Waste and Resource Management Services
for business
Our tailored approach to waste management ensures we don’t push square pegs into round holes. Our outsourced model means we can source the right solution for any given problem.
Tech-enabled waste management services
Through our specialist brands, we provide a comprehensive, tech-enabled waste management service to a wide variety of sectors, all delivered through a nationwide network of pre-approved supply partners. Our service offering is fulfilled through a large pool of over 1,000 fully compliant, regionally operating supply chain partners, which helps provide nationwide coverage to all customers.
Each year, we conduct hundreds of visits to these supply partners to assess their overall performance, environmental credentials, and health and safety compliance. Not only is this ensuring they deliver an efficient and dependable service, but it is also ultimately driving improvements across the wider waste sector.
We oversee both the operational and strategic aspects of a waste management service. Reconomy helps your business transition from thinking of waste as a by-product to treating it as a resource that can retain a meaningful purpose, either within your organisations or a third party.
Types of waste management
National account managed waste services
A fully supported service, suitable for large single-site or multi-site businesses across the UK. Our team of experts supports sustainability strategy and roadmap development, alongside site-level deployment.
On-demand waste services for SMEs
Giving you all the advantages of an “on your doorstep” service provider, with the added benefit of our national reach and buying power. Our quick response waste collection, disposal, and recycling.
FAQs: Waste management
Waste management is a system fuelled by the waste hierarchy that is put in place to help reduce, reuse, and recover waste being generated.
Waste management is required for businesses of all sizes to help with their waste and recycling challenges, aiming to save them time and money to improve their overall performance.
Because every project, site, or location comes with its own unique set of waste management challenges, our service offering is exceptionally broad. Thanks to our nationwide supply chain network, we can procure almost anything you can think of relating to waste and resource management to help you make your way up the waste hierarchy.
Through our Recycle Loop brands, we provide a comprehensive range of waste management services. This includes commercial waste collection, business waste disposal, confidential waste disposal, office recycling solutions, hazardous waste management, total waste management, and more. Our tailored services cater to the specific needs of businesses, industries, and communities.
Reconomy provides these services with technology in mind, by providing several smartphone apps and a reporting portal to help customers on their journey to zero waste.
Total waste management offers so many benefits, from cost savings to efficient resource utilisation, compliance with the latest legislation, reduced carbon rates, and even brand USPs. All of this is important to a business, but our main aim is to help you promote sustainable thinking in your business to support a circular economy.
Yes, recycling is a core component of our waste management approach and is part of our core roots. Through our Recycle Loop brands, we provide a wide range of recycling for numerous types of products, materials, including paper, plastic, glass, metal, and electronic waste (e-waste). Our goal is to divert recyclable materials from landfills and promote a more sustainable future.
We are committed to helping our customers with responsible waste disposal practices and reporting. Our strategy is to not only help your business adhere to the latest legislation, but to help you with the reporting side of waste and resources. We invest heavily in technology because we believe it is imperative to help us all with best practices in waste management, with tools like the Zero Waste Index and Portal, we help businesses practice what they preach through reporting.
Yes, we offer consultancy solutions to help businesses develop customized waste management plans tailored to their specific needs and objectives. Our experienced team will assess your waste generation patterns, identify opportunities for improvement, and recommend sustainable solutions to optimize waste management practices.
Hazardous waste requires careful attention when handling due to these risks to the health of your workforce and the environment. Through Reconomy’s Recycle Loop brands, we have the expertise and resources to safely collect, transport, and dispose of hazardous waste compliantly and in line with safety. Our priority is to mitigate risks, that’s why we offer solutions for many types of hazardous waste, including; asbestos removal, WEEE waste disposal, and more.
You may hear some refer to waste management in 5 types, which have been adapted over the years, but we use the principles of the waste hierarchy in all our tailored plans. The waste hierarchy principles we adopt in our customers’ waste management plans are Prevention, Re-use, Recycle, Recover, and Dispose. You can find the full breakdown of this methodology below.
For businesses, waste management costs tend to be varied depending on the size of the requirements and are often negotiated based on factors such as the volume and type of waste generated, frequency of collection, and if there are any special collections required for hazardous items.
A typical waste management system can vary across sectors, but a typical system is responsible for the following:
- Collection
- Transportation
- Processing
- Recycling (if possible)
- Disposal (if waste can’t be reused or recycled)
- Monitoring of legislation that could impact activity
Workplace recycling guide: Welsh businesses
We have launched a guide – Separated Waste Collections for Workplaces: Reconomy guide – to support our partners their preparation for incoming workplace waste management reforms.
It is part of the Welsh government’s ‘Beyond Recycling’ strategy with the nation aiming to become zero waste by 2050 and recycle 70% of all waste generated by 2025.
Reconomy has released this guide to help you comply with the regulations as failure to do so is an offence with no upper limit on the courts’ power to fine. A civil sanction may be issued in place of prosecution.
Download the guide hereDEFRA’s Simpler Recycling Legislation for England
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has recently released their guidance to the Simpler Recycling Legislation. This legislation launched on 31st March 2025 impacting initially businesses before also affecting households too.
If you require additional support on DEFRA’s Simpler Recycling legislation, Reconomy is here to help. By providing waste management solutions that introduce a consistent and sustainable approach to recycling, we can help you thrive.
Download our webinar on Simpler Recycling
Circular economy and waste management
Effective waste management is just the beginning. To truly reduce environmental impact and unlock long-term value, businesses must shift from linear thinking to circular strategies.
Learn what the circular economy is and how it redefines waste as a resource, helping your organisation move beyond disposal towards regeneration, reuse, and smarter material flows.
Learn what the Circular Economy isWaste Management examples, Personalised for your sector
Working in a fast-paced environment creates its own daily demands and pressures. Reconomy believe your waste shouldn’t contribute to this. Our consultative circular economy led approach can help you take the hassle out of waste by thinking more strategically to help reduce the daily operational stresses that poor planning can cause. We will work closely with you to understand your business’ objectives to deliver an incredibly effective, tailored solution. With examples such as our SFS partnership for example, we were able to take 1.5 tonnes of cardboard waste to reduce £6,000 spend per annum.
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A tailored approach for your business
Our unique, added-value approach is specifically tailored to your business needs. We understand the challenges with waste of businesses of all sizes. By focusing our dedicated teams to service your business goals, our offering helps brands ensure you get the best possible service with the right solutions for your business. Explore some of our other options below:
