- Permit tonnage limit: how much waste a site may take
A permit tonnage limit is the maximum weight of waste your environmental permit lets a site take: what it covers, how it is measured, related terms.
- R and D codes: recovery and disposal operations
What R and D codes mean, where recovery and disposal operation codes appear on waste paperwork, and which ones a skip yard or transfer station uses.
- WM3: classifying a load before you pick the code
What WM3 waste classification is, how a load gets to a List of Waste code, what a mirror entry means, and where receiving sites get caught out.
- EA permit number and exemption reference: what goes on the paperwork
What an Environment Agency permit number is, how it differs from an exemption reference, and where each one belongs on waste paperwork.
- SIC code on a waste transfer note
What a SIC code means on a waste transfer note, who supplies it, where to find it, and how it differs from the EWC code on the same note.
- Waste hierarchy declaration on a transfer note
What the waste hierarchy declaration on a waste transfer note is, who signs it, the wording it usually takes, and where it sits on the note.
- The asterisk on an EWC code: absolute hazardous entries
An asterisk on an EWC code marks a hazardous entry in the List of Waste. What absolute entries and mirror pairs mean, with examples for a skip yard.
- CBDU number: the waste carrier, broker or dealer registration number
A CBDU number is the Environment Agency registration for an upper tier waste carrier, broker or dealer in England. What it means, and how to check one.
- Registered waste exemption: what it covers and what it does not
What a registered waste exemption covers, where it stops, and how it sits beside permits, carrier registration and waste transfer notes.
- The Environment Agency public register of waste sites
What the Environment Agency public register of waste sites is, what an entry shows, and how skip yards use it to check permits and carriers.
- Digital waste tracking service: what the government service is
The digital waste tracking service explained in plain terms: what it records, what it replaces, and what it means for a skip yard or transfer station.
- Muck away, tip run and skip exchange: the yard's own words for a movement
Muck away is excavated soil and dig arisings taken off site for tipping. What the term covers and what has to be recorded on the note.
- Technically competent manager (WAMITAB)
Plain definition of a technically competent manager for a permitted waste site, the WAMITAB and CIWM competence route, and the records the role carries.
- Environmental permit and what makes a site 'permitted'
- Weighbridge ticket
A weighbridge ticket records gross, tare and net weight when a vehicle is weighed. What is on one, what it proves, and what it does not prove.
- Season ticket: one transfer note covering repeat collections
- Waste transfer station
A waste transfer station is a permitted site where waste is tipped, sorted and bulked before moving on. What that means for permits, notes and records.
- Hazardous waste consignment note
A hazardous waste consignment note is the document that travels with a hazardous load. What it records, who signs each part, and how it differs from a WTN.
- Waste carrier, broker or dealer registration (upper and lower tier)
What waste carrier, broker and dealer registration is, the difference between upper and lower tier, and where the number belongs on your transfer notes.
- EWC code (List of Waste code)
An EWC code is a six-digit List of Waste code. How the chapters work, the asterisk for hazardous waste, and the codes a skip yard uses most.
- Duty of care (waste): what it means for a receiving site
What waste duty of care means in law, what it asks of a yard taking a load in, and how it relates to transfer notes, EWC codes and carrier checks.
- What is a waste transfer note (WTN)?
What a waste transfer note is, what it must contain, who signs it, how long to keep it, and how it differs from a hazardous consignment note.