20 days until digital waste tracking is mandatoryThe guide

Environmental permit

The short answer

The licence a site needs to store, treat or dispose of waste. It names exactly which wastes, how much at once, and what may be done to them.

In practice

The permit, not the company, decides what can happen at an address. Taking in a waste stream the permit does not list, or holding more than the tonnage it allows, is a breach even if everything else is right.

Where LoadSnap touches it

LoadSnap checks permits against the register and warns before one lapses.

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