How to grow your payments app with private waste collectors
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
In many towns and estates, rubbish is collected by small private firms and groups rather than the council. They serve hundreds of homes, shops and market stalls on a weekly round and charge a small fee, which someone has to collect in cash, door to door. Many customers pay late or say they have already paid. Collectors also pay crews, truck owners and dumping fees. A payments app that sends a monthly payment link, takes one-off pickup payments and lets owners pay their crews can win these collectors, and every household on the round sees your app.
Talk to waste collectors
Ask local private waste collectors:
- How do households and shops pay you, and how often?
- How much time do you spend going door to door to collect fees?
- How do you keep track of who has paid and who has not?
- How do you pay your crew, truck owners and dumping fees?
Send a regular payment link
A payment link sent each week or month lets customers pay from their phone, and the collector sees at once who has paid.
Take one-off pickups
Letting people pay by phone for an extra pickup after a party, a clear-out or building work brings in more jobs.
Grow through every street
One collector may serve hundreds of homes. When each of them pays through your app, your app reaches a whole neighbourhood at once.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about skip hire?
The skip hire firms guide covers taking payment when a skip is booked, often over the phone.
Skip hire firms →What about scrap dealers?
The scrap metal dealers and recyclers guide covers buying metal by weight from builders, collectors and the public and selling it on to bigger yards.
Scrap metal dealers and recyclers →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.