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As a business or commercial organisation you are legally required to dispose of your waste responsibly. This is part of your duty of care
There are a number of ways to dispose of commercial waste:
The Right Waste Right Place campaign gives advice to small businesses and establishments on meeting their Duty of Care obligations as practically as possible, to ensure their waste is properly disposed of.
Waste upholstered domestic seating
From 16 December 2022 we will temporarily not be able to accept any upholstered domestic seating at our Whetstone Waste Transfer Station. This includes (but not necessarily limited to) any furniture item with cushioning and padding, such as:
You can take some types of business and commercial waste to the Whetstone Transfer Station. As a trade user you must report to the weighbridge when you arrive.
Register or renew as a waste carrier, broker or dealer
Closed every bank holiday with the exception of Good Friday
Monday - Friday: 7.45am - 5.00pm – last admittance 4.40pm
Saturday: Closed
Coronavirus update - change to payment method
From Monday 30 March we will no longer be taking cash or cheque payments at the Whetstone Transfer Station weighbridge.
There will also be a new process for credit cards where the driver will be asked to call the number displayed at the site and give the operative the card details. Receipts will then be sent via email.
Whetstone Transfer Station is located next to Whetstone Recycling and Household Waste Site.
You can now apply for a trade waste account online. You will need:
Once all checks have been carried out you will be notified if your application for a trade account has been approved.
You do not require an account in order to use the Whetstone Weighbridge, you can pay by credit or debit card - we do not accept cash or cheque payments.
Apply for a trade waste account
There has been some increase in our prices. This is due to the removal of red diesel (which affects both our waste transfer station and end destinations), high inflation on white diesel, higher vehicle and plant costs and the national insurance rise – in addition to the usual landfill tax increases. We'll keep these under review to ensure they remain both sustainable and cost effective.
There is a minimum charge of £33 (including VAT) for disposing of waste.
If you are disposing waste which weighs a full tonne, you will be charged the rate per tonne for that particular waste.
If the waste weighs less than a tonne you will either pay a proportion of the charge or the minimum charge, whichever is greater.
Charges vary for different types of waste.
Asbestos, explosives and radioactive waste is not accepted.
General waste is any non-hazardous waste (no plasterboard included), which hasn’t been sorted and therefore contains mixed types of waste.
Minimum charge £27.50 + VAT (£33)
From 4 April 2023 the price per tonne is £145.00 + VAT (£174)
Source separated - no mixed loads.
Minimum charge £27.50 + VAT (£33)
Per tonne £60 + VAT (£72)
Source separated - no mixed loads.
Minimum charge £27.50 + VAT (£33)
Per tonne £57.50 + VAT (£69)
Source separated - no mixed loads, no plasterboard or hazardous waste
Inert waste includes building (demolition) waste, hardcore, rubble, concrete, gravel, sand, and stone.
Minimum charge £27.50 + VAT (£33)
Per tonne £36 + VAT (£43.20)
Plasterboard, asbestos, plastics and organics are not accepted as inert waste.
Source clean and separated - no mixed loads.
Minimum charge (up to 160kg) £4 + VAT (£4.80)
Per tonne is £4 + VAT (£4.80)
Loads above 1 tonne need to be pre-booked (please contact us on 0116 305 3774)
Commercial type fridges/freezers are not accepted
£42.00 + VAT (£50.40) (Inclusive of consignment note charge which the customer must provide)
£42.00 + VAT (£50.40) - Customers must provide a consignment note, as per EWC Code 20 01 23 requirements for hazardous material.
Minimum charge (1 unit) £32.50 + VAT (£39.00) (Inclusive of consignment note charge which the customer must provide)
Multiple units £19.58 each + VAT (£23.50) (Inclusive of consignment note charge which the customer must provide)
This includes waste which is difficult to handle, but not hazardous waste.
Please contact us on the number provided below to discuss and agree a rate.
Contact us if you think your waste requires specialist treatment on site before it can be disposed, as it may need to be pre-booked.
It's at the discretion of Leicestershire County Council whether or not to accept waste which requires specialist treatment.
Telephone: 0116 305 3774
0 to 5 tonnes £4.58 + VAT (£5.50)
5 to 30 tonnes £7.50 + VAT (£9.00)
30 + tonnes £10.50 + VAT (£12.60)
It is at the discretion of Leicestershire County Council whether or not to accept food waste. If accepted, it:
Please contact us on 0116 305 3774 to discuss, and agree a rate.
From April 2022
Minimum charge: £27.50 + VAT (£33)
Street sweepings, per tonne: £65 + VAT (£78)
Since Monday 30 March 2020 we no longer take cash or cheque payments at the Whetstone Transfer Station weighbridge.
The process for credit cards is that the driver will be asked to call the number displayed at the site and give the operative the card details. Receipts will then be sent via email.
We still accept payment on account.
