Business waste
A range of help, support and advice is available to businesses to help them reduce, reuse and recycle their waste. For more information on the support available via the following programmes or organisations, select the appropriate link.
General advice on commercial waste disposal can be found on this site by following the link.
The BREW programme
Defra is using some of the revenue generated by the Landfill Tax to fund a range of free services and targeted support for business under the three-year Business Resource Efficiency and Waste (BREW) initiative. It will specifically focus on waste minimisation, the diversion of waste from landfill and improvements to resource efficiency.
National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP)
NISP is a programme that allows one company's waste to be used to benefit another company. The scheme involves companies being linked to each other to swap waste products which another could use as raw materials.
The Environment Agency
The Environment Agency website provides helpful information about disposing of tyres and oil and offers advice about minimising waste by reducing raw material use, making more from less and reducing the volume and hazard of emissions to air, land and water.
Envirowise
Envirowise offers UK businesses free, independent, confidential advice and support on practical ways to increase profits, minimise waste and reduce environmental impact. This government-funded programme can help make your business more competitive and profitable, and ensure that you always comply with environmental legislation.
NetRegs
The NetRegs website aims is to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK to understand the complex environmental regulations that can affect them. The site provides guidance on how to comply with environmental law as well as advice on good environmental practice.
