# waste-carrier — check an England waste carrier registration

> Check any of 418,521 Environment Agency waste carrier, broker and dealer registrations by number or business name. Free.

## Check a waste carrier registration

Type the registration number from the waste transfer note — `CBDU128084` — or the name of the business. 418,521 registrations for England, from the Environment Agency public register.

### Why you have to check, and why it is your problem

If you run a business and someone takes waste away from your premises, the
law puts the check on **you**. GOV.UK states it plainly: you must
“complete a waste transfer note for each load of waste that leaves your
premises” and “**check if your waste carrier is registered**”.

That is the duty of care, and it does not transfer with the waste. If your
carrier turns out not to be registered — or to hold only a
[lower tier](/tier/lower.md) registration, which does not cover
carrying other people's waste for money — the failure is yours as well as
theirs.

The number is on the waste transfer note. It is not on any invoice, and it
is not something you can work out. That is what this page is for.

### The three things worth knowing

- **Does it exist**, and in whose name.
- **Is it upper tier** — 145,860 of the 418,521 registrations
are, and only those may take waste away as a business.
[What that means](/tier/upper.md).
- **Has it expired.** Registrations run out. A number that was
valid at your last collection may not be valid at the next one.

### Where the registrations are

- [B — Birmingham](/area/b.md) — 10,497
- [LE — Leicester](/area/le.md) — 9,927
- [S — Sheffield](/area/s.md) — 9,163
- [PE — Peterborough](/area/pe.md) — 8,824
- [NR — Norwich](/area/nr.md) — 8,503
- [PO — Portsmouth](/area/po.md) — 8,236
- [NG — Nottingham](/area/ng.md) — 8,172
- [BS — Bristol](/area/bs.md) — 7,392
- [EX — Exeter](/area/ex.md) — 7,326
- [IP — Ipswich](/area/ip.md) — 7,244
- [BH — Bournemouth](/area/bh.md) — 7,205
- [RG — Reading](/area/rg.md) — 7,149
- [NN — Northampton](/area/nn.md) — 7,137
- [BN — Brighton](/area/bn.md) — 6,962
- [TN — Tonbridge](/area/tn.md) — 6,878
- [ME — Medway](/area/me.md) — 6,808
- [CM — Chelmsford](/area/cm.md) — 6,662
- [GU — Guildford](/area/gu.md) — 6,536
- [YO — York](/area/yo.md) — 6,406
- [PL — Plymouth](/area/pl.md) — 6,372
- [DN — Doncaster](/area/dn.md) — 6,209
- [SO — Southampton](/area/so.md) — 6,171
- [NE — Newcastle upon Tyne](/area/ne.md) — 6,156
- [LS — Leeds](/area/ls.md) — 6,001

[All 110 postcode areas](/areas.md) · [1595 postcode districts](/districts.md)

### Need waste collected?

A registration tells you a business is allowed to take waste away. It does not tell you they cover your area or will quote. Tell us what you need moving and roughly where, and we will take the requirement to upper tier businesses registered there. We are not a broker, we hold no prices, and we take no booking — what we can do is put your request in front of people who are permitted to do the work.

We read every message ourselves. Your e-mail is used to reply and to pass the requirement on, and nothing else — see the [privacy page](/privacy.md).

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Página: https://waste-carrier.pages.dev/
Fonte: Waste Carriers, Brokers and Dealers Public Register — Environment Agency, England
Recolha: 2026-08-18