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westminster clean streets

Jul 26, 2021

Tackling the Euro 2020 clean up

Cleaning Westminster’s streets around major sporting events Throughout the recent Euro 2020 tournament, from before the first whistle was blown until late into the night after the last whistle, our front-line staff have worked tirelessly to keep the City clean and safe in partnership with Veolia. Fan celebrations took place across Westminster, with large groups […]

Jul 14, 2021

Flash flooding in Westminster

Following severe flooding on Monday 12 July 2021, Westminster City Council is working closely with the London Fire Brigade, Thames Water, local housing associations and other partners to manage the situation and ensure the safety of all residents and businesses. If your business has been impacted by the flooding please see this page for information. […]
Reducing business food waste with Westminster City Council

Jun 14, 2021

Commercial Waste Services helps London Boroughs with business food waste collections

Food waste is a valuable resource. Just throwing it away is wasteful since it can be turned into  fertilisers such as compost and green energy (biogas). This avoids food waste ending up in landfill sites where it creates harmful methane gas, a powerful greenhouse gas which contributes towards climate change.  Over the past ten years, […]
Circular Economy Week 2021 – getting your business involved

Jun 7, 2021

Circular Economy Week 2021 – getting your business involved

What is a circular economy? Looking beyond the current take-make-waste extractive industrial model, a circular economy aims to redefine growth, focusing on positive society-wide benefits. It entails gradually decoupling economic activity from the consumption of finite resources and designing waste out of the system. Underpinned by a transition to renewable energy sources, the circular model […]
How Commercial Waste Services is keeping its charges low for customers

Jun 1, 2021

How Commercial Waste Services is keeping its costs low for customers

At Commercial Waste Services (CWS), we maintain our strong commitment to supporting our customers throughout the challenging COVID-19 lockdown period – for instance, we did not charge businesses that did not need collection services due to being closed in line with strict lockdown restrictions. We know that times are tough for many Westminster businesses and […]
DEFRA

May 24, 2021

UK Government launches consultation on future recycling collections

Consultation on new household and business recycling rules Over the last 20 years, we have seen recycling rates increase substantially. However, it has become clear that progress is slowing – that’s why the Government has launched a consultation on consistent recycling collections. The consultation calls for greater consistency in the materials collected for recycling as […]
Increase recycling rate across your estates

Apr 26, 2021

How to increase recycling rates across your estates

In 2017, Shaftesbury PLC started working with Westminster City Council Commercial Waste Services on improving waste management and increasing recycling rate for the Carnaby Estate. The iconic shopping and dining destination in Soho, comprising 160 businesses as well as office and residential premises, faced a number of challenges but were able to overcome these by […]
Happy Earth Day

Apr 22, 2021

Earth Day 2021 is here – is your business ready?

Earth Day falls on Thursday the 22nd April this year, with three days of events and activities to promote awareness and unite the world to take action on issues like climate change, environmental conservation, plastic waste and pollution. In recognition of Earth Day’s important environmental work over more than 50 years, we are sharing some […]
Al fresco dining

Apr 16, 2021

Westminster’s al fresco scheme: what you need to know

Restaurants, cafes, pubs and the wider hospitality industry have been among the hardest hit by lockdown. After weeks, and months of closed doors, the Prime Minister outlined his roadmap for recovery, stating that hospitality settings outdoors will be able to re-open in April.  While indoor hospitality is expected to reopen later in the year, Westminster […]
Stop Food Waste Day

Apr 13, 2021

Stop Food Waste Day – 28 April 2021

Food waste is an expensive issue, costing UK hospitality and food businesses alone around £2.5 billion per year. Wasting food is not just a cost-management problem: it also has a significant environmental impact. For example, the water used to produce the world’s wasted food each year would be enough for 9 billion people.  Stop Food […]
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