Stericycle UK Reviews 

790
TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.4

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Review summary

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Considering 87 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the staff for being exceptionally polite, professional, and quick to resolve any account queries without long phone wait times. People also mention that the customer service team consistently goes above and beyond, providing prompt, empathetic, and truly helpful support that makes all interactions exceptionally smooth and pleasant. However, some customers also noted frustrating issues with missed collections, inconsistent schedules, and poor delivery reliability. A few reviewers experienced lengthy delays and poor communication, pointing out that scheduled pickup dates frequently changed without prior notice or adequate warnings from the team.

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Staff

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Customer service

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Service

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Response time

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Delivery service

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Grace was fantastic in dealing with my account query — she took the time to listen, understand what was needed and quickly set about resolving it. We are a large site with lots of moving parts, but Gr... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Gp surgery, requested removal of old sharps & soiled waste bins from premises. Response very quick and bins collected within 2 days. Great service and person I dealt with extremely polite and helpfu... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We switched from Initial to Stericycle last year. We haven't had any issues with the service and the Customer services team is also efficent and reliable. I had to contact them about our scheduled co... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Emma was super helpful. She gave goof advice about how often to ask for sharps collections. She reactivated the account without issue. A date for collection was given there and then. Helpful, profess... See more

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Company details

  1. Waste Management Service
  2. Business to Business Service

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Stericycle is a leading global provider of specialist clinical waste management. Through safe, responsible and sustainable products and services, Stericycle helps our customers remain compliant while protecting the health and well-being of the people and communities they serve. In doing so, Stericycle is shaping a healthier and safer world for everyone, everywhere, every day.


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4.4

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

790 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Booked an end of tenancy paperwork…

Booked an end of tenancy paperwork collection. Explained that we would need to be called an hour before as we would need to give them access to the building. Also explained that we were on the first floor where there was a big lift and paperwork needed to be collected from first floor. As they could not offer earlier we had to go with the date before keys handover.

Sent a reminder email to the team the day before of all of the above and was reassured all was noted for the drivers.

After waiting most of the day today I called the team to check the status as it was getting later to the time we needed to leave. Was told the driver couldn't fit in the lift and so left to go back to the depot.

No call, and no attempt to access the office as I had said we needed a key card to enter so we would need to let him in.

Escalated to a manager in customer services who said they could not do anything to help us.

Will never use this company again.

27 November 2025
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Reply from Stericycle UK

Good Afternoon,

Thank you for your feedback.

Could you please send me your account details so I can look into this further for you.

Many Thanks
E: paula.mclaine@stericycle.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

From the moment my call was answered…

From the moment my call was answered Mark handled my request to collect/replace my Sharp Bins in a friendly, helpful, polite, efficient and professional manner. He was a pleasure to deal with and is a credit to Stericycle.

21 August 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Anything goes.

Sent them a number of emails, regarding dangerous driving, by one of their employees [the clown was happily texting away on a phone, whilst on a very narrow, busy road]. All were ignored. Yet another company, who are far more interested in profit, than safety.

20 August 2025
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Reply from Stericycle UK

Good afternoon,
Thank you for your feedback. Could you please email me with more information so this can be looked into.
Many Thanks
laura.stevenson@stericycle.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very helpful

Very helpful. Abigail sorted out a request to swap box size quickly and easily.

11 August 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Change in Collection points for weekly Service at AZ, macclesfield

I was really pleased with the help and support i received from Megan from the Customer Support team in how they have reacted to our change in the number of collection points needed for our Site at AstraZeneca, Macclesfield.
In this day and age it is a pleasure to work with this team and anyone else involved in tjhe background to make it all happen

21 July 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

All round good experience today

Trevor is (and always has been) fantastic and always a pleasure to see on his collection days. Always calls ahead - professional and friendly! Thank you

Abigail in Customer Service was super helpful today as I needed some help with my account. Quick to reply and action my request. Great service - Thank you

Have had mixed service in the past, but as a long-standing customer, I can say that standards have really improved across the board.

29 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

1 star is also undeserving

I have come across few many companies in business who ties you into long term contracts but this one is a special one . Tied us into 3 years contract in small print on change of ownership of business in their top rate and averagly we paid 3 times the money of going rate for 36 months. Then came missed collections and poor customer care etc . Not only that their cancellation has been a nightmare , again poor customer care and constant billing issues just makes it a nuisance . Stay far off is my only advice. There are much better companies In the market .

17 July 2025
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Reply from Stericycle UK

Good Morning,
Thank you for your feedback. Could you please confirm the details of your account so this can be looked into.
Many Thanks
angela.brooks@stericycle.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Spoke with Martin this morning to book…

Spoke with Martin this morning to book a sharps bin collection and cannot fault the service, he was very polite and helpful and sorted my request very efficiently. He then e-mailed me back to confirm the collection date, thank you.

16 July 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

Quick response from the team, Mark was really helpful in making sure the transport team were notified of changes to our deliveries. Excellent service.

24 June 2025
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