Find out how to dispose of trade waste and what your legal responsibilities are.
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The easiest way to dispose of your trade waste is at our Whetstone Transfer Station. This is open to all traders and businesses within or outside of Leicestershire.
As a business or commercial organisation you are legally required to dispose of your waste responsibly. This is part of your duty of care.
Whetstone Transfer Station will be undergoing maintenance to the external bays on the morning of Friday 6 March 2026.
Wood, green and rubble waste cannot be accepted during this time. The external bays will reopen after 1pm once works have been completed. Traders will still be able to dispose of general waste in bay 5.
Our pricing structure works based on a minimum charge up to a specific weight, which then increase in 20kg increments.
For example, general waste would cost you £36.50 (exc VAT) up to 200kg, and then increase by a small amount every 20kg, up to the price per tonne (1000kg) of £182.50 (exc VAT).
General waste is any non-hazardous waste (no plasterboard included), which hasn’t been sorted and therefore contains mixed types of waste.
Source separated - no mixed loads. Any loads over 1.5t to be agreed prior to delivery - please contact us on 0116 305 3774.
No mixed loads - loads containing large volumes of soil and/or large root balls need to be presented separately as general waste.
Source separated - no mixed loads, no plasterboard or hazardous waste.
Inert waste includes building (demolition) waste, hardcore, rubble, concrete, gravel, sand, and stone.
Plasterboard, asbestos, plastics and organics are not accepted as inert waste.
Source clean and separated - no mixed loads.
Loads above 1 tonne need to be pre-booked - contact us on 0116 305 3774.
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.
Source separated - no mixed loads, no plasterboard or hazardous waste.
Commercial type fridges/freezers are not accepted.
£44 +VAT (£52.80) inclusive of consignment note charge (which the customer must provide).
£44 +VAT (£52.80) - customers must provide a consignment note, as per EWC Code 20 01 23 requirements for hazardous material.
Prices 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 0116 305 3774 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 is at the discretion of Leicestershire County Council whether or not to accept waste which requires specialist treatment.
0 to 5 tonnes £4.58 + VAT (£5.50)
5 to 30 tonnes £7.50 + VAT (£9)
30+ tonnes £10.50 + VAT (£12.60)
We are currently unable 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:
Plasterboard is also not accepted, including individual loads or mixed in with general waste. We are planning to accept both upholstered domestic seating and plasterboard in the near future.
Asbestos, explosives and radioactive waste is not accepted.
You do not require an account to use the Whetstone Waste Transfer Station trade or public weigh services; you can pay by credit/debit card at the time of tipping.
Please note: We do not accept cash or cheque payments at the Whetstone Transfer Station weighbridge.
If you prefer to be invoiced monthly, then a trade account may be more suitable for you than paying each time by card. You will need:
Once all checks have been carried out you will be notified if your application for a trade account has been approved. Please note the maximum credit limit available is £500 per month.
Apply for a trade waste account
New regulations now require businesses to separate recyclable materials from general waste.
Workplaces that generate waste similar in nature and composition to household waste must separate dry recyclable waste (glass, metal and plastic and cardboard and paper), food waste and black bin waste from each other.
There is no minimum weight for food waste collections.
Small businesses with fewer than 10 full-time employees are temporarily exempt until 31 March 2027.
WRAP (The Business of Recycling) is a dedicated website with useful information.
Further guidance can also be found on Simpler recycling: workplace recycling in England | GOV.UK
Alternatively, there are several other ways to dispose of trade waste:
