Fresh Start Waste Services Reviews 225

TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.2

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Review summary

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Evaluating 79 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the excellent service and the helpful, professional staff. Many highlight the exceptional customer service, noting quick response times and a smooth overall experience. However, some people were dissatisfied with the delivery service, citing missed collections and issues with waste not being picked up as promised. A few other people also felt that the company's customer service was poor, experiencing difficulties with resolving collection problems and slow responses from account managers.

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Staff

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Delivery service

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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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Today I had a meeting with Claire about setting up an account for a busy dental surgery I run. Clare arrived exactly on time and was very helpful and attentive. Never met a more bubbly representativ... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing service as always. Claire and the team try to do their upmost best to accommodate any requests we have regarding our weekly bin lifts. I have been a customer for over 5 years now and having an... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We've been using fresh start for over 8 years, they've been amazing every step of the way. They're always willing to help, when I miss a bin collection they'll always happily come out again on anothe... See more

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Company details

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

Written by the company

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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4.2

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TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Claire was very professional

Claire was very professional, efficient and definitely beat all the other quotes i was given by other waste management companies. Great prices and very understanding of my requirements.
I would highly recommend them!

May 25, 2023
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Thank you for your feedback
We will pass your comments onto our hard working team, and really appreciate you taking the time to leave us this feedback.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Would recommend

Very helpful account manager - setting up our account and collections was easy, they spoke me through step by step. I have a query of an un-emptied bin which they are investigating for us. Would recommend

May 30, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No collection in the last 5 weeks

For five months i have a a total of 4 collections. This is meant to be a fortnightly service.The excuse started off as they couldnt gain access to the bin due to there being a padlock with code on it. This is the lock they provided and the code they provided too.
Now the excuse is "no access" when the driver takes a photo whilst driving past and not even stopping. Its as if they find any excuse not to do the job they get paid to do.Getting responses from people takes forever if at all and it seems nothing gets resolved. Avoid this one.

June 1, 2023
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Thanks for your feedback. We appreciate your concern and would like the opportunity to resolve and improve our service. Would you call us on 0808 178 1966 or email us at info@fswaste.co.uk so that we may assist you further.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Recent moved from old shop to new…

Recent moved from old shop to new premises and I needed a skip quite quickly. Rang the office was quoted and skip delivered really quickly. Top prices and service. Would highly recommend Fresh Start every time!

April 28, 2023
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Thank you for your kind words!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Really quick and simple process that…

Really quick and simple process that allowed us to promptly dispose of numerous problematic refuse items. Our account manager, Claire, is always available to provide information and updates allowing for a seamless service.

May 19, 2023
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Thank you for your kind words we will let Claire know

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Been with fresh start waste for quite…

Been with fresh start waste for quite some years now always been very helpful especially Claire who has helped to reduced my costing ovet the years by being vitulant in keep checking my usage of my bins so glad I changed to fresh start waste.all those years ago and thank you

May 18, 2023
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Thanks for taking the time to leave us this review Susan!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good service

Have been with fresh start for a while. Claire from sales is really helpful and made us feel valued as customers even as a small business.

May 17, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I am currently with B&M waste and i…

I am currently with B&M waste and i have had nothing but issues with them. I contacted Fresh start and i have been dealing with a lady called Claire, her customer service is off the scale. nothing is ever too much and gets back to me straight away, she has helped me terminate my contracts with b&m waste and took all the stress away from me. i couldn't recommended them enough. i am so happy with will be taking over my new account. THANK YOU !!!!

April 20, 2023
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Thank you for your kind words!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DO NOT go with this company TERMS &…

DO NOT go with this company TERMS & CONDITIONS are ridiculous TO GET OUT OF even after 5 years ROLLING CONTRACT !!!!!!!!!!!!

November 24, 2022
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Hi Babr

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review for us, we are sorry you are not satisfied, but we do not provide 5 year contracts.

Much like the rest of the waste industry our contracts roll on an annual basis and the terms area clearly stated in your contract.

We’d be more than happy to discuss this further with you on 01942879440 and resolve any outstanding issue

Best wishes

Fresh Start

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful company with a ridiculous contract which is hard to leave.

This place has an agreement which is both onerous and tedious to get out of. Their manager Jason has been nothing but arrogant and completely unprofessional. I omplore anyone thinking of signing up to this company to read their T @s C's very carefully. They make it ridiculously hard to leave and although we have met their requirements they're still saying that we can't leave. They have been trying to keep us in a contract now for more than two years. Without explanation or warning they tried to increase our contract length from 52 weeks to 104.

February 28, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Took a lot of negotiating to get a…

Took a lot of negotiating to get a charge removed from our account, for a bin tip that did not happen as the driver could not be bothered to empty our bin

February 25, 2022
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Hi Susan

We’re sorry you feel this way, however we’re happy we resolved this.

Best wishes

Fresh Start

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible any excuse not yo take bins

Terrible any excuse not yo take bins , could not wait 5 mins

February 24, 2022
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Reply from Fresh Start Waste Services

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. Our waste collection vehicles are 26 tonnes, unfortunately we cannot wait 5 minutes for access in your area due to traffic blocking. We will also look to revisit the next working day to resolve.

We are sorry for this inconvenience, however this could not be avoided.

We are happy to discuss further on 01942879440 and appreciate your business.

Best wishes

Fresh Start

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

New contract

A very dodgey start to a new contract, bins not being collected, not being returned to where they should be, yet informing this was getting sorted, eventually it was however not in the timescale they advised. I have reduced the collection days and so far there has been an improvement in service.

February 24, 2022
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

not good

collections where never on the times specified and sometimes it was never collected

February 23, 2022

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