Commercial Dry Mixed Recycling
North Yorkshire

Dry mixed recycling (DMR) offers businesses a simplified solution for disposing of various recyclable materials in the same bins, eliminating the need for time-consuming sorting and saving valuable storage space. This streamlined approach maximises your recycling efforts without adding extra work for your team, allowing you to effortlessly dispose of plastic packaging, cardboard, paper, metal food and drink cans and more.

Your DMR bins can be used to store a wide variety of recyclable waste, such as:

• Paper including office paper, newspapers, magazines and shredded paper.
• Cardboard including corrugated cardboard, boxes, and untainted food packaging.
• Plastics including clear and coloured plastic bottles, cups, and packaging materials.
• Metal including steel and aluminium cans and aluminium foil and trays.

As you can see, DMR bins can be used for a large proportion of the recyclable waste your business is likely to generate in the course of day-to-day operations. By enabling your staff to dispose of a wide range of waste items in a single set of bins, you can increase your recycling rate and accelerate your sustainability efforts.

However, if you generate large quantities of a specific type of recyclable waste – cardboard or glass, for example – you may benefit from a collection service focused on that specific waste stream.

DMR bins can be used to store a large variety of recyclable materials, but there are some things that need to be disposed of separately. This includes:

• Food waste including any packaging that has been stained or otherwise contaminated.
• Hazardous waste including batteries, cleaning products, solvents, and pesticides.
• Confidential waste including any unshredded paper containing protected personal information, as well as ID badges and hard drives.
• Glass and ceramics including glass bottles and jars and ceramic pots.
  Plastic film like plastic bags and sacks or cling film.

If your business generates any of these types of waste in large quantities, you should consider supplementing your commercial DMR service with a specific collection service tailored to your needs.

Here at Yorwaste, we offer waste management and recycling services covering a wide range of waste streams, including food waste, confidential waste, liquid waste and glass recycling. We also provide a total waste management solution for businesses with broad and complex waste disposal needs.

The cost of a commercial DMR service will depend on a range of factors, including the quantity of waste your business produces and the frequency of collections you will require. At Yorwaste, our DMR services are tailored to your specific needs, and we provide bespoke pricing based on your requirements. To get a clear sense of how much a commercial DMR service will cost, get in touch today to discuss your needs with one of our waste management experts. DMR recycling collections cost less than general waste collections, making recycling financially worthwhile as well as better for the environment.

A DMR service can offer a range of benefits for your business, including:

• Simplified disposal process. By using DMR bins, you will reduce the time and effort you and your staff spend on separating your recyclable waste into different containers. This can improve your recycling rate while reducing the burden on your team.
• Regulatory compliance. The Environmental Protection Act (EPA) requires you to dispose of waste in a way that does not harm the environment. The UK government is aiming to introduce more stringent regulations on recycling in the near future, so it’s essential you get a head start and avoid compliance issues.
• Cost savings. Reducing the amount of waste your business sends to landfill can help you to reduce your overall waste disposal costs by reducing your landfill tax burden. DMR recycling collections cost less than general waste collections, making recycling financially worthwhile as well as better for the environment.
• Reduced environmental impact. Sustainability is a growing concern for many businesses. Improving your recycling rate is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint and make your business part of the solution to the climate crisis.
• Improved reputation. Customers increasingly expect businesses to adopt a responsible and proactive approach to protecting the environment. A DMR service boosts your green credentials, potentially making it easier to attract new customers.

As you can see, a DMR service can deliver a major boost to your business. By working with an experienced and reliable local provider like Yorwaste, you can reduce your costs, protect the environment, and stay compliant for the long-term.

Yes, any recyclables in your DMR bin should be clean and dry. For food waste packaging, in particular, this means rinsing and drying them before putting them in your DMR bin. It’s also important to avoid disposing of any contaminated waste, such as greasy or stained food packaging, in your DMR bins.

 

Yes, a commercial dry mixed recycling to complement your general waste service is a great choice for businesses that generate a wide range of different waste types. A DMR service allows you to dispose of a wide range of recyclable materials in the same bin, simplifying your disposal process and helping you to maximise your recycling rate.

However, there are certain types of waste that will require separate disposal. This includes food waste, liquid waste and confidential waste. If your business disposes of these types of waste frequently or in large quantities, you may wish to supplement your DMR service with other types of commercial waste collection.

The best approach, in this case, is to work with a provider who can tackle all your different waste streams through a single, coordinated solution. Here at Yorwaste, we tailor our waste management services to your business’s specific needs, including providing a free waste audit for larger businesses with more complex needs.

Yes, you can recycle confidential documents as part of your DMR service as long as they have been shredded. However, it is important to be cautious when disposing of confidential waste. This includes not just documents that contain sensitive information but also computers, CDs and hard drives that have been used for storing personal data, as well as ID badges and even uniforms.

If your business disposes of confidential information regularly, it’s vital that you use a dedicated confidential waste disposal service to protect your business from legal issues. Here at Yorwaste, we can help your business dispose of all your confidential waste in an appropriate manner. That includes providing secure waste consoles for disposing of confidential waste, which we can then dispose of in a fully compliant manner.

 

Yorwaste is North Yorkshire’s leading provider of commercial waste management services, including DMR. We support businesses across the region to tackle their commercial recycling challenges, using our own dedicated fleet of vehicles. From York and Northallerton to Harrogate, Ripon and Wetherby, we deliver a waste management service that’s second to none.

If you’d like to check whether we can provide commercial DMR services in your area, please take a look at the location map on our homepage. And if you’re outside of North Yorkshire, we may still be able to support you – get in touch and we’ll do our best to help.