Waste carrier licence

A waste carrier registration number has not been entered on this website yet. Ask for it before any waste leaves the property, then check it on the register below. We will not invent a number to fill this space.

Check a registration on the Environment Agency public register

Why this matters

House clearance creates waste. If that waste is handed to someone who is not authorised to carry it, it can be fly-tipped. You then have a problem that is much larger than a cluttered spare room.

The Environment Agency has set out simple checks: look the business up, ask where the waste is going, and keep a record.

The householder’s waste duty of care

Occupiers of a domestic property in England should take all reasonable measures available to them to ensure household waste from that property is only transferred to an authorised person. That is the wording used in the waste duty of care code of practice.

If you use a private collector — the official example includes house clearance — you should check they have a current, valid registration. In England you do that on the Environment Agency register, or by calling 03708 506 506.

This page is a plain-English pointer, not legal advice and not a complete statement of the law.

How to check

1. Ask for the business name and registration number.
2. Open the Waste Carriers, Brokers and Dealers register.
3. Search by number, name or postcode.
4. Make sure the entry is current and matches the people on your driveway.

Upper-tier numbers commonly start with CBDU. Do not trust a number painted on a van without looking it up. The step-by-step version is in how to check a waste carrier.

What this protects you from

It does not make waste disappear. It reduces the chance that your sofa ends up in a gateway on a Warwickshire lane, and that you are the person asked what happened. Fly-tipping is an environmental crime; choosing a registered carrier is one of the reasonable steps you can take.