins
This guidance focusses on the shared provision element of collaborative procurement approaches to businesses.
Types of shared provisions
The main types of shared provision or collection
Waste Duty of Care Code of Practice
The UK Waste Duty of Care is a legal obligation under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Section 34) that requires anyone who produces, imports, carries, keeps, treats, disposes of, or controls waste to take all reasonable steps to ensure that it is managed properly.