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Under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, employers must provide adequate sanitary disposal facilities in all female and mixed-use washrooms. Sanitary waste is classified as offensive waste under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and must be collected by a licensed waste carrier with proper duty of care documentation. Our sanitary bin services include full compliance documentation as standard.

Yes. Schools must provide sanitary disposal facilities under the Workplace Regulations 1992 and the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999. As an ESPO framework-approved supplier, Hygiene Solutions enables schools to procure directly without tender processes.

Collected washroom waste is taken to our partner Go 4 Greener in Derby, where it is processed using Advetec biotechnology and converted into Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) for energy recovery — fuel that displaces fossil fuels in energy generation. This is recovery-level processing on the waste hierarchy, and it means 100% of the waste we collect is diverted from landfill. Processing locally in Derby keeps the transport footprint low. See our sustainability page for full detail.

Zero-to-landfill means no collected washroom waste ends up in landfill. Hygiene Solutions diverts 100% of the washroom waste it collects, converting it into Solid Recovered Fuel for energy recovery via our partner Go 4 Greener, giving you a verifiable ESG credential for sustainability reporting.

Under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, Duty of Care requires proper waste management and transfer only to authorised persons. As a registered waste transfer station and licensed carrier, Hygiene Solutions provides complete documentation and audit trails for all waste streams we collect.

Costs vary by washroom count, frequency, and products. Our three tiers: Essential, Comfort & Care, and Flagship Eco+, match different budgets. Our free site survey includes a side-by-side cost comparison. Many clients pay the same or less while upgrading to genuine zero-to-landfill processing.

The frequency depends on footfall and usage. Most workplaces require sanitary bin collection every 2 to 4 weeks, but high-traffic sites like schools, hospitals, and leisure centres may need weekly service. Hygiene Solutions offers flexible schedules from weekly, fortnightly or monthly. Your free site survey will recommend the right frequency for each washroom based on actual usage.

No. Sanitary waste is classified as offensive waste under UK regulations and must be segregated from general waste. It must be collected by a licensed waste carrier and disposed of through an approved facility. Placing sanitary waste in general bins risks non-compliance with the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and can result in enforcement action. Our sanitary bin service ensures full legal compliance.

In the UK, clinical waste bags follow a colour-coded system under HTM 07-01: yellow bags for infectious waste requiring incineration, orange bags for infectious waste suitable for alternative treatment, purple bags for cytotoxic and cytostatic waste, and yellow with black stripe (tiger-striped) bags for offensive (non-infectious) waste. Sharps must go in yellow-lidded rigid containers conforming to BS 7320, with orange-lidded containers for non-infectious/hazardous sharps and purple-lidded for cytotoxic sharps. Hygiene Solutions provides correctly colour-coded clinical waste bags and sharps containers with full duty of care documentation.