Plastic Waste Recycling and Collection

Let Fresh Start Waste Services take care of your plastic waste recycling to create a greener, cleaner future for all.

 

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Plastic Waste Recycling In The North West

Fresh Start is one of the UK’s leading independent waste plastic recycling companies. We help you segregate at source for fast and efficient plastic recycling. Manchester is home to our Materials Recovery Facility and we provide collections throughout the whole of the North West.

Of the more than 1 million bins we empty each year, around 218,000 of them are dedicated to plastic recycling. We collect practically all types of hard and soft plastic waste, such as:

  • Shrink wrap
  • Strapping
  • Bins and buckets,
  • Bottles
  • Shopping bags

No matter what sector you are in or whereabouts in the North West, we can support your business with plastic recycling services that promote a sustainable future and help to reduce your bottom line. 

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Whatever your business, we offer sustainable waste management and recycling collection services across various towns and regions.

As a carbon-conscious company, the environment is at the core of everything we do. Being a widely trusted waste collector, we understand our responsibility to both our customers and the community to minimise our carbon footprint. That’s why we provide win-win solutions by encouraging customers to segregate waste at the source, rewarding these efforts with reduced waste disposal costs.

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Why Choose Fresh Start As Your Plastic Recycling Company?

When you choose us for your plastic waste recycling you get a tailored service that includes:

  • Reliable and on-time waste collections across the North West 
  • Zero-to-landfill solutions
  • Mixed plastic collections so you don’t need to separate each type of plastic
  • A complete waste and recycling strategy with a focus on sustainability
  • Simple and effective ways to segregate your plastics from general waste
  • Access to a dedicated account manager for any queries
  • Honest prices and an easy to understand and pay invoice

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Simpler Recycling Laws

From March 2025, Simpler Recycling Laws come into practice. This means that all businesses will need to separate their waste for recycling or composting in the same way domestic properties have to. It will therefore be a legal requirement to manage your business plastic recycling. Business owners can get ahead of these changes now with waste and recycling collections from Fresh Start. 

The Plastic Recycling Process

When you choose Fresh Start for your plastic waste recycling you can look forward to a seamless end-to-end process:

  1. After an initial consultation, we conduct an audit of your workplace to find out how you currently manage plastic disposal.
  2. From here we will recommend ways you can reduce the use of plastics altogether, simultaneously reducing purchasing overheads and helping the environment.
  3. We then assess your plastic waste output and, depending on the type and volumes generated, we provide the most suitable bins, from plastic-specific wheelie bins, to compactors and baling machines for heavier recyclers.
  4. You can look forward to on-time collections at a pre-arranged day and time. 
  5. Once collected, the raw plastic materials are graded, sorted and processed using a range of ethical recycling techniques. Your plastic waste can be transformed into a staggering range of products, including insulation for sleeping bags, pellets for road construction and even clothing.
  6. We will also train your staff on the steps needed to correctly segregate your recyclables into the appropriate containers for more efficient plastic recycling. Companies can benefit from fewer collections by following these improved practices, thereby saving more money.
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Commercial Plastic Disposal

We collect every type of waste, including glass, biochemical and food waste, from all kinds of industries, such as hospitality, education and environmental sectors. Every business generates plastic waste with some having larger volumes than others, for example, clinical and construction companies. This is why we accept a variety of plastic types from commercial premises throughout the region: 

  • PET – Polyethylene Terephthalate
  • HDPE – High Density Polyethylene
  • LDPE – Low Density Polyethylene
  • PVC – Polyvinyl Chloride
  • ABS – Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
  • EPS – Expanded Polystyrene
  • PP – Polypropylene
  • PS – Polystyrene
  • PC – Polycarbonate
  • PA – Nylon
  • PMMA – Acrylic (Polymethyl Methacrylate)
  • Plastic Film
  • And all other forms of widely recycled plastic packaging

Plastic Waste Recycling And More 

Recycling technology has moved forwards rapidly in recent years, and we’ve invested heavily in our infrastructure, logistics and green credentials. This includes our forest carbon initiatives and a fleet of eco-friendly vehicles. As an environmentally conscious waste management company, we’re sure that we’ll be able to assist your business with hitting its recycling obligations.

Aside from plastics, we offer full waste management solutions for everything from general office waste to hazardous industrial refuse, so no matter the needs of your business, we’ll be able to tailor a bespoke plan which suits you.

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Responsible Plastic Disposal

Plastics have become one of the major causes for concern at landfill sites across the globe. This is because waste that ends up in landfill can go years without getting any air, water or sunlight, and plastics essentially mummify rather than rot away.

Here at Fresh Start, we are determined to do our bit to help not just the planet’s ecosystem, but to reduce the impact that scrap plastic has on the environment in the North West, too. The common misconception is that plastic is impossible to recycle. We want to correct this thinking with end-to-end simple plastic recycling services. 

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Only around 55% of the UK’s plastic waste is currently recycled. The rest is either incinerated or buried in landfill.

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It can take a plastic bottle around 450 years to biodegrade, while shopping bags can take as long as 1,000 years to decompose.

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Around 11 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean each year causing havoc for marine life and washing up on the shore line.

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