Duty of Care Waste Transfer Notes

A Waste Transfer Note (WTN) or more accurately a Duty of Care Controlled Waste Transfer Note is a document that must be completed when waste is transferred from one party to another. If a waste transfer note is not completed during the transfer of a controlled waster you are almost certainly breaking the law. If the waste is hazardous (hazardous waste includes everyday objects) you may need to complete a Hazardous Waste Consignment note (HWCN) or in Scotland a Special Waste Consignment Note (SWCN).

Writing waste transfer notes

You should keep copies of waste transfer notes for at least two years. Your business and the business taking your waste must be able to show it to the Environment Agency or your local authority if asked.
There can be heavy fines for not completing waste transfer notes.

Get Personal

Our off the shelf waste notes and hazardous waste consignment notes are suitable for most purposes. However, they can be personalised and altered to fit your exact requirements. Some companies prefer to combine waste notes with invoices or alter the size of the page for example.There is no standard waste transfer note format.

We can design a waste note to suit you with your details already added. You can combine more than one document e.g. waste note and a delivery note or waste note and an invoice. So long as a minimum your waste note contains:

A description of the waste in words and as a code.
How the waste is contained or packaged.
The quantity of the waste.
The name, address, permit or exemption details of the business transferring the waste, and their Standard Industry Code (SIC)
The name, address, permit or exemption details of the business collecting the waste
The date of, and place where, the waste transfer happened
The details of any waste broker or dealer who arranged the waste transfer

Our off the shelf waste notes and hazardous waste consignment notes are suitable for most purposes. However, they can be personalised and altered to fit your exact requirements.

You can:

Alter layout, size, shape to suit you.
Add personal details and company logo.
Include tick boxes for LoW number
Combine it with another document such as delivery note or invoice.
Add sequentially numbered.
Choose up to 5 parts per set
Printed in black or colour.
Can be printed on reverse (usually for terms and conditions).
Print in sizes A5 (210 mm x148 mm) to A3 (420 mm x 297 mm).


If you only want to add your address and licence number a self inking stamp will be cheaper, call for costs.

See the different formats available in this short video 

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