Waste Management Services in Salisbury
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The picturesque city of Salisbury in Wiltshire is steeped in history and renowned for its iconic cathedral. Maintaining Salisbury's clean and tidy image is vital to ensure a vibrant and appealing city for residents and visitors alike, so keeping the city clean is something everyone should play a part in. At Hills Waste Solutions, we are proud to deliver reliable and flexible services to local businesses in Salisbury and to make waste management easy for our customers.
Salisbury is positioned at the River Avon's confluence with its tributaries. The city's relatively flat terrain is surrounded by rolling chalk downs and fertile farmland. Salisbury Plain, a vast chalk plateau, lies about 8 miles (13 kilometres) to the northwest and is home to the iconic landmark of Stonehenge, a neolithic stone monument designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1986.
Today, Salisbury is a renowned tourist hub due to its historic cathedral and easy access to Stonehenge. Its bustling Charter market dates back to 1227, which is also a major tourist attraction on market days. With its thriving business community and nearby science park in Porton Down, the city has excellent potential for growth. Salisbury is often described as the city in the countryside, lending itself perfectly to a superb selection of outdoor activities. Within a short distance of the city visitors will find a wealth of outdoor activities in the surrounding countryside, such as cycling, horse riding and skydiving.
Keeping it local with sustainable waste disposal in Salisbury
Salisbury prioritises effective waste management to maintain its clean and green image. The city generates various types of waste, including household, commercial, and industrial waste. The disposal process is overseen by Wiltshire Council, ensuring responsible waste collection and recycling.
In the financial year 2022-2023, Wiltshire Council reported a recycling rate of 39.8%, slightly below the national average of 44%. The city encourages recycling through curb side collection programs, with options for recycling paper, plastics, glass, and more. In December 2022, it was found that over 18% of materials collected had been incorrectly sorted by householders, but after an award-winning recycling awareness campaign was run by the council, contamination dropped to under 10% by April 2023.
When it comes to non-recyclable waste, Wiltshire Council diverts 60,000 tonnes per year to the Northacre Resource Recovery Centre in Westbury, Wiltshire and converts non-recyclable waste into a fuel. Hills Waste is proud to be the contractor selected by the council to collect and manage all the waste and recycling Wiltshire Council's residents, demonstrating our commitment to sustainable waste management.
Business waste management in SP1
Unlike residential homes, the waste collection costs for businesses is not included in business rates paid to the council. Instead, businesses have to pay for these services directly with an appropriate waste carrier and they have a legal duty of care to ensure their waste is managed safely and lawfully by their chosen supplier. It is the responsibility of each business in Salisbury to ensure they engage in responsible waste management practices that complies with their legal obligations. Furthermore, maintaining records is essential to demonstrate compliance with their duty of care. Failure to provide evidence of proper waste management could result in penalties or legal action.
At Hills Waste Solutions, we are proud to provide our waste management services to local business communities, collecting, recycling, and disposing of business waste across the West Country.
As part of The Hills Group, an independent business renowned for the values of reliability, responsibility, and personal service, we’re proud to still be delivering on these values throughout the business communities we serve in Salisbury, and throughout the rest of the West Country. The safe and responsible treatment of commercial and residential waste in Salisbury by Hills Waste Solutions helps to safeguard public health, the environment, and the city’s valuable natural resources. We are proud to be a dedicated waste management service provider working in the area to offer dependable and sustainable services that support local businesses.
To provide these services in the Salisbury area, our fleet of modern waste collection vehicles transport the waste to one of our facilities where bulky waste, general waste and recyclable materials are processed for onward treatment. Mixed dry recyclables are bulked up and transferred to a materials recycling facility (MRF) where the materials are processed further for recycling. Some non-recyclable waste also goes to a mechanical and biological treatment (MBT) centre to be turned into fuel.
Offering Salisbury businesses total peace of mind
We’re experts in helping business customers across the public and private sectors achieve their zero-waste ambitions and contribute positively to a circular economy. We recycle and manage all types of waste, recycling as much as possible and using what remains as a valuable resource. We’re also conscious of our own environmental footprint, continually working to ensure we minimise our impact on local neighbours and global society. Read more about our approach to sustainability here.
We’re also proud to take compliance extremely seriously and have a long-standing commitment to health and safety. In addition, our environmental expertise also provides confidence to businesses. Hills Waste is committed to upholding sustainability goals and are always working to keep our employees, environments, customers, and communities safe. Find out more about our compliance policies here.
Efficient commercial waste removal services in Salisbury
Hills Waste offers flexible and reliable collection services for all types of commercial and industrial waste in Salisbury. We collect a wide range of waste types including general waste, food waste and glass, as well as wood, metal and hazardous waste. Whether your business operates within construction, retail hospitality or within the education sector, we can help.
Here are some of the most common types of waste collection services we offer in Salisbury:
