Commercial food recycling solutions

Food waste management can be a challenge at times, especially given the country’s significant production of commercial food waste.

  • Increase recycling rates with effective food waste solutions
  • Reduce your business waste costs
  • Achieve your recycling goals effortlessly

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Improve your food recycling process

We know that while reducing food waste is important, it’s not always possible to avoid it entirely. That’s where we come in. Our food recycling service ensures that your surplus food is managed responsibly, helping you contribute to a more sustainable future. Whether it’s raw, cooked, or leftover food, coffee grounds, tea bags or fruit and veg peelings we’ll ensure it’s collected and recycled efficiently.

Why choose Greenzone?

Appropriate containers

Greenzone offer a range bins and containers suited to your specific needs for efficient food recycling collection.

Scheduled collection

Our collection schedules are tailored to your specific requirements ensuring minimal disruption to your operations.

Food redistribution

We can support you to redistribute surplus ‘good’ food to charitable partners, preventing food waste and helping those in need.

100% Recycled

Greenzone guarantee that none of your food waste will end up in landfill; it will be fully recycled through composting or anaerobic digestion.

Our approach to food waste recycling

We use anaerobic digestion to transform your food waste into valuable resources. This process involves microorganisms breaking down food waste to produce biogas, a renewable energy source that can be used to generate electricity, create organic fertilisers, or even serve as animal feed.

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    Commercial food waste frequently asked questions

    You must place raw and cooked food waste, fruit skins, vegetable peelings, plate scrapings, coffee grounds, and tea bags in your food waste bin. We make sure all food waste is recycled responsibly.

    We use anaerobic digestion to break down food waste and produce biogas, which can be converted into electricity, organic fertilisers, or used in agriculture. We also work with charitable partners to redistribute edible food to those in need.

    Yes, we offer a range of food waste containers to suit your needs, from 120L or 240L wheelie bin collections to larger containers for higher volumes for food manufacturers.

    We offer flexible collection schedules based on your requirements. Whether you need daily, weekly, or custom pickups, we’ve got you covered. 

    Recycling food waste helps reduce your carbon footprint, lower disposal costs, and supports sustainability goals. Plus, it ensures that valuable resources like biogas and fertilizers are created from what would otherwise be waste. Separate collections of food waste is now a legal requirement in England. You must also must also separate food waste if you produce more than 5kg per week in Scotland and Wales

    No, food packaging should not be placed in your food waste bin. Please ensure that only food waste is disposed of in the food waste bin to help maintain effective recycling processes.