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Separate Food Waste Collection for London Events

Food waste at events is regulated, smelly and expensive if you get it wrong. Under the Simpler Recycling rules, every London event producing food waste must collect it separately from general rubbish – mixing the two is a duty-of-care breach and leaves your caterers exposed.

Event organisers often inherit the problem late, finding out at the pre-event meeting that caterers expect food-waste bins they haven't ordered, or that the council licence assumed a separate stream the waste contractor doesn't supply.

Wedding and corporate caterers need discreet collections between courses so nothing smells in August heat, and clean caddies that don't break kitchen hygiene standards.

Festival traders need lidded bins next to their pitch that get emptied before service resumes, and a cooking oil drum that isn't tipped into the drains by mistake.

Sustainability teams want evidence that the food waste actually goes to anaerobic digestion and not landfill – with the destination facility named on the certificate.

Any London Waste supplies sealed food-waste caddies, public compostable stations and dedicated collection vehicles that take your food waste to a licensed AD facility. Every certificate names the receiving plant and the tonnage processed.

Simpler Recycling Compliant

Segregated stream keeps your duty-of-care paperwork clean.

AD Not Landfill

Every tonne goes to a named anaerobic digestion facility.

Certified Caddy Liners

EN 13432 compostable liners included in every caddy.

Between-Course Pick-Ups

Discreet emptying for weddings and corporate dinners.

Summer-Safe Bins

Lidded, rodent-proof caddies rated for outdoor heat.

Facility-Named Certificate

Post-event report shows tonnage and destination plant.

What We Accept as Food Waste

✓ Accepted
  • Plate scrapings and kitchen prep waste
  • Meat, fish, bones and dairy
  • Bread, pastries and baked goods
  • Fruit and vegetable peelings
  • Coffee grounds and used tea bags
  • Small amounts of cooking oil soaked into paper
  • EN 13432 certified compostable liners
✗ Not Accepted in Food Waste
  • Bulk cooking oil (separate drum)
  • PLA cups marked "compostable" unless certified EN 13432
  • Glass, plastic cutlery or napkins
  • Packaging including wrappers
  • Black bin bags
  • Dog fouling or nappies

How Our Event Food Waste Service Works

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Tell us your caterer count, expected covers and service windows – we size the caddy fleet and collection schedule.
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Caddies and liners delivered pre-event, placed in caterer prep areas with a short briefing for kitchen teams.
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During the event we empty on schedule – between courses at weddings, pre and post service at festivals.
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Collections go straight to a licensed AD facility. Certificate names the plant and the tonnage received.

Event Food Waste by Type

Weddings & Private Dinners

240L caddies in service corridors, emptied between courses. Clean paperwork for the venue.

Corporate Dinners & Galas

Back-of-house caddies plus catered break-out service. Reported per stream in the sustainability summary.

Food & Drink Festivals

One caddy per trader pitch, emptied ahead of peak service. Cooking oil drums collected separately.

Street Markets

Shared caddy stations for stallholders, plus public-facing compost bins next to recycling.

Sporting Events

Concession stand caddies and VIP hospitality kitchen collections.

Charity Fundraisers

Budget-friendly shared caddies with smaller collection windows.

Why Our Event Food Waste Service Stands Out

Named Destination Facility

Your certificate names the AD plant that received your food waste – not "recycling partners". That matters for sponsors and for legal challenge.

Caterer-Briefed Roll-Out

We send a one-page kitchen brief to your caterers so the caddies actually get used. Contamination rates drop sharply when the back-of-house team knows the rules.

Summer Heat Plan

For August weddings and outdoor events we run additional emptying rounds to keep smell and flies under control – critical for photographer-sensitive weddings.

Compostable Cup Reality Check

Not every "compostable" cup is AD-compatible. We'll review your supplier's spec and tell you honestly what goes in which bin.

Cooking Oil Drums

Separate 20L and 25L drums for bulk oil collection – converted to biodiesel by our oil partner.

Included in Main Quote

We quote food waste inside your main event waste quote – no separate supplier, one invoice, one set of paperwork.

Real London Food Waste Example

London food festival in a royal park, two-day run, 18 food traders and four bars. We placed 18 caddies (one per trader), eight 20L cooking oil drums and four public composting stations signed alongside recycling. Total food waste collected: 4.2 tonnes, all sent to a named Essex-based AD facility. Contamination rate, checked at drop-off: under 3%.

"The caddy brief for traders was the difference. 18 caterers, almost zero contamination. That alone saved us the landfill tax we were budgeting for."

Priya S., Sustainability Lead, London food festival

Food Waste Collection Pricing

Priced per caddy and per collection. A wedding with 2× 240L caddies and one emptying runs from around £95. Festival pricing is per trader pitch and is bundled with the wider event quote. Cooking oil drums are priced per drum.

Free caterer briefing sheet included with every booking.

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How Does It Work

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Tell us which day and time works best for you. We even offer same-day collections.

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Our friendly team will remove and recycle your domestic or commercial waste.

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Event Food Waste FAQ

Yes – under the Simpler Recycling rules, businesses producing food waste must collect it separately from general rubbish. Events producing food waste fall under the same duty-of-care requirements. Mixing food waste into general waste risks enforcement action from the Environment Agency and the local council.

To a licensed anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, where micro-organisms break it down in sealed tanks to produce biogas and digestate fertiliser. Not landfill, not incineration. Your post-event certificate names the specific AD facility that received your tonnage.

Standard options are 23L kitchen caddies (smaller weddings, office catering), 140L and 240L lidded wheelies (main caterer pitches), and 660L outdoor-rated bins for festivals and street markets. Every size comes with certified compostable liners.

Only if certified to EN 13432 and only if the receiving AD plant accepts them – many UK AD plants don't, because breakdown time is too slow for their process. The honest answer is: check the cup spec, check with us before the event, and if in doubt send them to industrial composting instead.

Three things: lidded caddies rated for outdoor use, tighter collection frequency in warm weather (often three-times daily for multi-day events), and placement away from photography zones and ceremony areas. For August weddings we'll also quote refrigerated back-of-house containers if the venue allows.

Yes. Public food-waste stations work best when they're placed next to recycling and paired with clear signage and briefed stewards. Without those, contamination runs high and the stream becomes worthless. We'll tell you honestly whether public food bins make sense for your event.

Bulk cooking oil from deep-fat fryers goes into separate 20L or 25L sealed drums at each caterer pitch. We collect the drums after service and send them to a biodiesel partner. Paperwork is issued under the cooking-oil waste code, separate from food waste.

Yes – every caddy comes with a starting stock of EN 13432 certified compostable liners, plus a spare roll. If your caterers already use their own liners, ask us to check – some plastic-film "compostable" liners aren't AD-compatible and contaminate the stream.

A waste transfer note under our waste carrier registration, tonnage broken down per collection, the EWC code for food waste, and a named destination AD facility. That packet is what your venue, council or sponsor will ask for if they audit.

Yes. Many venues have a main waste contract in place and only need a specialist food-waste supplier. We'll quote food waste stand-alone with caddies, liners, collection and certificate. If you later want the rest of the stream, see our events hub.
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