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Manage your commercial waste contract
Looking for a commercial waste collection quote?
We offer a reliable, convenient and value for money commercial waste collection service to holiday lets, B and Bs and other small to medium-sized businesses in Cornwall.
Get a commercial waste collection quote
Customer benefits
- VAT-Free
- Discounted rates on council tax-rated properties
- Reliable service
- Flexible contract
- Quick and easy online quotes
- Green and sustainable
- Choice of container types and sizes
- Confidence your waste is managed legally, responsibly and sustainably
- Our customer promise to you
Reliable service
- Rubbish collections - fortnightly on a weekday or weekly on a Saturday
- Food waste collections - fortnightly on a weekday
- Recycling collections - fortnightly on a weekday
Our experienced crews will collect your commercial waste at the same time they collect household recycling and rubbish from your street using the same vehicles. This helps to make our commercial waste collection service reliable, efficient and eco-friendly. This also allows us to offer you a discount if your business is run from a council tax-rated property.
Please note: when you get a quote from us you won’t be able to choose your collection day, unless you're choosing our Commercial Plus Option 1 Saturday only service. This is because we collect commercial waste when we collect the household waste from the rest of your street. This helps to reduce Cornwall’s carbon footprint.
Welcome Pack
We’ll give you a Welcome Pack that includes everything you, your employees or your guests need to know about how to sort your rubbish and recycling.
Our Welcome Pack can be displayed at your business premises or holiday property. It explains to your employees or guests how - by choosing Cornwall Council’s Commercial Waste Service - your business is making a clear and measurable contribution to the creation of a thriving, sustainable Cornwall with a great environment for all.
How much will it cost?
- The amount you pay will depend on the service option selected, size and quantity of containers you choose.
- If you’re already paying council tax you’ll get discounted rates on our commercial waste collection service. This is because we recognise that you’ve already contributed an amount to the cost of managing your waste.
- As we're a Local Authority, VAT is not chargeable on this service.
The small print
Please make sure you read our full Terms and Conditions of the service.
Step 1: Choose a contract option
Depending on the needs of your business, our 12-month contracts offer you the choice of:
- Annual contract
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- We’ll collect your commercial waste all year round.
- You can use our quick and simple online process to get a quote.
- Your quote will be valid for 30 days.
- Seasonal customers
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- Our flexible seasonal contract allows you to tell us when you want your collections to pause and restart again.
- Once you pause your service, you won’t be charged for collections again until the date you tell us to restart them.
- You need to give us one month's notice when you want your collections to pause or restart and and they'll need to run for a minimum of one month
- Pausing and restarting your collections is easy, you just need to email us. You'll be given all the information on how to do this after you've signed up.
Step 2: Choose your bin type and size
For your commercial rubbish, we offer you a choice of containers that come in a range of sizes to suit the needs of your business.
Choose from:
- A wheelie bin in 240 litres, 660 litres or 1100 litres size or
- A 180 litre protective sack and single use 90 litre bags
If you opt to have commercial recycling, we give you a set of coloured bags and a black box with tags. These tell our collection crew you’re a Council Commercial Waste Service customer.
We’re committed to helping to create a thriving, sustainable Cornwall and a great environment for all. This is why we provide recycling collections as a fixed part of our commercial waste service. That means their cost is included in your contract and the price of your commercial waste collection stays the same. Even if you don’t use the recycling service.
Please note, we won’t be able to collect commercial waste presented in your own bins. This is because our crews won’t be able to verify that you’re a commercial customer who’s paid for their service.