Commercial and trade waste collection
Case reference FOI2026/01692
Received 26 October 2026
Published 11 November 2026
Request
1. Any recorded information showing whether the Council, itself or through a contractor or company acting for it, offers businesses in its area a collection service for commercial or trade waste, as at the date of this request.
2. If it does: - the address of any web page where a business can find out about the service or ask for it; - which waste streams the service collects (for example general waste, mixed dry recycling, paper and card, glass, food waste); - the current charges or price list, or a link to them.
3. If it does not: any standard or recorded information the Council gives a business that asks it to collect its waste (for example a link to a list of private collectors).
Response
1. Any recorded information showing whether the Council, itself or through a contractor or company acting for it, offers businesses in its area a collection service for commercial or trade waste, as at the date of this request.
We do not provide a commercial waste service neither does our waste contractor
2. If it does:
- the address of any web page where a business can find out about the service or ask for it;
- which waste streams the service collects (for example general waste, mixed dry recycling, paper and card, glass, food waste);
- the current charges or price list, or a link to them.
N/A
3. If it does not: any standard or recorded information the Council gives a business that asks it to collect its waste (for example a link to a list of private collectors).
No information provided to businesses as we do not receive enquiries from them.
Documents
This is Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.