Register or renew as a waste carrier, broker or dealer
Fines up to £5000 If you don't register for the correct waste carrier licence.
Upper Tier Waste Licence
The charge for this is £225.00 which will register you for 3 years
You are upper tier if you:
- Carry other people's waste
- Carry your own construction or demolition waste
- Arrange for waste from other businesses to be carried, recovered, or disposed of
- Buy or sell waste, or use an agent to do so
Upper Tier Waste Licence Renewal
The charge for this is £199.00 which will register you for 3 years
You are upper tier if you:
- Carry other people's waste
- Carry your own construction or demolition waste
- Arrange for waste from other businesses to be carried, recovered, or disposed of
- Buy or sell waste, or use an agent to do so
Lower Tier Waste Licence
The charge for this is £25.00 + VAT, which will register you for 3 years
You are upper tier if you:
- Only carry waste produced by your own business unless it's construction or demolition waste
- Only work with animal by-products, mining and quarry waste or waste from agricultural premises
- Are a charity or voluntary organisation
You must register if your business does any of the following:
- Transports waste (a carrier)
- Buys, sells or disposes of waste (a dealer)
- Arranges for someone else to buy, sell or dispose of waste (a broker)
You can be fined up to £5,000 if you do not register.
There is a different process for registering as a waste carrier in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.