Trade kerbside collections

Contact Trade Waste

Enquiries can be made to Business Support Trade Waste:

  • phone: 01835 825111
  • email: tradewaste@scotborders.gov.uk

What we offer

We currently offer general waste, food waste and recycling collection services.

We would like to remind all commercial customers of the existing requirement for all waste and recycling to be presented by 7am on collection days.

Tailored collections

Contact waste and recycling to request a collection service that is tailored to the:

  • needs of your business
  • amount of waste produced
  • number of times you need your bin(s) emptied each week

We will try to design a waste collection service that meets the needs of your business and also give guidance on what can be recycled.

Commercial food waste collections

Find out how to arrange a commercial food waste collection for your business.

Duty of Care

It is the waste producers responsibility to provide the following information regarding type of waste produced and the economic activity that best describes their business.

European Waste Catalogue

Under the Duty of Care, waste producers have a duty to classify and describe their waste correctly, this includes selecting the most appropriate six digit European Waste Catalogue code.

Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities

The United Kingdom Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities is used to classify business establishments and other standard units by the type of economic activity in which they are engaged.

Commercial garden waste

Find out about commercial garden waste arrangements.

Farm plastics

From 1 January 2019, SEPA enforced a ban on burning most types of agricultural waste on farms.

Instead, farmers are expected to arrange for it to be managed and disposed of legally through a contractor.

We do not accept farm plastic for recycling through any of our services, as we cannot recycle the material and do not have space at our facilities.