Our services
One job, done properly: getting food waste out of your business, legally and affordably.
Core service
Commercial food waste collection
We collect separated food waste on a fixed day, every week, from businesses across Luton, Dunstable, Houghton Regis and Leighton Buzzard. You get a sealed 23L bin, a countertop caddy for the prep area, and a driver who knows where your bin lives — the same one, every week.
- Fortnightly, weekly, twice-weekly or three-times-weekly collections
- Fixed collection day — and a text the evening before
- Seasonal flex: scale up for summer, back down for winter, no penalty
- Term-time-only schedules for schools and nurseries
- 30 days' notice to cancel. No exit fees.
What goes in the bin
✓ Yes please
- Raw and cooked food
- Meat, bones and fish
- Dairy and eggs
- Bread, pastry, rice, pasta
- Fruit, veg and peelings
- Coffee grounds and tea bags
- Plate scrapings
- Out-of-date stock
✗ Not this
- Any packaging
- Black bin bags
- Cutlery, crockery, foil
- Liquid cooking oil
- Cigarette ends
- Cleaning chemicals
- Glass or cans
- Coffee cups
Contaminated loads get rejected at the plant, so we supply free staff signage for every bin and caddy.
Equipment
One bin. Supplied free.
No hire charge, no delivery charge, no deposit. Need more capacity? Take another bin rather than a bigger one — it’s safer to lift and easier to store.
23L food waste bin
Sealed, lockable lid that keeps smells and pests out. Wheeled or carried — a full one is around 15kg, so anyone on shift can move it. Sits neatly in a kitchen corner or a shared yard without taking a parking space.
£42.25/month weekly · £9.75 per collection
- Free to have, free to deliver, free to take away
- Swap or add bins any time, no penalty
- Locking bar available for shared yards
7L countertop caddy — included
Sits by the prep bench or in the staff kitchen so scraps go in the right place first time. Vented lid, wipe-clean, and it comes with a roll of compostable liners.
Free with every service
- One caddy per prep station — just ask
- Compostable liners at cost thereafter
- Free staff signage for every bin and caddy
Why not 240L wheelie bins? A 240L bin full of food waste weighs about 150kg. It’s a manual handling problem for your staff and ours, and it sits around longer between collections. Two 23L bins collected weekly beat one big one every time.
Compliance
Your paperwork, handled
Every UK business has a legal Duty of Care for its waste. If an inspector asks who took your food waste, where it went, and under what licence, you need to be able to show them — for the last two years.
- Waste Transfer Notes issued automatically and stored in your account
- Our waste carrier licence and permit numbers on every document
- Annual waste summary — tonnage collected and where it went, useful for tenders and B Corp/ISO paperwork
- Free compliance check before you commit, so you know exactly what Simpler Recycling requires of you
Simpler Recycling deadlines (England)
Workplaces with 10+ full-time-equivalent staff — already required to separate food waste since 31 March 2025.
Workplaces with fewer than 10 FTE — required from 31 March 2027.
Instant price
Work out your monthly cost in 10 seconds
One bin size, one rate: £9.75 per collection. Pick how often and how many.
Ready for a price?
Tell us your business type and how much food waste you produce. We'll come back the same working day with a fixed monthly price — no contract, no bin hire charge.