Facilities Management

Nationwide waste management for facilities management companies

Facilities management waste services built around your sites

At Recycling Lives Services, we offer total waste management solutions tailor-made to your business, allowing you to consolidate and manage any and all facilities management waste across multiple sites with just one supplier.

Working with large, blue-chip, and SME businesses, we develop facilities management waste solutions to improve the efficiency of waste disposal. Our consultants and trainers work together to deliver compliant solutions and manage multiple waste streams in the most efficient ways possible.

We offer recycling for facilities management companies, minimising the environmental impact of your waste by providing closed loop solutions. Our processes recycle waste like plastic and cardboard, reworking it into new packaging or products that can be placed on the market.

Total waste management services for facilities management businesses

Managing facilities management waste across multiple sites with separate suppliers creates real operational risk: inconsistent collections, varied compliance standards, and no single picture of what is being collected, recycled, or disposed of. Our total waste management services remove that fragmentation. One contract. One point of contact.

Building effective facilities management waste contracts starts with understanding each site: the volume and types of waste produced, the frequency of collections needed, the space available for containers and compactors, and any site-specific compliance requirements.

We can advise on how to reduce waste at source, segregate materials for higher recycling rates, and right-size skips and containers so you are not paying for capacity you do not use. Where sites change—through refurbishment, new tenants, or changes in operations—we adjust collections accordingly.

Comprehensive solutions for facilities management waste

Proper facilities management waste disposal solutions are essential for ensuring regulatory compliance and reducing costs. Waste streams we regularly collect and process for facilities management clients include:

General commercial and trade waste
Dry mixed recycling (cardboard, paper, etc.)
Food waste and packaging
Glass and metal
Confidential and shredded waste
WEEE and electronic equipment
Hazardous waste

We can handle all of the above and more, with full audit trails and reporting available through the RLS portal.

Hazardous and specialist waste

Many facilities management contracts include buildings where hazardous waste is a routine part of operations. Cleaning chemicals, aerosols, fluorescent tubes, oils, and batteries are all classified as hazardous under UK legislation. Disposing of them incorrectly exposes your business and your clients to fines, prosecution, and reputational damage.

Our hazardous waste disposal service is fully licensed by the Environment Agency and covers collection, packaging, transport, and compliant disposal. We also handle confidential waste destruction and WEEE recycling for building occupants who need certified disposal with a documented audit trail. This is particularly useful for FM companies managing premises in regulated sectors such as healthcare, financial services, or government.

Simpler Recycling compliance services

From 31 March 2025, businesses in England with ten or more full-time equivalent employees have been required to separate food waste, dry mixed recycling, and paper and card for collection. Plastic film follows from 31 March 2027. These obligations sit with the premises, not just the occupant—which means planning facilities management waste disposal processes across all portfolios is now a compliance and operational task.

Getting it right means having the correct container types on site, collection schedules that match the waste produced, and a provider who can evidence compliant segregation and disposal. Our waste management consultancy team works with facilities management companies to review current arrangements, identify gaps, and put compliant collection plans in place. For a plain-English breakdown of the obligations and deadlines, see our guide.

Reporting that supports your clients’ ESG requirements

FM managers are increasingly expected to provide sustainability data to building owners, occupants, and procurement teams. Recycling rates, carbon impact figures, and landfill diversion percentages are now part of what clients want from a managed service.

Our online customer portal tracks the complete waste management journey from collection to disposal. It produces multi-site diversion data, carbon impact reports, and recycling rate breakdowns that you can share directly with your clients or include in your own ESG reporting. For companies managing waste on behalf of building occupants, that audit trail is an asset.

Contact us about our facilities management waste services

Recycling Lives Services supports facilities management organisations across the UK with compliant, cost-effective waste management solutions. If you are unsure how current waste and recycling rules apply to your facilities management contracts, or you want to consolidate your waste collections under one compliant supplier, get in touch with our team for practical guidance.

Frequently asked questions about facilities management waste

What is facilities management waste?

Facilities management waste refers to all waste streams generated across the buildings and sites a facilities management company manages. That typically includes general waste, recycling, food waste, hazardous materials, WEEE, and confidential waste. Effective facilities management waste services ensure these waste streams are handled safely, compliantly, and sustainably.

Can you manage waste across multiple sites on a single contract?

Yes. We regularly work with facilities management companies managing waste across multiple sites under one contract, with consolidated invoicing and reporting. Our team assesses each site individually to set up the right collection schedules and container types, then brings all of it together into a single account with one point of contact.

How do you help facilities managers improve recycling rates?

We conduct waste audits to identify improvement opportunities and implement tailored recycling strategies for facilities managers. This may include optimising bin configurations, improving signage, and introducing additional recycling streams. Our goal is to reduce landfill reliance and maximise resource recovery.

Do you provide environmental and reporting data?

Yes. We provide detailed waste data and environmental reporting to help facilities managers track performance and comply with corporate ESG requirements. Through our easy-to-use online portal, you can track your waste from collection to disposal and view carbon impact data in real time.

Can facilities management waste collections be scheduled around building operations?

Absolutely. We understand that facilities management often operates within strict access windows and service-level agreements. We offer flexible collection schedules, including out-of-hours services, to minimise disruption to tenants, staff and visitors.

Do you offer waste management consultancy for facilities management?

Yes. We can provide on-site waste assessments and strategic consultancy to help facilities managers streamline processes, reduce costs, and improve environmental performance.

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Learn more about industry-leading platform – advanced reporting capabilities through our bespoke, online customer portal. Tracks the complete waste management journey from collection to disposal. Includes multi-layered diversion data and enhanced carbon impact reports.

Why work with us

British Gas

“Our relationship with Recycling Lives spans more than 6 years starting with our first load in 2016.

We send scrap and waste material including copper, brass, ferrous metal and more they also handle our hazardous waste such as oil and aerosols. We honestly like everything about Recycling Lives, their people are dedicated to what they do, work hard and are exceptionally friendly to deal with. Their attitude to work and charity is inspirational. Long may our partnership continue.”

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Why work with us

British Telecom

“BT and Recycling Lives have a long established relationship stretching back over 15 years.

We were looking to ensure we met and exceeded all of our environmental and waste targets and goals. To enable us to achieve this, we needed to work with the right partners that carry the same values and provide us with solutions we need in an ever change environment. Recycling Lives have continuously demonstrated their ability to deliver, always willing to go that extra mile when needed, and have built a trust within BT that our waste is in safe hands. We will continue to work with Recycling Lives in the future.”

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