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Commercial/Trade Waste Services

As a business, you are responsible for the management of all the waste, your business produces.

Commercial/ Trade Waste Services at Household Recycling Centres

Newry and Mourne District Council are implementing a number of changes to the 7 Civic Amenity Sites in the District from the 5th July 2010 and will be enforcing them from the 2nd August 2010. Please click here to see all the changes.

Before travelling to your local Household Recycling Centre, please be aware of the following:-

• Height barriers of 1.95m are in operation at Newry, Warrenpoint and Newtownhamilton Household Recycling Centres. Large vans/large trailers will not be able to get into these centres.
• Large vans/large trailers can use the Camlough, Kilkeel and Aughnagun Household Recycling Centres only.
• Non-recyclable waste from commercial businesses can only be taken to Camlough, Kilkeel and Aughnagun Household Recycling Centres where charges will apply (see below).

Household Recycling Centre’s rules.

• You must pay before disposal.
• Council trade waste collection customers must have their Recycling Pass with them.
• Users must arrive with waste pre-sorted.
• Users must follow the direction of staff on site.
• Any abusive customers will not be permitted on site and CCTV can be used as evidence.
• Users will be asked and challenged to recycle their waste.

Height barriers at Newry Household Recycling Centre

Household Recycling Centre Charges

Business rates do not cover businesses for any recycling or waste service.

Charges generally apply for the receipt of waste from commercial premises. Commercial waste for which a fee is payable, will only be accepted at the Camlough, Kilkeel and Aughnagun HRCs.

Charges apply for:-

• Non-recyclable materials from a trade/ commercial source
• Large van/ large trailer loads of waste for recycling
• Any waste from a builder or trade person’s daily work
• Any waste from a contract gardener
• Farm Waste.
• Waste from commercial premises including:-
  
  • Offices/ Showrooms
  • Hotels/ B+Bs
  • Premises that keep or sell food
  • Premises used for trade or business
  • Pub Premises
  • Housing providers

The following materials can be recycled at the Household Recycling Centres (HRCs) by commercial businesses:-

General Materials

No Thanks

The Council is restricted in what materials it can accept from commercial/trade waste costumers into the Household Recycling Centres.

Therefore, the following materials are not accepted at any of the Household Recycling Centres from commercial/trade waste costumers.

Electrical Goods



Automobile Materials

Construction and Demolition materials

Liquids

The Council reserves the right not to accept loads over 1 tonne at its Household Recycling Centres. Such waste may be disposed of at Aughnagun Landfill Site.

For loads of over 1 tonne and any of the materials listed above, you should make your own arrangements for the disposal of the waste, by hiring a skip or company to take this waste for you. Details of companies offering these services can be found in the yellow pages under “waste management”.

To find out more information please visit the links below:

• FAQs
• Leaflet – Household Recycling Centres – a guide for commercial users.

Duty of Care

Legally, businesses have a duty of care for the disposal of all their recyclable materials, commercial waste and general rubbish.

What you must do to comply with the duty of care
You must ensure that you:

• Store and transport your waste appropriately and securely so it does not escape
• Check that your waste is transported and handled by people or businesses that are authorised to do so
• Complete waste transfer notes (WTNs) to document all waste transported
  and keep them as a record for at least two years.
  

If a waste carrier takes your waste away, you may also need to check that the site it is taken to is authorised to accept it.

If you are transporting construction or demolition waste produced by your own business, your organisation needs to register as a waste carrier.

If you want to find where to dispose of, or recycle, a particular type of waste you can use the Northern Ireland Environment Agency website to find licensed recycling and waste disposal sites in your area.

For information on waste legislation affecting businesses click on the Northern Ireland Environment Agency(NIEA)’s website www.ni-environment.gov.uk.

Newry and Mourne District Council’s Commercial Waste Collection Service.
Newry and Mourne District Council also provide a cost effective bin collection service for recyclable materials and general waste generated by businesses.

Please click here for more information or click here to see our guidance leaflet for business users or contact the office.

Recycling Pass

Customers of the Commercial Waste Collection Service also benefit from a Recycling Pass, which permits customers to recycling their waste for free at any of the Household Recycling Centres. Customers must bring their Recycling Pass with them when visiting the centres.

Please see above for list of materials, which commercial businesses can recycle at the centres.

Feedback

We welcome feedback from you about the operation of the HRCs (complaints and suggestions). Please contact us at recycling@newryandmourne.gov.uk or call 028 30313233 or write to The Customer Services Department, Newry and Mourne District Council, Haughey House, Greenbank Industrial Estate, Newry, Co. Down, BT34 2QU. Queries put in writing will receive a reply in writing within 10 days.