COOKIE POLICY
Last updated: 2 August 2026
This policy explains the cookies and similar storage or access technologies that may be used on blswastesolutions.co.uk.
What cookies are
Cookies are small data files placed on or read from a device when a website is used. Similar technologies include local storage, pixels and scripts. They can support essential website functions, remember choices, measure use or load third-party content.
How consent works
Strictly necessary technologies may operate without consent because they are needed to provide a requested service, maintain security or transmit the website. Optional analytics, advertising or third-party technologies must remain off until the visitor makes an informed choice where consent is required.
Continuing to browse is not consent. Visitors should be able to accept or reject optional categories with equal ease, change their choice later and use the core website after rejecting non-essential cookies.
Cookie categories
| Category | Purpose | Consent |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Website delivery, security, load balancing, administrator login and remembering the cookie choice. | Not normally required, but information is still provided. |
| Preferences | Remembering optional display or interface choices requested by the visitor. | Required unless the feature is strictly necessary for a requested service. |
| Analytics | Understanding visits, page use, performance and faults. Google Analytics may be used through the site’s Google integration when enabled. | Required before non-essential analytics runs. |
| Third-party content | Loading optional reviews, maps, video or social content supplied from another service. | Required where the provider stores or accesses non-essential information on the device. |
Technologies that may be used
| Technology | Provider | Purpose | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress_logged_in_*, wordpress_sec_*, wp-settings-* | BLS / WordPress | Administrator authentication, security and interface settings. These are mainly relevant to authorised site administrators. | Session or account setting period |
| Security, cache or load-balancing identifiers | Website host and security services | Protecting the website, distributing traffic and preventing abuse. | Session or short operational period |
| _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics, if enabled | Consented audience measurement and website-use statistics. | Set by the configured analytics property; commonly up to two years |
| Consent preference | BLS consent tool | Remembering accepted or rejected categories so the choice is respected. | Set by the consent tool and reviewed periodically |
| Embedded review or media identifiers | Relevant third-party provider, if optional content is enabled | Displaying the requested external content and measuring or securing that service. | Provider-specific |
The exact technologies can change when the website, hosting, analytics or embedded content changes. BLS should run a fresh cookie scan before launch and after material website changes, then update the live cookie list and consent controls.
Managing your choice
Use the cookie-settings control on the website to review or change optional categories. Browser settings can also block or delete cookies, but blocking strictly necessary technologies may affect website operation. Withdrawing consent does not make earlier consented use unlawful.
Third-party services
Links to another website do not themselves set that provider’s cookies. Embedded content or scripts can do so. BLS should configure optional third-party content so it does not load non-essential storage or access technologies before the visitor’s choice.
Changes and contact
This policy will be reviewed when the website’s technologies or legal requirements change. Questions can be sent to info@blswaste.com or raised by calling 01709 880000. See the Privacy Policy for wider information about personal data.