Minimising your business waste

Businesses all over London are recycling, because it's so easy and it saves them money off their bottom line. Please accept our thanks if you're a business that recycles its waste. Reducing waste, and recycling the waste you produce will save you money and protect the environment.

The company that collects your business waste can give you expert advice on how to recycle. Or you can find your nearest business waste recycling location through the

Environment Agency's Waste Directory.
 

(Note: Brent council does not collect any business waste and does not offer any services of this kind.)

Recycling and reducing waste can save you money. There are organisations that can help you improve your profit margins by improving your environmental performance:
 

• waste minimisation- Envirowise offers free confidential independent advice on waste minimisation 
  
• recycling- find out about WRAP- the Waste and Resources Action Programme
  
• London Green Organisations is the Mayor's premiere business facing initiative
  
• The TREND programme (which is run by an organisation external to Brent Council) has been delivering resource efficiency advice to businesses through workshops and consultancy support in West London free of charge over the past two years. The focus of the programme is to achieve financial savings for the businesses and improve their environmental performance. To date they have worked with over 100 businesses and identified savings of over £410,000.
  For more information www.trend.org.uk/
  

Did you know?

97% of business who recycle are satisfied with their in-house recycling schemes

A significant number of businesses who recycle their waste say it improves their reputation with the local community

The cost of waste is bigger than you think. It's the cost of buying goods, storing goods, paying someone to take away those wasted goods, and the lost profit from not selling them. How much is waste really costing your business?