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Restaurants, Bar and Cafes Recycling
We take glass from bars, oil from restaurants and coffee cups & grounds from cafes - alongside everything else that needs recycling.
Use our low-cost, pay as you go and easy recycling services in pubs, restaurants, cafes and eateries to recycle up to 90% of your waste. We will even recycle your coffee grounds and coffee cups if you offer this service to customers.
Our shiny trucks serve thousands of social hubs every day and we can help your restaurant or bar too.
Focus on your customers, and leave the rest to us.
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View our most popular services for restaurants, bar and cafes recycling below

Food Recycling
Half the price of waste

Coffee Grounds Recycling
Recycle coffee grounds into biofuels

Coffee Cup Recycling
Renewed as paper products

Cooking Oil Recycling
From grease to bio-diesel

Glass Recycling
Back into bottles

Tins and Cans Recycling
100% recyclable

Cartons Recycling

Cardboard Recycling
Recycled in 14 days

Single-Use Plastics Recycling
We can make them useful again!

Flexible Plastics Recycling
Make them earn their keep

Compostable Packaging Recycling
Conditioning for the soil

KeyKegs Recycling
Round and round they go

“GAIL’s is all about caring for food and our communities, and First Mile shares our commitment to managing waste in the most sustainable way possible. We consider our First Mile account manager as another valued member of our own team.”
— Brett Parker, Head of Property, Gail's Bakery, London

"First Mile are reliable, well-priced and friendly, and I look forward to continue working with them. It makes me happy to be a small business doing my bit for the environment."
— Mustafa Izzet, Owner, Fig Tree Cafe, NW1

We’ve been working with First Mile since 2015, and they’ve been a great partner. They've been consistently adaptable to our needs and very reliable, developing innovative processes for recycling our paper cups and coffee grounds that align perfectly with our sustainability goals.
— Peter Long, UK Supply Chain Manager, Caffe Nero
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