If you’re a landlord or letting agent, you may need to provide a waste management certificate (or provide evidence that you have applied for one) when applying for a licence for a house in multiple occupation (HMO).
To apply for a waste management certificate, please download and complete this form:
Waste Management Certificate Application Form
Email your completed form to publicspace@merton.gov.uk or post it to the address shown on the form.
What happens next
We will calculate how many bins your property needs, based on the number of occupants. If you need extra bins, we will deliver them to the property.
We will issue you with a waste management certificate when we are satisfied that your property has the correct number of bins.
The waste management certificate will be valid for 5 years from the date of issue.
We may withdraw your licence if bins are not used properly, or if waste is not correctly stored or presented.
Charges
There is no charge for the supply of ‘standard’ bins up to the quantity we have calculated are necessary. The standard bins we provide to households are:
- 180 litre black-lidded wheelie bin for rubbish (collected fortnightly)
- 180 litre blue-lidded wheelie bin for paper and card (collected fortnightly)
- 55 litre green box for plastic, metal, glass and cartons (collected fortnightly)
- 7 litre indoor brown kitchen caddy and 23 litre outdoor brown food bin for food waste (collected weekly)
You may have to pay a charge if your property needs larger ‘Euro bins’.
You may have to pay a charge if more or larger bins are needed, such as if the occupants produce more waste than the bins we provided can hold.
If we receive reports of poorly managed waste at the property, we may need to re-assess your waste needs.