Commercial waste is waste from premises used for a trade or business, or for sport, recreation or entertainment, as defined in section 75 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. It is one of the three kinds of controlled waste, alongside household and industrial waste, and it carries the duty of care.
Defined in the Commercial Waste Glossary.
Related: What Is Classed as Commercial Waste?.
Other terms
- Fly-tipping
- Waste carrier licence
- SIC code
- Dry mixed recycling
- WEEE
- Anaerobic digestion
- Waste transfer note
- EWC codes
- Waste hierarchy
- Transfer station
- General waste
- Digital waste tracking
- Energy from waste
- Simpler Recycling
- Landfill tax
- POPs
- Wait and load
- Trade waste
- Hazardous waste consignment note
- Materials recovery facility
- Duty of care
- Residual waste
- List of Waste code
- Controlled waste
- Upper tier waste carrier
- Pre-paid sack
- Section 34
- Annual waste transfer note
- All terms