Business waste

You can buy trade sacks and labels from the Royal Borough of Greenwich for your non-recyclable trade waste.

Businesses can also purchase trade recycling sacks to enable them to recycle any cans, cardboard, paper, plastic and glass they generate. 

Trade recycling labels can also be purchased to recycle large volumes of cardboard. All sacks and labels come in packs of  50 or 100.

The Royal Borough is keen to promote recycling and is now offering half-price trade recycling sacks and labels to encourage business to do more recycling.

Businesses should be aware, however, that the trade recycling sacks and labels can only be used for recyclable materials.

The Royal Borough reserves the right to refuse to supply recycling sacks and labels to individual businesses that use these sacks to dispose of their non-recyclable materials.

Prices

Trade waste sacks:

• pack of 50 - £87.50
• pack of 100 - £171

Trade recycling sacks:

• pack of 50 - £43.75
• pack of 100 - £85.50

Trade recycling labels:

• pack of 50 - £43.75
• pack of 100 - £85.50

These prices include VAT.

How to order

To order and pay for your trade sacks, you can contact Customer Services or visit one of the Royal Borough's service centres.

If you are ordering by telephone, we take payment via a debit or credit card.

We will provide you with a delivery date when you place your order.

Trade waste collection

With a few exceptions, trade waste must be on the boundary of the property by 6.15am. It MUST NOT be left out overnight.

Collections will take place between 6.30am and 8pm.

Collection exceptions

The exceptions are for businesses in Greenwich town centre, Eltham town centre and Powis Street in Woolwich.

In these places, we make collections twice a day:

Greenwich town centre

• Morning - 8am to 10am
• Afternoon or evening - 5.30pm to 6.30pm

  Eltham town centre

• Morning - 8am to 9.30am
• Afternoon or evening - 5pm to 7pm

  Powis Street, Woolwich

• Morning - 6.30am to 9.30am
• Afternoon or evening - 7.30pm to 8pm.

Please ensure that you put your waste out promptly, 15 minutes before the start of the collection times. Remember, your waste MUST NOT be left out overnight.

Environment Protection Act

Any shop or business placing or leaving waste on a public highway or pavement outside of the allocated hours will be fined under the Environment Protection Act.

Businesses have a duty of care on their waste disposal. Owners or managers of premises will be held accountable for the actions of their staff and cleaners.