Get to the root of your waste issues with a waste audit from our team of experts.
A business waste management audit will put you on the path to managing your waste effectively. Our audits assess a wide range of waste streams, including general, recyclable and hazardous materials, helping you identify inefficiencies and ensure full compliance with UK regulations. People hear the word ‘audit’ and panic. You might begin to expect the worst: fines, criticism and crackdowns. Instead, see them as a chance to change your business’ status quo, while growing and improving.
It’s a logistical, necessary step your business needs to take in order to create a waste management plan. This will then help you to comply with UK waste management regulations. A waste audit can be timely and complex if done by someone missing the experience and knowledge needed. Luckily we have a team of experts available to perform the audit.
What is a waste audit?
A waste audit is a detailed assessment of the waste generated by your organisation. It identifies the types of waste produced, current disposal methods, recycling opportunities and potential cost-saving improvements. A business waste audit provides the data needed to improve efficiency, increase recycling rates and develop an effective waste management strategy.
Benefits of a business waste audit
Reduce waste disposal costs
A waste audit identifies inefficiencies in your current waste processes, helping to reduce unnecessary collections, improve segregation and divert recyclable materials from costly disposal routes.
Improve recycling performance
By analysing your waste streams, we can identify opportunities to increase recycling rates, reduce contamination and ensure valuable materials are recovered wherever possible.
Support compliance
A waste audit helps ensure your business is handling waste responsibly and in line with current UK waste regulations, reducing the risk of non-compliance and associated costs.
Enhance sustainability reporting
Accurate waste data provides greater visibility of your environmental performance, making it easier to track progress, measure carbon savings and support sustainability objectives.
Why choose Agecko?
Our waste audits take a scientific, data-driven approach to analysing waste streams, disposal methods and recycling opportunities.
Unlike generic surveys, our audits deliver practical recommendations that help businesses reduce costs, improve recycling rates and support long-term sustainability goals.
✓ Experienced waste consultants
✓ Nationwide service coverage
✓ Tailored recommendations
✓ Waste management plan development
✓ Ongoing support and carbon reporting
✓ Detailed audit reporting and actionable insights
How our waste audits work
After you enquire, we will come down on a scheduled date for your audit. The audit will gather information on multiple factors of your business, from the size of your site, the scale of your weekly operations and types of waste your business creates, to how often your bins are emptied and what you use to store your waste. This includes reviewing all waste types on site, from general and recyclable materials through to any hazardous waste streams requiring specialist handling. We’ll ask questions such as:
- How often do you require a waste collection?
- What waste streams does your business produce?
- Is any of your waste unnecessary?
- Do you segregate your general waste?
- What are the frequency of collections and volume of waste?
- Do you have any waste causing you a problem?
- What carbon emission targets do you wish to reach?
Using the data found, we will then develop a waste management plan. This will help you set sustainable goals and ensure compliance with government regulations. With an environmentally aware workforce, you can create a working environment aiming to create positive change.
Now your business can introduce the changes. By moving forward with a new best-course of action, you will start to see a positive change in how waste management helps your business.
What happens during a waste audit?
We begin by reviewing your site layout, operations and current waste handling procedures. This helps us understand how waste is generated, stored and collected across your business.
Our team assesses all waste streams produced on-site, including general waste, recyclables, food waste and hazardous materials. We identify opportunities to improve segregation and increase recycling rates.
We gather detailed information on waste volumes, collection frequencies, costs and environmental performance. This provides a clear picture of where efficiencies can be improved.
Following the audit, we provide practical recommendations to reduce costs, improve recycling performance and support compliance with current regulations.
We can then develop a tailored waste management plan and help implement the recommended changes. Ongoing support ensures your business continues to optimise waste performance over time.
Benefits of a business waste audit
- Reduce waste disposal costs
- Improve recycling performance
- Identify unnecessary waste streams
- Improve environmental reporting
- Support compliance with waste regulations
Engaging with Agecko UK Ltd has made a huge difference to our waste management across the business. The team’s expertise has facilitated our improvements in environmental management, maximised our waste segregation, supporting our zero waste to landfill commitments.
The team has assisted, with the right expert knowledge, in ensuring that our waste streams are well managed, organised and compliant. They have worked with us to ensure the right control measures are in place, with accurate and timely reporting and access to documentation. I would have no hesitation in recommending the team at Agecko to other businesses.
As a business we have worked with Agecko for over 6 years, now finding their services very reliable, efficient and professional. On a personal note I have work with Caroline and team for the last 2 years and found them friendly, very helpful and supportive. In this time, they have helped me out of a hole a couple of times with their contacts and knowledge of the business. Challenge them and they will come through. I have no hesitation in recommending Caroline and Agecko services team.
We have used Agecko for some time now and when the contract came up for renewal we didn’t hesitate to continue with their services. Over the years, they have assisted us in reducing waste onsite and improving recycling streams. This has been done by providing us with valuable knowledge, data and equipment to assist us, while also proving us some returns. The services offered by Caroline and the Team have been fantastic and nothing has ever been too much to help us.
We would have no issues in recommending them to anyone else looking for a complete recycling solution.
My team and I have had the pleasure in working with Agecko for the last three years. Throughout this time the Agecko team have been professional, supportive, understanding and reactive to our many changing needs at the Cargill ANH site at Dalton. Conny and the team have provided a robust and dynamic service where no job is too small and every request has been successfully completed on time and within budget. We look forward to a continued working partnership going forward, as we work closely with the Agecko team to make sure our waste streams are compliant.
We were looking for a company that could look after our waste management in order to help reduce our waste and our costings, whilst managing the new regulations that are coming in and any future changes. They have successfully done this and we are looking at further ways to help reduce the waste and become more sustainable. Agecko are a very helpful and proactive company with the customer in mind always.
As a business, we have been working with Agecko for many years now. Using Agecko has allowed us to incorporate all of our waste management needs under one roof and they have always done what it takes to fulfil our requirements. Without their help, we would have been overrun & wouldn’t have been able to operate & keep to our own targets/deadlines. One of the things that stands out with Agecko is their commitment to customer service. Our relationship with Agecko has been a continuous asset to us in emergency situations & their ability to assist us in finding a solution to these emergencies is unparalleled.