About Waste Carrier Check
Work out in a minute whether your business needs a waste carrier, broker or dealer registration, and whether it is upper tier or lower tier.
What is on this site
One question, "waste carrier licence", answered with a checker that works on the page with no account, 4 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.
- Waste carriers licence cost in 2026: The waste carriers licence price in England, Wales and Scotland: what the registration costs, why lower tier is free, and the fee to change it.
- Upper tier or lower tier waste carrier: which are you?: The tier decides whether you pay £191.02 or nothing. The tests that separate them, the construction waste trap, and the regulator's own worked examples.
- Waste carriers licence check: is a carrier registered?: Every waste carrier registration is on a free public register. How to search it in England, Wales and Scotland, and what your duty of care actually requires.
- Waste carrier reform: registration becomes a permit: Defra plans to replace waste carrier, broker and dealer registration in England with environmental permits, technical competence and digital waste tracking. Status today.
Reach us
Contact for a question about the site, or quotes@wastecarriercheck.co.uk. The legal terms are on Terms and Privacy.
Waste Carrier Check is an independent site operated by Ellul Solutions Ltd. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales, SEPA, DAERA or Defra, and nothing on it is legal advice. Fees and rules change: every figure here carries the date we read it on the regulator's own page, and the Environment Agency's charging scheme states that charges rise each April in line with CPI. Confirm the current position with your regulator before you register or pay.