Business Waste Management FAQs

For orders in London and Birmingham, we deliver next working day on Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm. For any orders outside of these areas, delivery can be expected within 3-5 working days.

For new customers you can place an order or set up a collection through our website. Simply select your service, order sacks or bins as necessary and/or choose your collection times.

The services we offer include regular business waste collection, specialist recycling services, and one-off rubbish removals. We also offer recycling bins and supplies for your workplace.

As a First Mile customer you have access to the online Customer Portal. You can use the Customer Portal to order and pay for sacks, access your Waste Transfer Note, view your collection schedule, report missed collections and more.

You can place an order 24/7 via the Customer Portal for delivery on your preferred day.

Book your rubbish collection today! Simply tell us what you want us to collect, and where you'd like it collected from - and we'll do the rest. We collect Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm within 24 hours of your booking request.

Enter your postcode, business and contact details to get a quote – and we’ll come back to you with a quote as soon as possible.

Waste Transfer Notes are found on the Customer Portal 24/7

To access and download your Waste Transfer Note:

1. Visit the Customer Portal
2. Login in or choose ‘Email me a link to login’.
3. Once logged into the Portal Select ‘Location’ > ‘Documents’.

You find your collection schedule on the Customer Portal. On the Portal homepage, select “Your Schedule” to view your collections.

To access:

1. Visit the Customer Portal
2. Login or click 'Email me a link to login in'
3. Once in the Portal select 'Location' > 'Documents'

We collect up to 3 times daily, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year, at a time to suit your business and in accordance with any local time band regulations to ensure you’re not at risk of receiving any fines.

We’re sorry your collection was missed! Before reporting a missed collection, we recommend checking the following:

• The waste was presented at the correct time in the agreed place
• Your waste is presented in First Mile sacks

• All of the waste is within maximum weight limits

We don’t often miss a collection but when we do, the easiest way to let us know is via the portal.

1. Visit the Customer Portal
2. Login or click 'Email me a link to login in'
3. Once in the Portal, select ‘Report an Issue > Report missed collection’

You can view and download invoices at any time via the Customer Portal 24/7.

To access and download invoices:

1. Visit the Customer Portal
2. Login or click 'Email me a link to login in'
3. Once in the Portal select 'Account' > 'Invoicing'

This depends on your current payment method. If you have a direct debit set up with us, you don’t need to do anything to make sure your invoice is paid. If you don’t have a direct debit, you can make a card payment on the portal or via BACS transfer.

We genuinely care about our customers and the environment, so we make it easy for you to recycle your business waste in a way that is cost-efficient and leaves the greenest possible footprint on the planet.

Take a look at our Benefits and Service Extras to find out how we deliver our services, and our Company page to hear more about our mission and to meet the team.

First Mile makes your trade waste disposal easier.

We are an award-winning UK waste management company that can easily help you recycle your waste, with over thirty recycling and commercial waste services available to your business at the click of a button.

Benefit from low cost, reliable service, next day delivery, 24/7 helpdesk, high recycling, zero to landfill, and free monthly reporting on all of your achievements.

We provide full transparency on where we sent your business waste and recycling, and we only work with destination partners whose environmental credentials pass our rigorous standards.

You can find our accreditations on the homepage and our certificates and insurances on our compliance page.

We recycle business waste in London and Birmingham for every kind of business and provide nationwide services for many high profile national businesses.

Get a quote to see how we can serve your business.