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Why your Transport or Storage business should recycle

How the Transport and Storage sector can comply with existing waste legislation

Estimated reading time: 3 min

As a business, you’re considered to have a ‘Duty of Care’ to ensure that the waste your business generates is produced, stored, transported and disposed of without harming the environment. This is set out in Article 5 of the Waste & Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997. 

Whilst not a current legal requirement the following recyclable materials are regularly collected for recycling from businesses with offices: 

  • Glass, such as drinks bottles and rinsed empty food jars  

  • Metal, such as drinks cans and food tins, empty aerosols, foil and foil trays  

  • Plastic, such as empty plastic bottles, rinsed plastic pots, tubs and trays previously used for food packaging 

  • Paper and cardboard, such as newspapers, cardboard packaging and office paper  

  • Cartons for food, drinks and other liquids 

  • Food waste - such as leftovers or waste from food preparation 

It is important to make sure you separate out the right materials and avoid contamination of your recycling by any non-recyclable materials.  

Good to know 

Food waste recycling is already covered by its own regulations which requires food premises who produce 5kg or more per week of food waste to have to separate it for recycling.