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Running a hotel, pub, restaurant, holiday park, café or visitor attraction comes with enough headaches already. Your commercial waste collection shouldn't be another one. Yet for hospitality and tourism businesses across Norfolk and Suffolk, waste can mean overflowing bins during busy periods, missed collections, mountains of cardboard, rising costs, food waste, complicated recycling requirements and staff wasting time sorting problems that shouldn't be theirs to solve. The g

We're delighted to welcome Spixworth Social Club to the Marshalls family, following a referral from one of our contacts. The club had recently been taken on by Emma and Chris Kirkley who discovered there was one fairly important thing missing: bins. They thought arrangements had already been made with another waste company, but a contract hadn't actually been signed. With the club operating and waste being produced, they needed a solution - quickly. He gave Marshalls a call t

If your business produces large amounts of cardboard or plastic waste, what you're currently treating as a waste cost could potentially become an income stream. For many businesses, packaging waste is simply seen as an unavoidable cost. Goods arrive. Cardboard boxes and plastic packaging are removed. They fill up bins. The bins are collected. And every month, the business pays someone to take it all away. But what if some of that material has a value? At Marshalls, we're inte

If you run a small business in Norfolk or Suffolk, you could be forgiven for seeing headlines about the EU's new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and thinking: we've left the EU, so what has this got to do with me? For many businesses, the direct answer is not much. But if you manufacture products, sell packaged goods into Europe, import products, run an online retail business, or simply generate significant amounts of cardboard, plastic and other packaging waste, it'

When you’re organising a music festival, there are plenty of things you want to be thinking about: performers, visitors, food, drink, entertainment and making sure everyone has a brilliant day. What you probably don’t want to be worrying about at the last minute is bins. That’s exactly where Marshalls came in when the team behind Reepham Music Festival needed additional waste capacity at short notice. A last-minute request for festival bins With the festival approaching, the

When world supermarket Norfolk Daily Fresh on Magdalen Street in Norwich approached Marshalls, they had already spent over two months trying to resolve ongoing waste management issues. Despite working through four different waste providers and a broker, no practical solution had been found. The business was facing a number of operational challenges: Existing bin numbers and waste streams were unsuitable for the volume of waste being produced. General waste bins on site were r

At Marshalls, we believe supporting our local community is just as important as supporting local businesses. This weekend, we were delighted to provide a range of 240-litre Marshalls wheelie bins completely free of charge to help Cawston Primary School with Cawfest 2026. From helping keep the site clean throughout the day to collecting waste after the event, we were proud to play a small part in making the school’s summer fête a success. Our support didn’t stop at delivering

Marshalls Joins Norfolk Chamber of Commerce (Our First Professional Membership) At Marshalls, we have always believed that business is about more than simply providing a service. It is about building relationships, supporting the local economy, and learning from other organisations that are working hard to make Norfolk a great place to live and work. That is why we are delighted to announce that we have officially joined the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce as our first profession

At Marshalls, we're passionate about more than just collecting waste; we're committed to helping create cleaner, greener communities across Norfolk. That's why we were delighted to support a recent community litter pick along Riverside Road in Norwich, organised by St Martins Housing Trust, bringing together volunteers who gave up their time to help make a positive difference to the local environment.

Sometimes the best partnerships begin with a phone call. For Marshalls, that call came through via a referral from The Belle Vue in Norwich; a venue that had recently undergone an extensive renovation project and was preparing to reopen its doors. As opening day approached, one important operational detail had accidentally slipped through the cracks. Waste and recycling provision. A Thursday afternoon call from Operations Director David Sanchez to Marshalls quickly became sam

Historically, Resins ‘R’ Us - one of the UK’s leading supplies of resin-bound driveway materials - disposed of large volumes of cardboard and plastic packaging through FEL bins; creating ongoing collection costs, inconsistent recycling outcomes, and unnecessary vehicle movements. Photo caption: Matthew Brister, left, Head of Business at Resins ‘R’ Us with our director Ryan Marshall, with the baker we installed After conducting a full waste audit, Marshalls identified that aro

When Another Waste Company Lets You Down: How We Delivered Bins to Clarence House in 24 Hours For businesses, waste isn’t something you think about… until suddenly you don’t have a bin. That’s exactly what happened at Clarence House, a shared business space, when their outgoing waste provider unexpectedly removed all their bins with no notice - leaving tenants without a working waste solution overnight. The Problem: No Bins, No Notice, Immediate Need Clarence House already ha

Avoid cross-contamination, protect your team and keep your business compliant For many businesses, waste management is something that happens in the background — until a bin is contaminated, overloaded, or becomes a health and safety problem. But proper waste segregation isn’t just about recycling. It affects compliance, safety, operational efficiency and even costs. At Marshalls , we work with businesses across different sectors every day, and we see first-hand how simple wa

Opening a nursery or childcare setting is exciting - but alongside staffing, safeguarding and creating the right environment for children, waste management is an important area that can be overlooked. Getting the correct waste setup in place early helps childcare providers stay compliant, maintain hygiene standards and avoid unnecessary disruption once children arrive. At Marshalls , we recently worked with Nature’s Nook Day Nursery in Norfolk during their pre-opening phase

The situation The Edith Cavell is a busy city-centre pub in Tombland, Norwich. Like many hospitality businesses operating from older premises in the city, space for commercial waste bins is extremely limited. Marshalls initially arranged for Veolia to service the pub’s glass waste. However, as the pub became busier, the volume of glass increased and one collection per week was no longer enough. The obvious solution would normally be to add another glass bin, but there simply

Welcoming Our First Aylsham Client: The Living Room Big news for us at Marshalls … we’re proud to be supplying our very first client in Aylsham – the brilliant The Living Room . If you know Aylsham, you’ll know it’s a vibrant, independent market town with a real buzz about it. And right at the heart of that buzz is The Living Room – a busy wine and prosecco bar that’s become a go-to spot for locals and visitors alike. Independently owned, proudly local The Living Room is ind

At Marshalls, we’re all about doing our bit for the communities we serve; not just collecting bins, but helping people and organisations thrive. That’s why today was extra special for us: we volunteered our waste management van to support Break’s Christmas Tree Recycling initiative across Norfolk and the surrounding postcodes. Peter Marron, Break and Ryan Marshall from Marshalls Every January, Break , a local charity that supports children and young people in and around care

FEL Bin vs Skip: Which Is Better (and Cheaper) for Your Business?

If you’ve ever looked at your waste setup and thought “we need something bigger than a kitchen bin, but not a skip” - the 240L wheelie bin is probably exactly what you’re after. It’s one of the most commonly used commercial bins in the UK, and for good reason. Reliable, versatile and easy to manage, it works for a huge range of businesses across Norfolk and beyond. Here’s everything you need to know. What Is a 240L Wheelie Bin? The 240 litre wheelie bin sits comfortably in

If your business produces bags of sawdust, you’re not alone. Workshops, joiners, carpenters, manufacturers and timber processors across the UK deal with sawdust waste every day, and managing it properly is essential for safety, compliance and cost control. Here’s how to handle sawdust disposal efficiently, and when it’s time to rethink your current setup.