How we order listings, and what we get paid for

The short version: a registration that has expired sorts last, everything else is alphabetical, and nothing on this site can be bought into a better licence status. A business can pay to appear in a labelled block above the list on one page. That is the whole of it, and the rest of this page is the detail.

Businesses published 10,524 Every one traceable to a register entry

Places covered 1,549 512 towns, 921 postcode districts and 116 postcode areas

Renewals due in 90 days 571 Registrations we are watching towards their expiry date

How we order listings

A business can pay to appear in a labelled block above the list on one page. Here is exactly what that buys, and what it does not, so you can hold us to it either way.

At most three per page. When a page is full we will refuse the sale rather than sell a position that no longer means anything.
Ordered by who bought first. Not by who paid more, because there is one price, and not by anything we judge about the businesses.
Only where the business already appears. Nobody can buy the top of a town they do not have a registered address in.
Only on page one. A block on page four would not be what was bought.
Pages nobody has paid for stay exactly as they were, and say so.

A current registration firstA registration that has expired sorts below one that has not. That is the only quality-like judgement in the order, and it is a fact from the register rather than an opinion of ours.
Then alphabeticallyEvery registered business we hold for that place or category, in name order. It is arbitrary, but it is consistent, it does not change between visits, and it is not for sale.
Nothing is removed for commercial reasonsA firm that does not pay us appears in exactly the same list, with exactly the same licence treatment. A firm that complains about us does too.

What does not affect the order

Whether a business has claimed its listing
Whether it has given us contact details, a website or a description
Whether it subscribes to anything we offer
Whether it has complained to us
How old the business is, or how large

Where our data comes from

Every licence fact comes from the Environment Agency's public register of waste carriers, brokers and dealers. We store what it says and show the date we read it on every page that carries a fact from it.

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.

Source: Environment Agency public register
Refresh interval: Daily
Last read: 23 August 2026
Records published: 10,524
Places covered: 512
Fields we addDerived from the register's own waste categories and the registered name. We never invent a fact about a business.: Place grouping and category labels
Fields we never add: Ratings, scores, badges, awards

The full licence terms, attribution and refresh cadence for every source are on where our data comes from.

What the register tells you, and what it does not

It does tell you

That the business is registered to transport waste
Which tier the registration sits in
When the registration expires
Which waste categories it covers
The date we last read the register

It does not tell you

That the work will be done well
That the price is fair
That we have met, checked or approved the firm
That anyone has inspected their vehicles or staff
Anything about complaints, insurance or disputes

Telling us we have got this wrong

If the order looks wrong, or a listing looks like it is being favoured, tell us at hello@checkedandcleared.co.uk. We would rather hear it. To correct or remove a listing, email corrections@checkedandcleared.co.uk. You do not have to explain why, and we act within five working days.