Coastal Clearance is a professional, fully registered, licensed & insured waste management company based in Christchurch, Dorset.
We offer the following services:
*FULL House Clearances
*Waste Removal – Domestic & Commercial
*Man & Van
*House Moves
If we can help or if you have any queries please give us a call 077 077 077 12.
Why does a waste licence matter?
Waste carrier licences are issued by the Environment Agency, they add traceability and require holders to dispose of waste at registered waste stations (where the licence must be shown and the transfer recorded). If anyone collects any type of waste from you, they require an upper-tier waste licence by law.
A (free) lower-tier licence is also available, but these are for businesses which dispose of their own waste & not yours unless they are a registered charity or voluntary organisation.
The relevance of correct licensing is that if a firm is willing to break the law in order to save the licence fee then chances are they’ll also try to save money on waste disposal (typically £250 per ton, which roughly equates to a full 3.5 ton van load). If you don’t want to be driving along a quiet country lane and find the contents of your property dumped at the side of the road (can you prove it wasn’t you who dumped it there?) you should only deal with properly licenced companies. If you don’t, your waste removal cost could turn into a very expensive conviction for fly-tipping!
Licences can be checked here: https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/search-waste-carriers-brokers
A licenced waste carrier will provide you with a copy of their licence when they arrive and also provide you with a waste transfer note – from your perspective it simply confirms you have transferred ‘ownership’ of the waste to the carrier and so removes any liability to yourself.
