Digital waste tracking · reported to Defra since 1 October 2026
Report every load to Defra, straight from the weighbridge.
From 1 October 2026 every permitted site in England and Wales must report what it takes in to Defra within two working days. SkipDeck records each load on the bridge and builds the file.
No card and no sales call. Waste tracking is on every tier, from £99 a month.
Tip at somebody else’s permitted site? The reporting duty is theirs, but they will ask you for the codes and weights. Whose duty it is
The weighbridge · real screen, swipe it, or tap it to see it larger
From the bridge to Defra, in five steps.
- Load tippedBack at the yard, on the bridge
- Weighed and codedTonnage, an EWC code per part of the load
- Held or readyAnything missing is named, not filed
- Sent to DefraOne file a day, when you press the button
- Reply loadedAccepted or rejected, the ID on the job
The receipts ledger · real screen, swipe it, or tap it to see it larger
Everything a record has to hold, collected as part of the day.
Codes and weights go in at the bridge; the carrier, site and container come from the job; each line’s route comes from your settings. A receipt with anything missing is held back, with what is missing named.
- An EWC code for each part of the load
- Weight per line, weighed or estimated
- Hazardous property (HP) codes on the item that actually carries them
- Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
- Container type, and how many
- The carrier, their registration, and where the waste came from
- The recovery or disposal route each line went to
The rest of the yard comes with it.
On every tier
Waste tracking is not an add-on. Every tier includes it, from £99 a month, with no VAT to add and as many users as you like.
Transfer notes from the same record
Drafted from what was weighed, when the job finishes.
The jobs the loads come from
Bookings, the dispatch board, the driver’s phone and the invoices are in the same book, so the carrier, the site and the container are already on the job when the load reaches the bridge.
Your spreadsheet, imported
Upload the job sheet you run on now. SkipDeck shows you what it made of each column and creates nothing until you agree.
Where SkipDeck stands with Defra.
You can report with it today. SkipDeck builds Defra’s receipt-of-waste spreadsheet from your loads. You upload it, then load Defra’s reply back in, which puts each receipt’s result and Waste Tracking ID on the job. The spreadsheet route works today.
Sending receipts straight to Defra’s system is built too. Defra granted SkipDeck production access on 10 September 2026. It is switched on for your firm once you have your own Defra API code. SkipDeck is named on Defra’s own list of software providers, updated 14 September 2026. Nothing is ever sent to Defra until somebody presses the button.
For anyone checking: SkipDeck passed all fourteen of Defra’s approval scenarios on their test service and applied for approval on 4 September 2026. Defra keep the provider list themselves, and a place on it is not approval of anybody’s software.
The rules, in four facts.
Checked on 6 September 2026 against Defra’s own guidance. A summary, not legal advice.
From 1 October 2026
Every organisation licensed or permitted to receive waste in England and Wales must use Defra's report receipt of waste service.
It lands on the receiving site first
The duty is on whoever takes the waste in. At your own permitted site, it’s you; at somebody else’s, it is theirs.
£26 a year, per organisation
Defra’s annual service charge from October 2026, per organisation, not per skip, lorry or site.
Records go in promptly, not monthly
A load taken in on Monday is reported by Wednesday: two working days.
Scotland follows in January 2027. Northern Ireland is genuinely unclear — GOV.UK says January 2027, the Environment Agency October 2026 — so take the date from your regulator.
Three things to get right.
The first two need no software at all.
1Find out whose duty it is
If you tip elsewhere, ask the sites you use what codes and weights they will want from you, and in what form.
2Record EWC codes per load, on the day
Record the codes while the load is still on the bridge, not at the end of the week.
3Get your own permit and carrier details straight
Permit numbers, carrier registrations and your exact registered business name. Each one wrong is a rejected receipt.
Try it on your own loads.
Fourteen days, no card, and the trial does not turn into a paid subscription on its own. I set the book up at its own address, usually the same working day.
Rather talk it through first? Call or text me, Michael, on 07408 642261. If I can’t pick up, leave a message and I’ll ring you back.