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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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&#x27;s response to the Office for Environmental Protection&#x27;s review of Environment Agency inspections of <mark>waste</mark> operations and installations in…

GOV.UK · Policy

15 Sept 2026

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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

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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

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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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