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🛡️ Waste carrier checker

Anyone taking waste away as a business must be registered. Check them before they load up.

Where is the waste being collected?

What to check

Ask for their registration number and business name.
Search the official register for that nation.
Make sure the name matches and the registration is current.
Note the van registration and get a receipt or waste transfer note.

Warning signs

No registration number, or it does not match the name.
Cash only, no paperwork.
Only a mobile number, no business name or address.
A price far below everyone else’s.

Read the full guide → · Printable hiring checklist →

Add this checker to your website

Councils, letting agents and community groups can paste this code to show a small carrier-check box with a link to this page.

<iframe src="https://wasteworld.org/embed/carrier-check/" title="Check a waste carrier" width="100%" height="260" style="border:0;max-width:420px"></iframe>

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