Waste Concern

What Waste Concern does

Waste Concern Ltd is a UK-based private waste collection company founded in 2007 by Spencer Feldman, headquartered in Radlett, Hertfordshire (Watford area). The company operates a single-bin household and commercial waste collection service across England, Scotland and Wales, offering 240L and 1100L yellow branded wheelie bins for purchase or monthly rental. Its core technical offering is a one-bin solution in which customers place bagged general waste into a single bin without separating recyclables; materials are then sorted at partner nationwide modern recycling centres after collection. The company also runs a proprietary waste transfer note system providing an audit trail from waste origin to processing, and holds Environment Agency approved waste operator status.

The business operates a direct-to-consumer model targeting residential households affected by reduced or cancelled council collection schedules, supplemented by a Commercial Waste Management division serving business customers with non-hazardous and hazardous waste, special event waste, and industrial cleaning services. Revenue is generated through recurring subscriptions (weekly, fortnightly, or monthly collection schedules with annual or monthly billing), per-collection fees (from ~£14), bin rentals (£7.99–£34.99/month), one-time bin purchases (£79.99–£299.99), and ad-hoc bulky and hazardous collections. GoCardless and Cardgate handle payment processing.

Customer acquisition is multi-channel, combining direct online and phone ordering, TV and radio advertising (introduced 2011), a YouTube channel, social media, and a referral programme offering £25 M&S vouchers per successful referral. Named customers are predominantly households and micro-businesses (catteries, childminders, a school), with no disclosed enterprise anchors, funding rounds, or M&A activity.

Name

Waste Concern

Legal name

Waste Concern Ltd

Website

https://wasteconcern.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Waste Concern Ltd is a UK private waste collection company founded in 2007, offering single-bin residential and commercial waste collection with integrated recycling across England, Scotland and Wales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Collection Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (5621), Hazardous Waste Collection (562112)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Packaging Waste Services (Pallets, Cardboard, Film, IBCs/Drums—Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAD)

Keywords

• Household waste collection
• Commercial waste management
• Wheelie bin rental
• Recycling collection services
• Private refuse collection

Headquarters

HQ city

Watford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Waste Collection Services: Per-collection fees for wheelie bin waste collection. Customers pay per collection (ad-hoc) or subscribe to regular weekly, fortnightly, or monthly collection schedules with annual or monthly payment options.
2. Bin Rental: Monthly rental charges for wheelie bins. 240L bins at £7.99/month, 1100L bins at £34.99/month, both requiring minimum 12-month rental agreements.
3. Bin Sales: One-time purchase of wheelie bins. 240L bins at £79.99, 1100L bins at £299.99.
4. Bulky Items Collection: Additional charges for collection of large items such as fridges, furniture, and other bulky household waste.
5. Hazardous Waste Collection: Specialised collection service for hazardous waste on request, quoted separately.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Waste Concern delivers branded yellow wheelie bin waste collection services to UK households and commercial clients. Residential customers use a one-bin solution, placing all bagged general waste in a single bin without needing to sort recyclables, on flexible schedules from weekly to ad-hoc. Commercial clients receive total waste management covering non-hazardous and hazardous waste streams, including collection, treatment, recycling, and disposal, plus bulky items and special event collections. Bins are available to purchase outright or rent monthly, with collection frequencies and pricing tiered by bin size (240L and 1100L).

Product overview

Waste Concern offers a single unified waste collection service for households and commercial clients, consisting of two wheelie bin products (240L and 1100L) and associated collection services. The Home Waste Collection Service provides a one-bin solution where customers put all waste into a branded wheelie bin without separating recyclables. For commercial clients, WasteConcern Commercial Waste Management provides total waste management including collection, treatment, recycling, and disposal of various waste streams. All services integrate recycling as standard at no additional cost.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 240L Wheelie Bin Order Yellow 240 litre wheelie bin sold or rented monthly, used by households for the one-bin general waste collection service with single, weekly, fortnightly, or monthly collection schedules.
• 1100L Wheelie Bin Order Yellow 1100 litre wheelie bin suitable for flats and larger homes, available for purchase or monthly rental with flexible single, weekly, fortnightly, or monthly collection options.
• Home Waste Collection Service Subscription or pay-per-collection household waste service using 240L or 1100L yellow wheelie bins, accepting all bagged household waste except hazardous materials, with customers able to schedule any collection frequency from daily to annual and no compulsory contract.
• Commercial Waste Management Service Total waste management service for commercial clients covering collection, treatment, recovery, recycling, and disposal of non-hazardous and hazardous waste streams, including bulky items collection, special event waste management, and industrial cleaning support, delivered under fixed-price contracts.

Quantifiable outcome

• Single-bin collection reduces household sorting effort

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Recycling Centre PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with nationwide recycling centres where collected waste is sorted and recycled. The company works with partners at modern recycling centres to ensure materials are separated and recycled responsibly. This is integral to their one-bin solution where householders do not need to sort waste themselves.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia UK: Veolia is a global environmental services group with a UK arm providing municipal, commercial, and hazardous waste collection and recycling. It directly overlaps with Waste Concern's residential and commercial collection offerings, including hazardous waste handling.
• Biffa: Biffa is one of the largest UK waste management companies providing residential, commercial, and industrial collections, recycling, and treatment. It serves the same household and commercial segments as Waste Concern but at vastly greater scale and with broader service lines.
• Renewi: Renewi is a European waste-to-product company with UK operations focused on recycling and waste recovery for commercial and municipal clients. It is comparable through its commercial waste and recycling service line overlapping with Waste Concern's one-bin solution.
• Suez Recycling and Recovery UK: Suez provides municipal and commercial waste collection, recycling, and recovery services across the UK. It targets the same commercial waste management customers as Waste Concern's commercial division and many of the same council contracts underpinning household demand.
• FCC Environment UK: FCC Environment is a major UK waste and recycling services provider serving local authorities, commercial customers, and households. It competes for the same municipal contract and commercial collection work as Waste Concern, but at national scale.

Direct peers

• Clearabee: Clearabee is a UK same-day bulky waste and house clearance collection service operating across multiple cities. It is directly comparable to Waste Concern for on-demand residential bulky waste collections such as furniture and white goods.
• AnyJunk: AnyJunk is a UK on-demand bulky waste and house clearance collection service operating nationwide. It directly competes with Waste Concern's ad-hoc and bulky items collection offering for residential customers needing one-off removals.

Regional players

• Hills Waste Solutions: Hills Waste Solutions provides commercial and household waste collection, recycling, and skip hire primarily across the South West of England. It is comparable to Waste Concern through its residential and commercial collection services but operates in a more limited geography.

Emerging players

• LoveJunk: LoveJunk is a UK online marketplace connecting waste producers with licensed waste carriers. It overlaps with Waste Concern on ad-hoc residential and commercial waste removal demand, providing an alternative digital channel that competes for the same customer occasions.
• ClearWaste: ClearWaste is a UK digital platform matching construction, commercial, and household customers with licensed waste hauliers for skip and collection services. It competes with Waste Concern's commercial and ad-hoc collection offerings by aggregating demand across multiple carriers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/WasteConcern
• Facebookfacebook.com/wasteconcern

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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