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Are your bins secure?

Some people may take shelter or even sleep inside commercial waste bins during winter. This can be extremely dangerous and can lead to serious injury.

What to look out for: Broken locks; open lids; pallets or boxes stacked nearby; blankets or personal items near bins

What you can do: Keep bins in secure areas; ensure locks and security devices are working; train staff to check bins regularly, especially before collections; report signs of people trying to access bins

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Greater Cambridge Shared Waste

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Taking care of your commercial waste

Local authority commercial waste services – green, cost-effective, and VAT-free.

Why choose us

Go greener with confidence

We offer sustainable commercial waste solutions with no VAT, no hidden fees, and no compromise on service. Whether you're a café, office or shop we’ve got the bins, the team, and the green credentials to keep your business clean and compliant.

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Our bins

We collect recycling in green or purple bins, which includes:

  • food tins, drink cans and aerosols
  • paper and cardboard
  • plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays
  • glass bottles and jars
  • cartons
  • plastic bags, cling film and wrapping

Bin sizes: 

  • 240 litre
  • 360 litre
  • 660 litre
  • 1,100 litre

General waste is collected in blue or black bins. Most non-recyclable commercial waste can be put into these bins, except heavy or dangerous substances such as rubble, clinical or electrical waste.

Bin sizes:

  • 240 litre
  • 360 litre
  • 660 litre 
  • 1,100 litre

What you can put in your food bin:

  • all meat, fish and bones (cooked or raw)
  • bread and pastries
  • tea bags and leaves, coffee grounds
  • spillages
  • fruit and vegetable peelings
  • dairy products
  • plate scrapings
  • sink strainer scraps

Bin Sizes

  • 140 litre

Your business waste responsibilities

Businesses must manage waste responsibly. This includes:

  • Minimising waste through prevention, reuse, recycling, and recovery
  • Safely sorting and storing waste
  • Completing a duty of care waste transfer note for each waste load
  • Ensuring your waste carrier is registered and disposes of waste legally
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What goes in which bin?

Use our “What Goes in Which Bin” directory to quickly find out how to dispose of your waste correctly.

What goes in which bin

Testimonials

"The collection crews are generally excellent, very polite, friendly and professional."

"There was a possible issue of not being able to have the blue sacks for general waste. Once speaking with the team at GCSW, they could see that these sacks were required at this business and with no hesitation made sure they were delivered to our premises. Thank you!"

"I got an excellent and personalised customers service."

"The service staff always respond to my queries, in this instance the crew went above and beyond. We had students leave on the Saturday and contaminated all the bins, which the crew couldn't take, but they returned later in the day and actually took far more waste than they were contractually obligated to. The crew helped to refill bins as we had hundreds of loose bags."

"Always been very helpful"

"Very helpful teams, good service, thank you."

"Thank you very much for your swift actions in arranging the replacement of the bins. Very impressed by the efficiency and effectiveness of your service."