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Business Waste comparison: Capital Recycle vs Business Waste for commercial waste in London

Business Waste comparison: Capital Recycle vs Business Waste on what a business asks before it signs: where they collect, what containers they supply, how the charges are structured, how fast they start, what the published terms say, and who issues the paperwork. Every statement about Business Waste is taken from its own published pages and dated. We are the other company on this page, so weigh what we say accordingly.
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Who this comparison is for

A business in London with one site, or a handful, that puts out pre-paid sacks or runs one to four wheelie bins. If you have sites across the UK and want one account arranged for all of them, or a long list of specialist streams, Business Waste is built for that and this page says so.

The two companies

Business Waste is Business Waste Ltd, incorporated in 2014 and based in York, which also trades as bins.co.uk. It arranges collections across the UK "through a licensed network of regional carriers", and its London page says it covers every London borough through vetted local carriers. It supplies bins from 240 to 1100 litres with free delivery and no rental, alongside skips, balers, compactors and clinical, sanitary and hazardous streams. Upper Tier carrier, broker and dealer CBDU49243, as printed on its site. Its own pages: businesswaste.co.uk (nofollow).
Capital Recycle Ltd is a London commercial waste collector with 250+ active customers, rated ★4.8 on Trustpilot. We collect sacks and bins across central London and the WD postcodes on our caged tippers, start within 24 to 48 hours from sack stock we hold ourselves, and issue the annual Waste Transfer Note for every stream we collect. Upper Tier waste carrier CBDU466346. £5m public liability.

Business Waste features and services, side by side

Capital RecycleBusiness Waste (as published, read 5 Nov 2026)
London coverageCentral London and the WD postcodes; collection frequency agreed per siteArranges collections through partner carriers across the UK; its London page says every borough, with areas including Canary Wharf, Shoreditch, Camden, Westminster, Croydon, Stratford and Hammersmith; no postcode list
SacksPre-paid general waste and mixed recycling sacks, priced per sack by weekly volume; delivered from stock we holdA sack or bag product is not published on its site
Bins240, 360, 660 and 1100 litre; one fixed monthly figure per bin, no rental line, no environmental levy, no fuel surcharge240, 360, 660 and 1100 litre, free delivery and no rental
Other streamsGlass as a dedicated stream; food as a bagged stream; cardboard by arrangement; specialist streams through one of our partnersCardboard, glass, food, plastic, confidential, oil, clinical, sanitary, hazardous and WEEE; skips, roll-off units, balers and compactors
How pricing is structuredSacks per sack by volume; bins one monthly figure per bin; the agreement shows every line before you signPer collection, set by waste type, volume, bin size, frequency and site access; ULEZ and the Congestion Charge built into the quote; no figure published
How to startPhone or form; service starts within 24 to 48 hours; sacks from our own stock, bins on the agreed start dateQuote within the hour, per its pages; most services begin "within a few days"
Term and notice12-month agreement that renews unless you give 60 days' notice before the renewal date, or a rolling monthly option at a higher rate that you can end any month. The agreement is sent before you commitNot published on businesswaste.co.uk; the terms there cover website use only
Waste Transfer NoteAnnual WTN Service, £65 + VAT per stream, issued and renewed by usWaste transfer notes and duty of care documentation listed; frequency and format not published
Diversion claim98% diversion from landfillNot published as a percentage
CertificationsUpper Tier carrier CBDU466346; £5m public liabilityUpper Tier carrier, broker and dealer CBDU49243, as printed on its site; ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 claimed
Missed collectionCall 0207 101 4003 and speak to the person who runs the roundCustomer care by phone or email, who investigate and arrange a solution; recovery time not published
Changing a bin or a frequencyLike-for-like bin swap on 24 hours' notice, no crossover periodNot published
Public reviewsTrustpilot ★4.8Trustpilot, linked in the sources

Choose Business Waste if

  • You have sites across the UK and want one account arranging collections at all of them.
  • You need specialist streams, from clinical and sanitary to oil and hazardous, on the same account as general waste.
  • You want ULEZ and Congestion Charge costs built into the quote.
  • You want a quote back within the hour.

Choose Capital Recycle if

If you want a collection that turns up on the day it is booked, and a team you can reach when something needs sorting, choose Capital Recycle.
  • You want the company you sign with to be the company that collects: our own caged tippers and our own sack stock, and a call to 0207 101 4003 reaches the person who runs your round.
  • You put out sacks: pre-paid general waste and recycling sacks, priced per bag by weekly volume and delivered from our own stock.
  • You have one London site, or a few, with sacks or one to four bins.
  • You want to start this week, with the containers actually on site: sacks from our own stock within 24 to 48 hours, bins delivered on the agreed start date, and a damaged bin swapped like for like on 24 hours' notice.
  • You want the bin price to be the whole price: one fixed monthly figure, no rental line, no levy, no fuel surcharge, so there is no lift count on the invoice to argue over.
  • You want the notice terms in front of you before you sign, not discovered on the way out: 12 months, 60 days' notice before the renewal date, and a reminder from us 90 days before it.
  • You want us to issue and renew the Waste Transfer Note, so the paperwork a landlord or auditor asks for is already there.

How switching works

  1. Check the notice window on your current agreement first. The window, not the new supplier, decides when you can move.
  2. Tell us your postcode, the containers you use and your weekly volume. We confirm a start date within 24 to 48 hours.
  3. We deliver sacks or bins on the agreed date. If you are moving from bins, the new bins go in as the old ones go out; there is no period with two sets on site.
  4. We issue the Waste Transfer Note for each stream at the start, then renew it annually.
The full checklist is in our guide: How to switch commercial waste provider.

Common questions

What are Business Waste's notice terms?

Not published on businesswaste.co.uk, as read on 5 November 2026; the terms there cover website use only. Ask for the services agreement in writing and read the term, renewal and notice clauses before you sign, with any supplier.

Who collects the bins if I use Business Waste?

A partner carrier. Business Waste arranges collections through a licensed network of regional carriers, per its own pages. Ask which carrier will serve your site. We collect on our own caged tippers.

Sacks or bins?

Sacks suit a site with no storage and a small daily volume. Bins suit a site with a bin store and steady volume. Our guide on bags or bins for commercial waste covers the trade-offs.

Do you cover my postcode?

Central London and the WD postcodes. Call 0207 101 4003 with your postcode and we will tell you straight away.

How long is your agreement?

12 months as standard, renewing unless you give 60 days' notice before the renewal date, or rolling monthly at a higher rate. You see the agreement before you sign.

Who do I call if a collection is missed?

0207 101 4003. You speak to the person who runs the round.

Who published this

Capital Recycle Ltd wrote this page. We compete with Business Waste for bin customers in London, so read it as one competitor writing about another. We are an agile, independent London collector with our own caged tippers and our own sack stock. Everything we say about Business Waste comes from its own published pages and Companies House, listed below with the date we read them, and we have not quoted any Business Waste price. Our carrier registration CBDU466346 is on the public register, so check us as well.
Facts checked 5 November 2026.

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