DEFRA · DIGITAL WASTE TRACKING · MANDATORY

Every load.
Every weighbridge.
Reported in 2 working days.

From 1 October 2026, permitted waste receiving sites in England & Wales must report every consignment to DEFRA's Digital Waste Tracking service. AGAD Portal files it for you — automatically, straight from your weighbridge.

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TIME TO MANDATORY REPORTING
—
days until 1 October 2026
England & Wales · Scotland & NI follow Jan 2027
2 days
REPORTING WINDOW PER LOAD
£20–26
ANNUAL FEE PER LEGAL ENTITY
100%
OF LOADS BECOME DIGITAL RECORDS
Criminal
OFFENCE IF YOU FAIL TO REPORT
THE ROLLOUT

Three dates every waste business should know

Digital Waste Tracking replaces fragmented paper records with one digital service — built to cut waste crime and give regulators a live picture of where waste really goes. It arrives in phases:

1

1 Oct 2026
England & Wales

Mandatory for permitted waste receiving sites — report every load received within 2 working days

2

Jan 2027
Scotland & NI

The same receipt-of-waste duty under devolved regulations

3

Oct 2027
Phase 2 — UK-wide

Carriers, brokers, dealers and exporters join, with producers and exemption sites in the wider rollout

WHO MUST REGISTER

Receiving waste? You're first. Sending it? You're next.

The duty sits with the legal entity holding the permit — each operating company registers in its own right. Senders aren't off the hook: every load they dispatch becomes a digital record naming the producer and carrier.

REGISTER NOW — PHASE 1 · OCT 2026

Waste receivers

Permitted & licensed sites where waste arrives

Anaerobic digestion & biogasComposting & organics Transfer stationsMRFs & recycling plants LandfillEnergy-from-waste Treatment facilitiesMetal recyclers & ATFs Sludge & liquid treatmentInert & aggregate recycling

Register each permit-holding entity, pay the annual charge, report every load in 2 working days.

PHASE 2 — FROM OCT 2027

Movers, arrangers & senders

Those transporting waste and arranging movements

Waste carriers & hauliersSkip hire & tankers BrokersDealersExporters Exemption-holding sites

Producers — food & drink, hospitality, construction, manufacturing, healthcare — keep duty-of-care paperwork today and join the digital chain as the rollout completes.

HOW AGAD PORTAL WORKS

From the gate to the regulator — one flow

Compliance becomes a by-product of running your site well. Six steps, no re-keying, full audit trail.

01

Book

Suppliers self-book 30-min slots, 24/7 — your blocked-out times enforced

02

Check in

Driver selects the booking, confirms vehicle registration at the gate

03

Weigh

Gross & tare straight from the bridge — net weight locks to the load

04

Grade

Operator grades A–R, adds comments, signs off on screen

05

Docket

Timestamped docket — searchable, printable, shared with supplier & carrier

06

Submit

Filed to DEFRA via the approved API — Waste Tracking ID on every docket

WHY AGAD

Hand-keying vs. AGAD Portal

Manual web entry

  • Every load re-typed into GOV.UK by hand
  • Two-day deadline managed by memory
  • Weighbridge, gatehouse and records in silos
  • Suppliers phone in to book deliveries
  • Errors found at audit time

With AGAD Portal

  • Filed automatically the moment the docket completes
  • Deadline tracked per load — pending & failed submissions flagged
  • One audit trail: booking → weights → grade → docket → DWT ID
  • Self-service bookings with your blackout times enforced
  • Corrections & retries handled through the API for you

Be ready before 1 October 2026

AGAD handles the DEFRA developer onboarding, sandbox testing and production approval. Your site registers, connects its API code — and every load reports itself.

Book a demo — www.agad-portal.com

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