For England and Wales only - find out about registration in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

From January 2014, you must register as a waste carrier if you transport waste as part of your business.

You must register as a waste carrier, broker or dealer if you do any of the following as part of your business:

• transport your own waste
• transport or dispose of waste for someone else
• buy or sell waste
• act as a waste broker (arrange for someone to handle other people's waste)

England

Register as a waste carrier, broker or dealer in England.

Wales

Register as a waste carrier, broker or dealer in Wales.

You can be fined up to £5,000 if you don't register.

You must update your registration details within 28 days if you:

• change your address or phone number
• make changes to your organisation's management
• want to change what's covered by your registration

The Environment Agency may remove you from the register if you don't update your details.

You can't transfer your registration to someone else.

Lower tier registrations

You can update your details online if you're registered in the lower tier:

• England
• Wales

You can't change a lower tier registration to an upper tier registration (you'll need to make a new registration instead).

Upper tier registrations

Email your new details to nccc-carrierbroker@environment-agency.gov.uk or write to the Environment Agency.

Environment Agency
Quadrant 2
99 Parkway Avenue
Sheffield
S9 4WF

Always quote your registration number. You'll find it on your registration letter or email - it starts with 'CB'.

Changes to your management

When you tell the Environment Agency that your organisation has a new director, partner or manager, you must include their:

• name
• date of birth
• position in company

New managers or directors with convictions for environmental offences

You must also include details of unspent convictions for offences under:

• regulation 42 of the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
• section 1, 5 or 7(3) of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989
• regulation 38 of the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007
• regulation 38 of the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010
• section 33 or 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990
• Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005
• Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005
• Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007
• section 110(2) of the Environment Act 1995

If the new director, partner or manager has an unspent conviction for any of these offences, you must tell the Environment Agency:

• the name and date of the conviction
• the name of the court where they were convicted
• what penalty was imposed

Changes to what's covered by your registration

To change what's covered by an upper tier registration, complete a new upper tier registration form and tick the relevant boxes. You’ll have to pay a fee of £40.

Download 'Upper tier registration form' (PDF, 180KB)

You'll be registered in either the 'lower tier' or 'upper tier', depending on what you plan to do.

Lower tier registrations

You don't need to renew if you're registered in the lower tier - your registration will just continue automatically.

Upper tier registrations

You can renew your upper tier registration online.

You can also complete a new upper tier registration form to renew by post.

Download 'Upper tier registration form' (PDF, 180KB)

You can renew your upper tier registration at any time in the 6 months before it's due to expire. It costs £105.