Article by Louise Longworth

Creating business waste is an unavoidable consequence of running any sort of enterprise, be it a factory based business producing a product, or an office based business providing a service; but dealing with the actual disposal of the waste that your business produces doesn’t have to be arduous.

By selecting a good, professional waste clearance company to carry out the collection of business waste, who can also manage the documentation that is required in order to comply with health and safety, and government legislation, you can make your own life a whole lot easier.

Business waste disposal is now very tightly controlled, and this has come about as the government and their local authorities have made significant strides towards minimising the contamination of the environment and striving to increase the amount of recycling.

Landfill sites have become too “soft a touch” and the amount of potential toxic contamination has risen to dangerous highs. This has resulted in the development of new recycling plants that have been developed to deal specifically with things like Mercury, which is found in fluorescent tubes, and old televisions etc.

This in turn has led to the formation of the new WEEE directive which has been developed to control the disposal of all electrical products. A good business waste disposal company will know the ins and outs of current legislation and will ensure that your waste is disposed of legally.

The fact of the matter is that heavy financial penalties face those who fail to abide by the new rules. Waste disposal companies can lose their licence to continue trading, but more importantly, the business that produced the waste can also be subject to significant fines. This means that the selection of a good waste disposal company can profoundly affect a company’s viability, should that company be deemed to have been negligent in controlling how their waste was disposed of.

For some, business confidentiality is a key factor, and leaks allowed through the casual disposal of scrap documents that carry sensitive information are very real. This means that businesses to whom confidentiality is an issue need to consider this within their overall criteria when vetting potential business waste disposal partners.

You should look to find potential suppliers who are experienced in this area, and who will be able to give you appropriate documentation that signifies either the safe transit of the papers/drawings to a destruction station, or that the sensitive material has been shredded on site prior to removal. Business waste disposal companies that operate in this arena will also have very stringent employee screening procedures and should be willing and able to allay any fears that you may have in this area.

Here is a check list that you can use not only when you are going through your vendor selection process, but you can also use it as a vendor rating check for your incumbent supplier:

* Does the company have an effective booking service?

* Do they offer a pre-booked arrival time facility?

* Do they always turn up reliably when they say they will?

* Can they prove to you that they only used properly licensed disposal and recycling centres?

* Does the company provide you with full tracking and certification paperwork?

* Are they proactive in helping you to maximize your waste disposal activity?

* Are their staff uniformed, clean, tidy and courteous?

* Are their collection vehicles correctly branded?

* Are they commercially competitive?

If you find a business waste disposal company that can tick all of these boxes, you can be sure that they will prove to be an excellent partner, saving your business both time and money.

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