[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":182},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page-\u002Fcommercial-bins":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":169,"extension":170,"meta":171,"navigation":177,"path":172,"seo":178,"seoTitle":179,"stem":180,"__hash__":181},"content\u002Fcommercial-bins.md","Commercial bins for hire, with collection",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":159},"minimark",[9,13,17,22,25,39,43,51,55,62,66,73,77,80,84,87,90,97,104,120],[10,11,5],"h1",{"id":12},"commercial-bins-for-hire-with-collection",[14,15,16],"p",{},"We arrange commercial bin hire with collection through licensed carriers. We don't sell bins. The bin comes with the collection contract. Four sizes cover most sites. A 240L suits a few bags a week and a 660L fits tight access. An 1100L is the standard yard bin, and a front end loader needs volume.",[18,19,21],"h2",{"id":20},"_240-litres","240 litres",[14,23,24],{},"Household-sized, and right for a small site. Roughly 1.08m high, 0.58m wide and 0.72m deep, holding four to five 65-litre bags (Business Waste, checked August 2026). Durham County Council publishes two to three bags for the same bin (checked August 2026). That gap tells you how soft the figure is.",[14,26,27,28,33,34,38],{},"General waste and dry mixed recycling are capped at 10kg here, so it fills on weight before it fills on space. Dense streams are put in this size on purpose, and the same body is rated to 50kg for ",[29,30,32],"a",{"href":31},"\u002Fcommercial-waste\u002Fglass","glass"," and 80kg for ",[29,35,37],{"href":36},"\u002Fcommercial-waste\u002Ffood-waste","food waste"," (Business Waste, checked August 2026). Past five bags a week, go up a size.",[18,40,42],{"id":41},"_660-litres","660 litres",[14,44,45,46,50],{},"The mid-sized wheeled bin, around 1.30m high and 1.26m wide, taking ten to twelve 65-litre bags (Business Waste, checked August 2026). Its depth matches a 240L at 0.72m, which is why it goes down an alleyway or side gate where an 1100L will not. Weight limits and access checks are on ",[29,47,49],{"href":48},"\u002Fcommercial-bins\u002F660-litre","the 660 litre bin",".",[18,52,54],{"id":53},"_1100-litres","1100 litres",[14,56,57,58,50],{},"Around 1.40m high, 1.26m wide and 1.00m deep, taking fifteen to eighteen 65-litre bags (Business Waste, checked August 2026). It needs a wide flat route to the kerb, so a narrow alley rules it out. Full specification is on ",[29,59,61],{"href":60},"\u002Fcommercial-bins\u002F1100-litre","the 1100 litre bin",[18,63,65],{"id":64},"front-end-loader","Front end loader",[14,67,68,72],{},[29,69,71],{"href":70},"\u002Fcommercial-bins\u002Ffel","Front end loader bins"," suit high-volume sites, where a run of wheelie bins stops making sense. Biffa publishes 4,000L, 6,100L and 8,000L containers, with loaded weights from 165kg at the smallest to 640kg at the largest, and rules them out for glass and hazardous waste (Biffa, checked August 2026). A truck needs frontal approach and overhead clearance, so your yard decides this before volume does.",[18,74,76],{"id":75},"how-sizing-actually-works","How sizing actually works",[14,78,79],{},"Carriers size you on bags per week, so count a normal week and a busy one. Operators quote the same 1100L bin at anywhere from twelve to twenty bags, and none define the bag the same way, which is why every figure here says 65 litres. Weight is the harder limit: an 1100L physically holds 200 to 400kg (Reconomy, checked August 2026) but operators cap general waste in that same bin at 65kg or 70kg (Business Waste and Waste Managed, checked August 2026). Present more than the contract allows and the bin gets left, or the extra is charged back.",[18,81,83],{"id":82},"what-it-costs","What it costs",[14,85,86],{},"The bin comes with the contract at no separate charge, which is the industry norm (Business Waste, checked August 2026). You pay for the lift.",[14,88,89],{},"Cherwell District Council publishes £19.75 per lift for an 1100L of general waste, for the year to 31 March 2027 (checked August 2026). That is one council's in-house price for one region. Your postcode will read differently, and the council is one carrier among several to price.",[14,91,92,93,50],{},"The price on your quote is the carrier's rate plus our margin, shown to you before you sign and set out on ",[29,94,96],{"href":95},"\u002Fpricing-methodology","pricing methodology",[14,98,99,100,50],{},"Waste money usually goes wrong at renewal, where a rollover clause hands the carrier next year's price. If your current contract is fair, stay put and we will say so. Notice dates are on ",[29,101,103],{"href":102},"\u002Fbusiness-waste-renewal","business waste renewal",[14,105,106,107,114,115,50],{},"We do not run trucks. Your quote names the carrier and their environmental permit ",[108,109,110],"strong",{},[111,112,113],"span",{},"CARRIER + EA PERMIT — Kev to supply",". Our waste broker registration is ",[108,116,117],{},[111,118,119],{},"WASTE BROKER REGISTRATION No. — Kev to supply",[121,122,124,131,137,153],"faq-section",{"title":123},"Common questions",[125,126,128],"faq-item",{"question":127},"How much does a commercial bin cost?",[14,129,130],{},"There are two questions inside that one. Buying a bin outright is a retail purchase, and it is not what we arrange. Collection is the recurring cost, charged per lift and priced by size and stream. The bin comes with the contract, so the lift price is what to compare.",[125,132,134],{"question":133},"What are commercial bins?",[14,135,136],{},"Bins hired to a business and emptied by a licensed waste carrier under a contract. Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 puts a duty of care on you. Stop the waste escaping and hand it only to an authorised person, described in writing (legislation.gov.uk, checked August 2026). Keep the transfer notes for two years (GOV.UK, checked August 2026).",[125,138,140],{"question":139},"What can you put in a commercial bin?",[14,141,142,143,147,148,152],{},"Whatever stream the bin is contracted for, and the streams are listed on ",[29,144,146],{"href":145},"\u002Fcommercial-waste","commercial waste",". ",[29,149,151],{"href":150},"\u002Fcommercial-waste\u002Fmixed-recycling","Mixed recycling"," takes paper, card, plastic and metal. Glass, food waste, cardboard and confidential paper each need their own container, because carriers tip and price them separately. Put general waste in a recycling bin and the load can be recharged at the general waste rate.",[125,154,156],{"question":155},"What is the new 4 bin rule?",[14,157,158],{},"England requires three separated streams, not four. Since 31 March 2025 workplaces have had to separate dry recyclables, food waste and residual waste before collection. Businesses under 10 full-time equivalent employees have until 31 March 2027 (GOV.UK, checked August 2026). Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland run their own rules.",{"title":160,"searchDepth":161,"depth":161,"links":162},"",2,[163,164,165,166,167,168],{"id":20,"depth":161,"text":21},{"id":41,"depth":161,"text":42},{"id":53,"depth":161,"text":54},{"id":64,"depth":161,"text":65},{"id":75,"depth":161,"text":76},{"id":82,"depth":161,"text":83},"We arrange commercial bin hire with collection through licensed carriers. 240L, 660L, 1100L and FEL, with dimensions and contracted weight limits.","md",{"registeredPath":172,"vertical":173,"role":174,"sitemapGroup":175,"schema":176},"\u002Fcommercial-bins","waste","set-parent","pages","Service+FAQPage",true,{"title":5,"description":169},"Commercial bins: hire with collection, four sizes","commercial-bins","6jcbxFHmfSVJBuQ_iVWkPYbutInr__EImJrG4_3XUC0",1786561187103]