Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 84465

Waste Disposal: Monitoring

Tabled: 22 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025

Question

Shaun Davies

LabourTelford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has for mandating digital waste tracking for (a) facilities with an environmental permit from 2026 and (b) for other operators from 2027.

Answer

Mary Creagh
From October 2026, there will be mandatory requirements on permitted or licensed operators, installations and mobile plant that receive waste to create a digital record of waste they receive, and to then enter it onto the Digital Waste Tracking Service. T...

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