Our commercial food waste collection service recycles your business food waste - helping you stay compliant with Simpler Recycling
Commercial food waste collection
Simpler recycling legislation means that businesses can’t send food waste to landfill. Our collection service prevents your leftovers and refuse from being wasted. We’ll collect your food waste from your premises and take it to our recycling plant, where it will be turned into organic fertiliser and renewable energy.
Choice of bin sizes: 40L; 120L; 240L
Daily, weekly, fortnightly collections
Flexibility to adjust services to suit variable collections
Online portal to keep track of your recycling performance
Switch to a better service with Hills Waste Solutions. The online process is quick and straightforward, providing you with a competitive quote and the opportunity to complete your order online.
Purchasing online is the best way to sign up for single site businesses and will accommodate multiple selections of bin sizes and waste types.
Complex or multi-site requirements are best handled by our Customer Support team, available on 0808 145 4533.
Please pay attention to the guidance notes in our food waste classification guide to ensure you comply with our requirements.
Hills food waste collection service
Recycling food waste isn’t just important for the environment, it’s a legal responsibility for most businesses. Simpler Recycling legislation means that most business food waste can no longer go to landfill. This is due to be expanded to apply to micro businesses with less than 10 employees from April 2027.
Our business food waste collection service is designed to make dealing with your food waste responsibly simple.
- We’ll assess your business to understand how many bins you’ll need and how frequently you’ll need them collected.
- Our specially designed food waste bins will ensure your waste is stored hygienically and securely - out of reach of pests.
- We’ll then ensure it’s collected efficiently, and take it away to be processed locally at an Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Plant, using cutting-edge technology to convert 100% of your food waste into renewable energy and organic fertiliser.
You can get an instant quote and sign up online, joining over 4000 businesses that use us for their food waste collection.
With Simpler Recycling legislation now in place for most businesses (and set to apply to micro-firms with less than 10 employees by 2027), there are strict rules around how your waste should be handled. Dry mixed recycling (DMR), food and non-recyclable waste need to be separated from general waste and placed into the right waste bins.
We can handle your Simpler Recycling. Simply select the waste you need us to collect when getting an online quote.
Range of containers for food waste
Our range of bins for other waste types can be found here:
Great for single sites with one or more types of waste to collect
Competitive pricing
Simple and straightforward process
Convenient, accessible outside office hours
Set up online, with direct debit and digital contract signing to complete your transaction
For more information about the types of waste we collect with this service, see our food waste classification guide.
Online portal for simpler reporting
Hills customers have access to our online portal, where you can view your collection schedules, access your invoices and view your Waste Transfer documents through our online portal.
So why not start the process now and get a quote online, and join more than 4,000 businesses that use Hills for their waste collection. The whole process takes less than 10 minutes.
What happens to your Food Waste?
We make sure your food waste isn’t wasted. From generating energy to creating fertiliser to help new food grow, your leftovers feed the circular economy.
What do we classify as food waste?
Commercial food waste, also known as kitchen or canteen waste, includes:
Kitchen and food waste
Category 3 animal by-products
Drink waste
Bread and bakery products
Fruit and vegetables
Residues from food production
Bones, fat and meat (both raw and cooked)
Suitable bins
Our food waste bins have been carefully designed to handle food waste. Features like lockable lids and removable liners contribute to ensure your waste is stored cleanly, hygienically and safely.
We serve thousands of businesses across the West Country and surrounding counties, so chances are we’re already operating our business recycling collection service in your area. The areas we cover include:
Hills Waste Solutions are very experienced in dealing with multi-site businesses whose waste requirements for one or more sites are located across the country, outside of our core region. We have a number of large businesses with more specialist waste requirements, and we can offer a complete tailored services, while supporting sustainability and net zero ambitions.
If you'd like to find out more please contact our Customer Support team on 0808 145 4533.
Food waste refers to organic, biodegradable material derived from food products. This includes offcuts from food production, expired or uneaten food, and by-products such as vegetable peels, egg shells, and tea leaves. Whether created during food preparation or due to spoilage, commercial food waste recycling ensures these materials are reused rather than discarded.
Yes, improperly disposed of food waste can harm the environment by releasing harmful greenhouse gases, such as methane when sent to landfill. To mitigate this, Hills Waste Solutions offers a dedicated food waste collection service, converting food waste into renewable energy through our food waste recycling process. This helps reduce your carbon footprint while preventing environmental damage.
Non-organic or non-biodegradable items such as packaging including plastic, cardboard, glass and tin should be separated from food waste and disposed of accordingly.
Hills Waste Solutions ensures that 100% of the food waste we collect is recycled. Through our commercial food waste collection service, food waste is processed via anaerobic digestion. This innovative technology converts food waste into renewable energy, while the residual material is transformed into organic fertiliser, benefiting local agriculture.
When food waste breaks down naturally in landfills, it releases methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Although small amounts of waste might seem insignificant, the cumulative effect of food waste across the UK can cause serious environmental harm. By using anaerobic digestion, we capture and convert this methane into electricity, turning harmful emissions into valuable energy and reducing the environmental impact of food waste.
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