Simpler recycling: workplace recycling in England
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Workplace recycling in England changed on 31 March 2025. Guidance for all businesses, charities and public sector organisations on separating recyclable waste.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-16
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Workplace recycling in England changed on 31 March 2025. Guidance for all businesses, charities and public sector organisations on separating recyclable waste. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Workplaces that must follow these rules
- Guidance for your sector
- Construction sites
- Separating recyclable materials and food waste
- Dry recyclable waste
- Food waste
- Compostable materials
- Food waste bin locations
- Collection frequency for food waste
- Cooking fats and oils
- Composting
- Bins for customers and visitors
- Contaminated recyclable waste
- If there is significant contamination
- Items not typically collected with recycling
- Glass
Source and licence
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
AttributionDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, ‘Simpler recycling: workplace recycling in England’ (updated 3 October 2025), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.016/09/2026