Digital waste tracking service
Our plans to introduce mandatory digital waste tracking, the benefits of this change, the timelines and impacts.
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We plan to introduce mandatory digital waste tracking across the UK, as we committed to in the Resources and Waste Strategy for England.UK.
This paper outlines our visionspolicy and mission, as well as including:
- the
keystrategiestheservicewillcontributeto.Italsolooksatthechange, - how the service is being
developed,and - the expected delivery
timelines.timelines
Updates to this page
Last updated
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21 February 2025 Removed 'mandatory' from 'digital waste tracking will be introduced/come into force from April 2026.'
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6 February 2025 Mandatory digital waste tracking will now come into force from April 2026.
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21 October 2023 Updated to reflect that mandatory digital waste tracking will be introduced from April 2025.
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25 April 2022 First published.
Update history
2025-07-10 10:00
Update to the digital waste tracking implementation policy. This includes 1) the service that will be introduced 2) who will need to comply with mandatory digital waste tracking requirements and when.
2025-02-21 11:58
Removed ‘mandatory’ from ‘digital waste tracking will be introduced/come into force from April 2026.’
2025-02-06 15:45
Mandatory digital waste tracking will now come into force from April 2026.
2023-10-21 00:15
Updated to reflect that mandatory digital waste tracking will be introduced from April 2025.
2022-04-25 09:30
First published.