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Wilrose Environmental comparison

Wilrose Environmental comparison: Capital Recycle vs Wilrose Environmental for commercial waste in London

Wilrose Environmental comparison: Capital Recycle vs Wilrose Environmental 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 Wilrose Environmental 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 south west or west London, Surrey or the Thames Valley, or you want skips, roll-on roll-off or compactors from the same collector, Wilrose Environmental is built for that and this page says so.

The two companies

Wilrose Environmental is the trading name of Wilrose Environmental Limited, incorporated in 2015, registered in Guildford with an office in Walton-on-Thames. It collects on its own fleet of refuse collection vehicles, skip lorries and hook loaders, and tells customers to book direct with "no need to use a broker". It covers south west and west London, Surrey and the Thames Valley, collects bins and coloured sacks seven days a week, and also offers skips, roll-on roll-off, compactors and balers. It is a member of the Chartered Institute of Waste Management, and its waste carrier registration is CBDU76758. Its own pages: wilrose.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.

Wilrose Environmental features and services, side by side

Capital RecycleWilrose Environmental (as published, read 5 Nov 2026)
London coverageCentral London and the WD postcodes; collection frequency agreed per siteSouth west and west London, Surrey and the Thames Valley: its locations page lists towns in the KT, TW, UB, HA (Harrow and Wembley), SW, SM, CR, RH and SL postcodes; no east, north or inner central London postcodes are listed
SacksPre-paid general waste and mixed recycling sacks, priced per sack by weekly volume; delivered from stock we holdOrange general waste and green mixed recycling sacks in rolls of 100, collected at the kerb on night or daytime rounds; whether they are pre-paid is not stated
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; no bin rental, per its FAQ
Other streamsGlass as a dedicated stream; food as a bagged stream; cardboard by arrangement; specialist streams through one of our partnersSingle-stream recycling, glass and food in 240 litre bins, and cardboard; skips, roll-on roll-off, compactors, balers and garden waste bins
How pricing is structuredSacks per sack by volume; bins one monthly figure per bin; the agreement shows every line before you signPer lift for bins, by location, stream, frequency and bin size, with fixed prices for heavy bins; per sack for sacks, lower the more you order; prices exclude VAT
How to startPhone or form; service starts within 24 to 48 hours; sacks from our own stock, bins on the agreed start dateEnquiry form or 020 8977 7008, with a reply promised within the hour; it collects "at the time you need us"; 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 commitNo customer terms are published; its FAQ says contract lengths vary and that it diarises your renewal date; minimum term, notice and exit terms not published
Waste Transfer NoteAnnual WTN Service, £65 + VAT per stream, issued and renewed by us"Compliant paperwork" provided free of charge; a Waste Transfer Note is not named on its pages
Diversion claim98% diversion from landfillSays 100% of waste is diverted from landfill
CertificationsUpper Tier carrier CBDU466346; £5m public liabilityWaste carrier CBDU76758 on the Environment Agency register; CIWM member; operator's licence and insurance documents linked on its site
Missed collectionCall 0207 101 4003 and speak to the person who runs the round020 8977 7008 or sales@wilrose.co.uk, office open on weekdays; 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 periodBy phone or email; collections from every day up to once a fortnight; a customer review on its site describes pausing the service at no cost
Public reviewsTrustpilot ★4.8Customer testimonials on its own site

Choose Wilrose Environmental if

  • Your sites are in south west or west London, Surrey or the Thames Valley, which its locations page covers town by town.
  • You need skips, roll-on roll-off, compactors or balers from the same collector as the bins.
  • You want sacks collected on a night round, with collections running seven days a week.
  • You want single-stream recycling or a garden waste bin alongside general waste and mixed recycling.

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 Wilrose Environmental's notice terms?

Not published on its site, as read on 5 November 2026: no customer terms are linked, and its FAQ says contract lengths vary. Ask for the agreement in writing and read the term, renewal and notice clauses before you sign, with any supplier.

Does Wilrose Environmental cover central London?

Its locations page lists towns in south west and west London, Surrey and the Thames Valley, and no east, north or inner central London postcodes. 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 Wilrose Environmental 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 Wilrose Environmental comes from its own published pages, the Environment Agency register and Companies House, listed below with the date we read them, and we have not quoted any Wilrose Environmental price. Our carrier registration CBDU466346 is on the public register, so check us as well.
Facts checked 5 November 2026.

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