Business Waste Transfer Note

What is a Waste Transfer Note?

A Waste Transfer Note (WTN) is a document used to record a transfer of waste from one party to another. Transfer in this context means the transfer of responsibility rather than physical movement. Legally businesses must complete a waste transfer note supplying the following information:

• A description of the waste including relevant European Waste Catalogue code(s), its quantity and/or weight, and how it is contained or whether it is loose;
• Confirmation that the transferor has fulfilled their duty to apply the waste hierarchy outlined regulation 12 of the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011.
  This duty is essentially the need to try to reduce the amount of materials that end up being sent to landfill and waste to energy by first considering prevention, preparation for reuse, recycling and other recovery;
• The date, time and address of the transfer;
• The names, address and signature of the transferor (person or organisation getting rid of the waste) and the SIC code of their business;
• The name, address and signature of the transferee (person or organisation taking the waste), their role (eg. waste carrier, broker, processor) and their license number authorising them to do so.

As a business you must complete a waste transfer note to comply with the law. You may be asked to produce a copy by enforcement agencies; failure to do so may result in penalty notices being issued.