Waste removal for hospitality and restaurants
A restaurant or hotel produces several waste streams, and each may have its own hauler, container and schedule. The invoices are usually small and repeat every month, so they rarely get a second look.
A partner firm can compare them with your agreements. Fairview Audit connects hospitality businesses with partner firms. Fairview does not perform the review itself.
Why waste removal matters in hospitality
Hospitality waste is not one bin behind the building. A kitchen may have general trash, cardboard, glass, food scraps and used cooking oil. A hotel adds guest room refuse, banquet leftovers and renovation debris.
Food waste and cooking oil are often collected separately from regular trash. Grease collection may be handled by a different company, under a different contract, and sometimes at no charge or at a credit. Some areas also require food waste diversion or recycling, which changes what you must buy. [VERIFY: local rules on food waste and recycling for food service businesses]
Seasonal trade makes volume uneven. A resort or event venue may need more pickups in summer and fewer in winter. If the schedule never changes, you pay for pickups that carry little.
What a review typically examines
A partner firm compares the agreement, the service actually delivered and the invoice. For a restaurant or hotel it may examine:
- Container size and count against what the contract lists, and what is on site.
- Pickup frequency against the agreement, and against how full the containers are.
- Fuel, environmental and administrative surcharges, and whether the contract allows each.
- Charges for overweight loads, extra pickups, overflow and contamination.
- Automatic renewals and price increases after the initial term.
- Whether the contract has a notice period for cancelling or changing service.
- Grease and used oil agreements, including any credit that should appear.
- Recycling and organics service, and whether you are billed for service you do not receive.
- Whether each location is billed under the right account.
Tip: Walk the loading area and photograph the containers before you talk to a partner firm. A count of what is physically there is hard evidence against what the invoice lists.
What to have ready
- Hauler agreements and any renewal or price change letters.
- Several months of invoices for each hauler and each site.
- Service schedules, if you have them, and any pickup logs.
- Details of containers on site, such as size and type.
- Grease and used oil collection agreements.
- Records of complaints about missed pickups or overflow.
- Contact details for site managers, who often see problems first.
How matching works
Select the request path that suits you: larger business, smaller business or not sure or another need. There is no fixed size cut-off between the two types of firm. Your request goes to the matched partner firm, or to Fairview for manual matching. After that you talk with the firm directly. Fees, if any, are between you and the firm. [CONFIRM: a partner firm supplies and approves whether it keeps your current hauler]
The firm contacts you, you share documents, and the firm reports findings to you. Read how it works for the full sequence.
An independent partner firm that specializes in waste removal handles this work. Fairview Audit makes the match. We do not perform the review ourselves.Who does the work
FAQ
My landlord or property manager arranges waste service. Can I still use this?
You may still have a claim to review how costs are passed on to you. Share the lease clause on common area charges with the partner firm.
Does the review include grease and cooking oil?
It can. Tell the firm about every collection you pay for or receive credit for.
Will I have to change haulers?
No. The review compares your agreements with your invoices. Any change of hauler is your decision.
Related pages
See the parent page on waste removal and the hospitality and restaurants industry page. Related costs are covered in merchant account fees for hospitality and restaurants.
Tell us what you need reviewed. We match you by hand with an independent partner firm. You keep your existing vendors.Find out what you are overpaying.