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Lanz Group comparison

Lanz Group comparison: Capital Recycle vs Lanz Group for commercial waste in London

Lanz Group comparison: Capital Recycle vs Lanz Group 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 Lanz Group 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 your sites are in west London, Slough or the Thames Valley, or you need skips, roll-on roll-off or compactors on the same account, Lanz Group is built for that and this page says so.

The two companies

Lanz Group is the trading name of Lanz Farm Ltd, a third-generation family company incorporated in 1944 and based at Colnbrook, by Heathrow. It covers west London, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex, Surrey and the Thames Valley, holds a Royal Warrant for waste management, lists ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, and weighs every bin lift on its vehicles. It offers bins with "Zero Bin Rental", pre-paid bags, skips, roll-on roll-off, compactors and balers, and says it does not tie customers into long-term contracts. Its own pages: lanzgroup.net (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.

Lanz Group features and services, side by side

Capital RecycleLanz Group (as published, read 5 Nov 2026)
London coverageCentral London and the WD postcodes; collection frequency agreed per siteWest London (Feltham, Hounslow, Isleworth, Richmond, Twickenham, Uxbridge, Hayes, Southall, Kingston and Surbiton among its pages), Slough, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey and the Thames Valley; no central, north or east London pages; no postcode list
SacksPre-paid general waste and mixed recycling sacks, priced per sack by weekly volume; delivered from stock we holdPre-paid bags for sites without room for bins; bag size, pack and price not published
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 with "Zero Bin Rental"; daily or weekly schedules
Other streamsGlass as a dedicated stream; food as a bagged stream; cardboard by arrangement; specialist streams through one of our partnersDry mixed recycling, food to anaerobic digestion, glass in its own container, WEEE, cardboard, cooking oil, sanitary and some hazardous waste; skips, roll-on roll-off, compactors and balers
How pricing is structuredSacks per sack by volume; bins one monthly figure per bin; the agreement shows every line before you signBy free quote; no bin rental; glass kept in its own container "to avoid excess weight charges", so weight is part of the charge; per-lift or monthly basis not published
How to startPhone or form; service starts within 24 to 48 hours; sacks from our own stock, bins on the agreed start dateQuote by form, phone or email; time to first collection not published
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 commitSays it does not tie customers into long-term contracts and that you can cancel anytime; no commercial collection terms are published, only skip hire terms
Waste Transfer NoteAnnual WTN Service, £65 + VAT per stream, issued and renewed by usNot described on its pages; says it provides waste data and reporting, with each lift weighed
Diversion claim98% diversion from landfill"Zero to landfill": residual waste sorted for recycling, the remainder to energy from waste
CertificationsUpper Tier carrier CBDU466346; £5m public liabilityRoyal Warrant; ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 listed; carrier registration number not printed on the pages read
Missed collectionCall 0207 101 4003 and speak to the person who runs the roundDirect access to its operations team, per its pages; a missed-collection process and recovery time are not published
Changing a bin or a frequencyLike-for-like bin swap on 24 hours' notice, no crossover periodBin numbers flexible "within the terms of our business agreement", which is not published
Public reviewsTrustpilot ★4.8Trustpilot, linked in the sources

Choose Lanz Group if

  • Your sites are in west London, Slough, Berkshire or the Thames Valley, near its Heathrow base.
  • You need skips, roll-on roll-off, compactors or balers on the same account as the bins.
  • Your procurement asks for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 or ISO 45001, or values a Royal Warrant.
  • You want weight data from on-board weighing of every lift.

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.
  • Your site is in central London: the City, Westminster, Camden, Islington, Southwark and the rest of the centre, which is where our rounds run.
  • You want a missed or late collection sorted by a person who can act: a call to 0207 101 4003 reaches the person who runs your round, not a ticket queue or a call centre that cannot contact the driver.
  • 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 term and the notice period written into the agreement in front of you before you sign: 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 Lanz Group's notice terms?

Its pages say it does not tie customers into long-term contracts and that you can cancel anytime; no commercial collection terms are published, only skip hire terms, as read on 5 November 2026. Ask for the business agreement in writing and read the term, renewal and notice clauses before you sign, with any supplier.

Does Lanz Group cover central London?

Its pages cover west London, Slough, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey and the Thames Valley; it has no central, north or east London pages. Ask them directly; we run central London and the WD postcodes.

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 Lanz Group for sack and bin customers where our areas meet, 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 Lanz Group comes from its own published pages and Companies House, listed below with the date we read them, and we have not quoted any Lanz Group price. Our carrier registration CBDU466346 is on the public register, so check us as well.
Facts checked 5 November 2026.

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