Questions

What the GOV.UK list of compatible software providers for reporting receipt of waste tells a small skip yard, and what to check before you choose one.

The receipt of waste duty is live now; the date carriers, brokers and dealers start reporting movements is Defra's to publish. What a yard does meanwhile.

Whether household waste recycling centres are in scope for Defra's receipt of waste reporting, who reports a load, and what an in-scope site has to send.

A spreadsheet route to Defra's receipt of waste reporting exists, but it is Defra's template, not your workbook. What that means for a skip yard.

Free waste transfer note tools make a note and little else. What a UK receiving site has to produce after October 2026, what to check, and what Skiplog costs.

GOV.UK gives two ways to report receipt of waste: Defra's spreadsheet or connected software.

Skiplog is £129 a month or £99 a month billed annually at £1,188, with a 60-day free trial. What digital waste tracking costs a small yard.

One copy of a waste transfer note per party to the transfer, who keeps which one, and why Defra's receipt report is not one of the copies.

What a season ticket transfer note covers, where it stands now each load you receive is reported on its own, and how a yard writes one note per load.

When moving your own waste needs a transfer note: what counts as a transfer, why a tip run at another site is one, and what a receiving yard has to record.

Should a quarterly waste return be in tonnes or kilograms? Converting weighbridge kilograms, how many decimals to keep, and keeping one unit per column.

A quiet quarter still has a quarter to account for. What a nil waste return to the Environment Agency is, where to check, and how Skiplog exports it.

Yes, a skip firm carries other people's waste, so it needs a carrier, broker and dealer registration. Tiers, renewals, CBDU numbers and the site permit.

Skip hire firms run several tools: hire and routing, the weighbridge, the books, and the waste records, now including Defra receipt reporting.

A weighbridge ticket is not a waste transfer note or a Defra receipt record. What your weighbridge system covers, and where Skiplog fits.

Soil and stones are 17 05 04 when not hazardous and 17 05 03* when they contain hazardous substances.

Both the party handing the waste over and the site receiving it sign a waste transfer note, with a printed name and position. Who signs, and when.

How cancelling Skiplog works: £129 a month or £1,188 a year, both on a 60-day trial, with your waste records exportable throughout.

One Skiplog subscription covers one site. A second yard keeping its own records needs its own, at £99 or £129 a month.

Hazardous consignment notes and waste transfer notes are separate records. Which record a load travels on, and what Skiplog writes for Defra receipts.

If a Skiplog trial lapses or you cancel, your notes, returns and Defra receipt references stay readable and exportable. What to export before you delete.

Yes, the Environment Agency can revoke an environmental permit. Where record keeping sits on the enforcement range, and what a small yard should hold.

The government's waste tracking service has its own GOV.UK sign-in. Skiplog is separate: each person signs in with an email and a password.

Mixed construction and demolition waste is 17 09 04, or 17 09 03* when dangerous substances are in the skip. The questions a yard asks, answered plainly.

The fields a waste transfer note has to carry: waste description and EWC code, quantity, container, both parties, permits and signatures.

Skiplog is £129 a month or £1,188 a year for one permitted site, with Defra receipt-of-waste exports included. What drives UK waste software pricing.

Both Skiplog plans carry a 60-day free trial: the full product on one site, transfer notes, Defra receipts rows, the EA return CSV, and Stripe billing after.

Skiplog builds receipt rows in Defra's template column order, checks them against the upload rules before they leave, and tracks the two working days.

Digital waste tracking is not England only. Which regulator applies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and what a small yard should check now.

A plain answer on electronic signatures for waste transfer notes: what a digital confirmation should carry, who gives it, and what to keep on file.

Skiplog saves the transfer note on the tablet first, shows it queued, then syncs when the signal returns. The questions yard operators ask next.

What format the Environment Agency wants a quarterly waste return in, which columns it draws on, and how Skiplog's export fits.

Waste transfer notes are kept for at least two years, hazardous consignment notes for three. The dates, who keeps them, and how to store them digitally.

Who registers for the digital waste tracking service, what to have on the desk before you start, and how receipt of waste reporting works once your yard is in.

What a missing or incomplete waste transfer note actually exposes a UK skip yard to, who is on the hook, and how long you have to keep notes.

Whether paper waste transfer notes are still required, how long to keep the old ones, and what digital waste tracking changes for a small yard.

There is no DEFRA approval mark for waste tracking software. What the gov.uk provider list actually means, and what to ask a supplier instead.

What Defra's digital waste tracking service does, what it leaves your yard to do on every load, and when a small skip yard needs software on top of it.

Digital waste tracking is mandatory for permitted sites receiving waste from 1 October 2026. How to check your own date, and the two working day rule.