Guide
Weighbridges and digital waste tracking
You don't need a new weighbridge, or software that talks to yours. Defra want the weight of each
load on its record. Most yards type the ticket weight in at the gate; some weigh by skip size and say the weight is an estimate.
What Defra ask for
- A weight and its unit (grams, kilograms or tonnes) for every waste item on the load.
- Whether that weight is estimated. A skip-size weight is an estimate; a weighbridge ticket isn't.
- The record within two working days of the day after the load arrives.
Three ways yards do it
- Key the ticket weight. The weighbridge prints it; whoever is on the gate types it into the load. A few seconds.
- Weigh by skip size. No weighbridge: set your own tonnes for each skip size once, and mark the weight as estimated.
- Type up the day. Sites with nobody on the gate type each load from the haulier's list or the tickets afterwards.
What Byrne Waste Tracking does and doesn't do
It doesn't read a weighbridge: you type the ticket weight, or pick your skip size. It remembers your regular customers,
carriers and waste codes, so after the first load it's usually the time and the weight. Each load is checked against
Defra's rules before it saves.
Source: GOV.UK, report receipt of waste. Defra's helpline: 03000 203 781.
Byrne Waste Tracking records each load at the gate, checks it against Defra's rules before it saves and sends it to
Defra by itself once your Defra account is linked. £89 a site a month, no contract.
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