Where our data comes from
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Everything we publish about a business comes from a public register. We do not collect it ourselves, we do not buy it, and we do not ask businesses to submit it. This page names every source, what it does and does not tell you, and when we last checked.
Attribution is a condition of the licences we hold, so the statements below appear exactly as the publishers require them.
Waste Carriers, Brokers and Dealers Public Register for England
- Published by
- Environment Agency
- Licence
- Environment Agency conditional licence
- We check it
- Daily
- The source itself
- environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/search-waste-carriers-brokers
Contains Environment Agency information © Environment Agency and/or database right
About this dataset
Register of waste carriers, brokers and dealers for England. Contains details of currently permitted registrations only; historical registrations are not included. Lower tier registrations are indefinite, upper tier registrations require renewal every three years. Registration is a legal requirement to transport, buy, sell or dispose of waste, and does not constitute an endorsement, a quality rating, or any assessment of the standard of service provided. Covers England only: Scotland is regulated by SEPA and Wales by Natural Resources Wales, under separate registers.
Companies House free company data snapshot
- Published by
- Companies House
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- We check it
- Monthly
- The source itself
- download.companieshouse.gov.uk/en_output.html
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What a registration does and does not mean
This is the most important thing on the page, so it is worth being blunt about it.
A waste carrier registration is a legal requirement to transport waste. It is not a quality rating, a mark of competence, or an endorsement. The Environment Agency registers businesses; it does not inspect the standard of their work. Neither do we.
So when this site shows that a business is registered, it is telling you one specific, checkable fact: that its registration appeared on the public register when we last looked, and the date it expires. It is not telling you the business is good, reliable, insured, or right for your job. Those are separate questions and you should ask them.
We do not vet, approve, accredit, endorse or rate any business on this site, and we never will. If you ever see language here suggesting otherwise, it is a mistake and we would like to know about it.
Coverage
The Environment Agency register covers England, and we hold it in full. Scotland is regulated by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and Wales by Natural Resources Wales, each with a separate register, so a business absent from this site may be properly registered there. Scotland and Wales to be added imminently.
How current the data is
We read the register every day, and on the overwhelming majority of days that is exactly what happens. It comes from a public source we do not control, so there may occasionally be a delay of a day or so, which is why every page shows the date we last read it. We record what changed between one day's copy and the next. The register itself only publishes registrations that are currently valid, so a registration that lapses disappears from it rather than being marked expired, which is how we detect that a business is no longer registered.
There is always a short lag between a business registering and that registration appearing. If you cannot find a business, that is worth bearing in mind before drawing any conclusion.
If something is wrong
We publish what the register says. If a listing is wrong, it is usually because the register itself is out of date, in which case the business needs to correct it with the Environment Agency and the correction will reach us automatically.
If we have made a mistake, or you would like a listing removed, email corrections@checkedandcleared.co.uk and we will look at it. See our privacy notice for how to object to your information being published.