Fresh Start Waste Services Reviews 

229
TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.2

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Evaluating 70 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the company's reliable and professional service, highlighting the helpfulness, attentiveness, and positive attitude of the staff and account managers. Exceptional customer service is frequently noted, with people appreciating the personalized approach and efficient issue resolution. However, some customers also noted significant issues with the collection and delivery service, experiencing missed collections or considerable delays. People reported bins being ignored or not emptied for extended periods, leading to frustration and operational problems, with some describing the overall service as dysfunctional or even appalling.

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Service

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Staff

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Customer service

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Price

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Delivery service

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Taylor at Fresh Start is great. Was very helpful from day 1 and attentive to any issues straight away. Excellent customer service.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Claire from fresh start deals with any issues we have promptly and they are resolved as quick as possible 😀

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Overall excellent. A little too trigger happy to increase the prices but as I say, operationally exceptional and receptive to customers requirements.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We have had a long working relationship with fresh start using their waste services. Proud to work with a local business and will continue to do so. Claire our account manager has been amazing and... See more


Company details

  1. Waste Management Service
  2. Garbage Collection Service
  3. Recycling Center

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Established in 2006, family-run Fresh Start Waste Services provide commercial business waste management solutions including bins, skips and RORO's to Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire & Lancashire. We operate our own Materials Recycling Facility handling all commercial waste from Card, Plastic, Food, Glass, Paper, Metal, Wood and much more! As a carbon conscious waste management company, the environment is at the heart of everything we do. We encourage our customers to segregate at source and reward those efforts with reduced costs. This creates a win-win solution for customers who enjoy fair costings and reduced carbon impact.


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TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic service

Fantastic service. Taylor’s been very helpful and went out of his was to have my bin delivered on the day from me calling.

May 20, 2025
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Fantastic, we are delighted to hear Taylor went above and beyond. Thanks for taking the time to leave this review.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service

Great service , I needed a extra collection service , that was all arranged the same day great communication with Nichola
Thank you.

May 19, 2025
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Wonderful to hear about the excellent service response time. Thank you for your feedback.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great local service provider

We rang and the phone was promptly answered, all questions were quickly dealt with and followed up with emails the same day. We would recommend this local company for their pro-active service. I did try another national provider at the same time and they still haven't got back to me.... speaks volumes, stay local.

May 15, 2025
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Thanks Audrey for your lovely feedback.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

Excellent service. Very reliable. Were kind enough to change my contract mid term to save me money. Highly recommend.

May 9, 2025
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Thanks for your feedback Rick - was a pleasure dealing with you. Sean

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Sean made the whole process very…

Sean made the whole process very straightforward and easy to complete.

May 8, 2025
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Thanks Jane for your feedback about Sean. He will be delighted to hear it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service

Very simple . Owen was very helpful and friendly whenever I had to speak to him.

May 6, 2025
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Thanks for the feedback, we will let Owen know. Much appreciated.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Customer service

Customer service, speed and ease cannot be faulted! Highly recommend Taylor

May 1, 2025
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Thank you. Taylor will be delighted with your feedback.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing company

Amazing company, on the ball

April 24, 2025
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Thanks Joanne, we really appreciate this review.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Small businesses need to avoid

If you're a small business avoid this company. I never write reviews but I feel I might save someone a lot of time and money here. If you have a small business and more specifically a bar or restaurant, this is not the company for you. Poor service, customer service, fees and they have no issue causing health hazards. It's not important to them.

April 1, 2025
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

We are sorry you feel this way. We are always looking to improve and would appreciate the opportunity to discuss your concerns. Please do get in touch.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Drivers are USELESS and LAZY

We are lucky if they collect once a month, they go to the wrong address, they dont follow instructions as to gates etc, end up with rubbish overflowing regularly, rubbish customer service, AVOID!

March 19, 2025
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

We would appreciate a conversation about this, if you could kindly contact our customer service team, as we want to rectify this situation. Thank you

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not use this company at all

On a scale of 1/10
On collecting your waste 1
On drivers going to the incorrect address 1
The invoicing of the above not turning up ITS A BATTLE MONTH IN MONTH OUT 1
I used this company for 2+ years I ask myself why! No one communicates with each other they make the invoices up as they go along.
Say they can’t get access to your site when they can and then charge you for a lift that didn’t happen.
Rather than go on and on stay well away.

I cancelled my contract with this company very early and in there agreement too ! I received multiple credits for the above problems that were never shown on any invoices month in month out. I’m now being chased for a bin they have collected but state that it’s stolen 🤣 OMG they have collected it but don’t know they have collected it. I had to take the waste myself to the tip that they were charging me for, It’s shocking and a shambles. If you want stress and a lot of your valuable time taken up chasing this company every month for the above, well that’s up to you.

March 19, 2025
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Hi Gill. Would you kindly contact us. We take all feedback very seriously.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful company and we're stuck with them…

Awful company and we're stuck with them 2 more years now as missed the window of opportunity to cancel by 9 days! so they have auto-renewed our contract. The drivers come out of allocated hours, won't wait if there is a vehicle in front of them and don't have the common sense just to ask someone to open a gate if it's closed. When they miss a collection they try to charge us excess the next collection. They aren't the cheapest either!

February 26, 2025
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Thanks for taking the time to leave this feedback, would it be possible to contact us so we can discuss further please. Thank you

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

service on the phone and replying on…

service on the phone and replying on email is good
i find the timing with collection should be more flexible ie
closing time 430 so if end of day bins are full no chance for collection next day can take 3 days
i find weight is all ways an issue 1 week busy 1 week not busy 1 week great driver 1 week interesting driver

March 9, 2025
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

We would welcome the chance to discuss this if you'd be able to contact our team at a time to suit you. Thank you

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Claire Dunn is the reason we use Fresh…

Claire Dunn is the reason we use Fresh Start Waste Services! Very lucky to have her as our Account Manager. We have been using their services for well over a year and anytime we encounter any problems big or small, Claire is on hand to solve them.

March 10, 2025
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Claire will be delighted to hear this! Thank you

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Always provide an excellent service

Always provide an excellent service, and very polite people when I have a query , which is actioned asap

March 10, 2025
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

We appreciate you taking the time to leave this brilliant review. Thank you!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Fresh Start used to open the door and…

Fresh Start used to open the door and reach in for the bin, this stopped and the bin went unemptied for 3 weeks. I complained, they came on a different day and charged me again. This week i arrived a little late, ran past the bin wagon to the door right in front of the driver, he drove off while i opened the door. I still got charged. This is not my idea of good customer service.

February 28, 2025
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

We would welcome the opportunity to discuss this, if you contact our customer service team please

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