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Waste Disposal: Monitoring

Asked by Ian RoomeLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 9 January 2026UIN 103553

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 26922 on Waste Disposal: Monitoring, what progress she has made on the introduction of the Digital Waste Tracking Service.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Defra has made good progress on implementing Digital Waste Tracking.

As announced in July 2025 Defra is implementing digital waste tracking through a phased approach beginning with a service for permitted waste receiving site operators.

  • This service is now live for selected software developers and permitted waste receiving site operators to test the service and provide feedback.
  • In spring 2026 the service will be available publicly to software developers and all permitted site operators to submit information on a voluntary basis.
  • In April Defra plans to lay the legislation to support this first phase, and this will come into force in October 2026.
  • The service will then be further developed to encompass full end to end waste movement information and expanded to other waste operators from April 2027.

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