About FJL

The local choice.28 years strong.

FJL is the independent commercial waste contractor for West London, Surrey and the Thames Valley. Family run from a depot in Uxbridge, more than fifteen thousand customers on the books. Not part of a national group. Not a franchise. The same people who answer the phone run the routes.

  • Family run, locally owned
  • Our own branded fleet
  • Uxbridge depot
FJL Waste Services lorry with Mens Mental Health Awareness livery, side view
FJL Waste Services bin lorry with Lightning McQueen Cars livery, front angle
  • 0 years

    Strong. Independent. Family run.

  • 0+

    Customers and counting

  • 0.00M tonnes

    A year. Quite a lot of someone elses rubbish.

  • 0%

    HVO fuelled fleet. Lower carbon by default.

Our story

Our story.

FJL is a long-established West London independent, family owned and family run, built by people with 28 years of experience in commercial waste between them. The phone line is busy, the fleet is branded, and the customer list has grown past fifteen thousand. The setup is what it always was: pick up the phone, talk to a human, get the bins lifted.

We grew up the obvious way. One job leads to the next one on the same street. One street leads to the rest of the trading estate. Routes built like that, slowly, are the routes that stay efficient years later. By the time we were running daily collections across the Hillingdon, Ealing, Hounslow and Richmond boroughs, the fleet had grown to match. Same again across Surrey, into Spelthorne, Elmbridge and Runnymede, then out through Slough, Windsor, Maidenhead and the Thames Valley belt.

A lot of the local independents we started alongside have been bought up by national groups since. We have not. Family run, locally owned, locally dispatched. The decisions about your collection get made by people you can speak to, in a depot you could walk into. That is the bit we are not interested in giving up. If you are stuck with one of the big contractors, here is why we are a genuine alternative to Biffa and the other nationals.

Credentials

Credentials.

Every collection FJL runs is fully licensed and fully insured. Our Environment Agency Waste Carrier Licence is CBDU91900 and the full Duty of Care paperwork sits with every collection, ready for an auditor, landlord or ESG team to see.

  • Environment Agency Waste Carrier Licence on file and renewed annually.
  • Duty of Care Waste Transfer Notes issued on every collection.
  • Public and employers liability insurance in force across the fleet.
  • Operator licence held for HGV vehicles.
  • All waste tipped at fully permitted recycling and recovery facilities, with transfer station tickets retained.
Waste Carrier Licence
CBDU91900
Depot
Uxbridge
Years in business
28

Fleet

The fleet.

Every lorry on a route is ours. DAF and Scania skip lorries for builders skips, rear-end loaders for the trade wheelie bin routes, hookloaders for the roll on roll off work. Branded in FJL livery so you know who is on your site. No subcontracting, no white vans, no surprises.

The drivers are employed, not gig workers. Most of them have been with us for years. They know the routes because they run them every week, which means they know which gates stick, which side roads are restricted at 8am, and which receptions need the paperwork stamped before they leave. That is the part a satnav never tells a stranger.

FJL Waste Services white DAF bin lorry, branded front view
FJL Waste Services DAF skip lorry, autism-awareness livery, side view in open countryside
FJL Waste Services red Lightning McQueen tribute bin lorry parked in a car park
FJL Waste Services lorry with Mens Mental Health Awareness livery, rear angle

Depot

Our depot.

The depot sits in Uxbridge, UB8, on the A4127 with the A40 a minute away. We are five minutes from the M25 at Junction 16 and a short hop from the M4 at Junction 3. Routes radiate from here every morning, west into the Thames Valley, south through Spelthorne and Surrey, east into the boroughs of West London. That geography is the reason we can give you a price the big national operators usually cannot.

Why our lorries look like that

Working trucks. Working causes.

Mental health awareness, autism support, a Lightning McQueen tribute that makes kids point on the school run. Our fleet earns its keep and then some.

FJL Waste Services lorry with Mens Mental Health Awareness livery, rear angle

Mens Mental Health

You are never alone.

Awareness livery on the side of every collection round in the boroughs we serve. Quiet, important, on the side of a bin lorry.

FJL Waste Services DAF skip lorry, autism-awareness livery, side view in open countryside

Autism Awareness

A bit of colour goes a long way.

Designed with families in mind. Lifts the spirits on collection day and raises money for local charities.

FJL Waste Services red Lightning McQueen tribute bin lorry parked in a car park

Cars Theme

Kids love bin day.

Lightning McQueen on a Mercedes. A community favourite, especially on the school run.

Talk to us

The local choice. Strong, independent, family run.

28 years of independent waste collection across West London, Surrey and the Thames Valley. Talk to a real human at the depot.