Digital Waste Tracking

What is Digital Waste Tracking (DWT)?

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Digital Waste Tracking is a UK government initiative, whereby those required to hold a permit or licence to receive waste (receivers) will be mandated to record details of waste received on a portal.

Each record will be assigned a unique tracking ID and this will be registered on the portal. The details of the waste received must be recorded within 3 days of it being received.

The details recorded will include:

  • Where and how the waste was created (producer of the waste)
  • Who handled it (carrier of the waste)
  • Where it ends up (receiver of the waste)

There will be one unified process for both hazardous and non-hazardous waste. The waste producer will continue to be responsible for providing an accurate description of the waste, while the person arranging the waste movement will be responsible for creating the digital waste tracking record.

You can read the full government guidance here.

Will my Fred system be compliant with the new legislation?

We’ve been working hard behind the scenes with DEFRA, ensuring that your Fred software will be fully ready for the new legislation. Once implemented, all received waste movements at permitted and licensed sites will be automatically submitted to the Digital Waste Tracking Service, via a direct data feed from the Fred System. This will be achieved by:

  • Upgrading your Fred system
  • Installing a plugin, to allow the Fred system to communicate with the government portal

Fred will then either submit records to the portal as soon they are recorded by you, or will add them to a list to be submitted manually as part of a batch.