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Digital Waste Tracking

Digital waste tracking service

Our plans to introduce mandatory <mark>digital</mark> <mark>waste</mark> <mark>tracking</mark>, the benefits of this change, the timelines and impacts.

GOV.UK · Policy

18 Sept 2026

Digital Waste Tracking

Birmingham waste company to clear site and pay nearly £24,000

Environment Agency investigation ends in prosecution of company which ignored <mark>waste</mark> permit regulations and orders to stop operations on site…

GOV.UK

17 Sept 2026

Digital Waste Tracking

Illegal waste site operator in Sheffield sentenced

The operator of a regulated <mark>waste</mark> facility in Sheffield who did not have an environmental permit has been handed a…

GOV.UK

17 Sept 2026

Digital Waste Tracking

Implementing nuclear regulatory taskforce review: letter from Philip Duffy to Chancellor of the Exchequer

Environment Agency response outlining actions to implement the Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce Review.

GOV.UK

16 Sept 2026

Digital Waste Tracking

£20,000 fine for Norfolk illegal waste operator

Total to pay is more than £36,000 including costs with five-year criminal behaviour order and suspended custodial sentence.

GOV.UK

16 Sept 2026

Digital Waste Tracking

Government response to the Office for Environmental Protection review of Environment Agency inspections of waste operations and installations in England

…The government's response to the Office for Environmental Protection's review of Environment Agency inspections of <mark>waste</mark> operations and installations in…

GOV.UK · Policy

15 Sept 2026

Compliance Guides & Analysis

Digital Waste Tracking

Digital Waste Tracking Service - GOV.UK Guidance

DEFRA's official guidance on the Digital Waste Tracking Service, which becomes mandatory for all waste receiving sites from 1 October 2026.

GOV.UK · DEFRA

Updated May 2026

Digital Waste Tracking

Waste Tracking: Your Legal Obligations as a Producer, Carrier or Receiver

GOV.UK sets out what waste producers, carriers, and receivers must do under the Digital Waste Tracking regime - and the penalties for non-compliance.

GOV.UK · DEFRA

April 2026

Digital Waste Tracking

DEFRA Confirms 1 October 2026 as Mandatory DWT Go-Live Date

DEFRA has confirmed the Digital Waste Tracking mandate will come into force across England on 1 October 2026, with no further deferrals expected.

GOV.UK · DEFRA

March 2026

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