Registration CBDU87927 – Nick of Time

A person or organisation will be lower tier if they:

• only carry waste they produced in the course of carrying out their business unless it is construction or demolition waste
• only carry (carrier), arrange (broker) or deal (dealer) in:
• animal by-products
• waste from mines and quarries
• waste from agricultural premises
• are a charity or voluntary organisation

A lower tier carrier may also include a waste collection, disposal or regulation authority.

If none of the lower tier criteria apply, a person or organisation will be in the upper tier. Key examples are if a business:

• transports other people's waste, like a skip company
• carries construction and demolition waste
• arranges for waste from other businesses’ to be transported, recovered or disposed of (broker)
• buys or sells waste, or uses an agent to do so (dealer)