The commercial collection service is the service responsible for removing the waste generated by the city's commercial and service activities, as well as some waste generated by industrial activities that have characteristics similar to commercial waste. Through the phone 010 or through the Citizen Service Office (OAC), inquiries can be made related to the commercial collection service, either regarding the collection of cardboard, the collection of organics, glass or waste.

Cardboard collection

From June 9, 2025, the expanded door-to-door collection of commercial cardboard will come into operation and with modified schedules according to routes.

This service is free and runs from Monday to Saturday (except holidays). Establishments must leave the cardboard neatly folded next to the establishment's facade at the time stipulated on each route.

Delivering the cardboard outside of the established hours is an uncivil act that can be sanctioned.

To cover the most commercial areas of Reus, three different routes are carried out. The routes and timetables for the cardboard collection service can be found in the following document (PDF).

Commercial cardboard collection brochure (PDF)

Collection of organics, glass and waste

Every economic activity in the city has the possibility of managing its waste through authorized managers or using municipal collection.

If the establishments do not want to be part of the commercial waste collection service provided by the Reus City Council, they must justify to the Environment Department the management of their waste through a private waste manager authorized by the Agency of Waste from Catalonia.

Economic activities that manage their waste through the municipal waste collection service must pay a public price established in municipal ordinance number 22. In addition, they must also comply with the stipulated collection rules and schedules.

The collection system used is door-to-door collection, through which the establishments have private containers for the separation of the different waste and which they take out to the street only at the time of collection.

Service hours
Container collection times depend on the contracted services.

Service rules

• The waste must be deposited in tightly closed bags inside the containers provided by the Reus City Council, with the exception of cardboard, which is left neatly folded at the door of the establishment.

• The containers can only be on the street during the hours indicated by the collection service managers, the rest of the hours must remain inside the establishment.

• These containers are the property of the Reus City Council, which gives them to the commercial activity as long as it is attached to the commercial waste collection circuit. In the event of the sale of the commercial activity, the containers will be returned to the Reus City Council and will in no case have another destination.

• The cleaning of the containers is the responsibility of the establishment. Two intensive washes per year are included in the cost of the service

• The City Council reserves the right to remove containers if they are not used properly or if their use is not justified.

Establishments that wish to do so can request the addition, cancellation or modification of the commercial and industrial waste collection service similar to municipal waste through various channels: face-to-face, telematic and postal.

Access the procedure

Pneumatic collection

Shops and establishments that are in a pneumatic collection area can request the key to open the mailboxes, if the volume of waste they generate poses a problem for them when throwing the waste into the mouths of the mailboxes It can be requested via telephone 010 or the OAC.

Drop-off for shops and industrial establishments

Businesses and industrial establishments can make use of the waste collection service, the public service where both recyclable and special waste must be taken to facilitate its reuse and treatment. The conditions of use of this service are determined in the waste disposal regulations.

Until now, the entry of waste to the waste collection sites is free.

The following can be taken to the rubbish bins:

The waste collection for use by commercial and industrial establishments is located in the Agro-Reus Estate.