For waste operators
Your company may already be listed. Check it’s right.
Who Takes Waste is a free UK directory of registered waste operators. People search by the postcode of the job and the waste they have, and every line on a listing says where it came from and the date it was checked. Listings are researched by AI agents, so some might be wrong: claim yours to put it right.
Find your listingHow claiming works
Free to be listed. No fees, no commission, no subscription.
- companies approved for listing
- 1,413
- carrier registrations matched on the public registers
- 3,704
- nations: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- 4
- last check of the registers
- 10 Nov 2026
Counted from the directory as refreshed on 11 Nov 2026.
Find your listing
Every company has its own page. Enter your waste carrier registration number, your Companies House number or your company name and we take you to it.
What a listing does for you
Free to be listed
No fees, no commission and no subscription. No payment buys a higher place in the results.
Found by postcode and waste type
Customers search by the postcode of the job and the service they need, and see who publishes coverage there.
Your registration, with its date
We match you on the public register of waste carriers and show the number, tier and the date we checked it. Customers are told to ask for one before they book.
You stay in control
Claim your listing to correct it, add prices, sizes and areas, or ask us to take it down.
How it works
We read your website and the public register
Services, sizes, prices and the areas you name, each quoted with the page it came from and the date we read it.
You check your listing
Find it above, or follow the link in our email. Every line shows its source.
You claim it to correct or add
A claim needs an email address on your company’s own domain, or the one your company publishes, and your carrier registration number. Each one is checked by hand before anything changes.
What we don’t do
- We don’t call a company verified, vetted or approved by us. “Approved for listing” means we decided the evidence is good enough to show it, nothing more.
- We don’t sell rank. Claiming buys no place in the results.
- We don’t take bookings on your behalf or pass enquiries on. Customers contact you directly.
- There are no made-up or example listings. Every company on the site is a real company, shown with what it publishes itself.
Show that you are listed
A company approved for listing can put a “Listed on Who Takes Waste” badge on its own website, as a round seal or a flat badge in four colours. A company that has claimed its listing gets a second badge with a tick. Find your listing above, then follow “Badges for your website” at the foot of its page: pick one, copy the code, paste it into your site. Free and optional; a badge changes nothing about where a company appears in results.
Founding member, limited edition: 100 of 100 left. The first 100 companies to show a badge on their own website, with its link to their listing, get a numbered gold founding member badge. It is claimed from the same badges page.
Who runs it
Who Takes Waste is run by Capital Recycle Ltd, a London waste company. No company can buy a position.
Questions operators ask
Why is my company listed when I didn’t ask?
Because your website publishes your services and the public register lists your registration. The listing quotes both, with the dates we read them. You can correct it, or ask us to remove it, at any time.
Does it cost anything?
No. Being listed and claiming your listing are free.
How do I get my listing removed?
Open your listing and choose “Something wrong, want this listing removed, or have a suggestion?”. Every request is read by a person.
Can I claim with a Gmail or Hotmail address?
Yes, if it is the address your company publishes on its website, Google Business profile or register entry. If it is not, we call you back on the number your website or the register shows, and ask for your public liability certificate in the company’s name.
Why is something on my listing wrong?
Listings are researched by AI agents reading your website and the public registers, and they make mistakes. Claim the listing and correct it: what you state is shown as stated by you, with the date.
What does “approved for listing” mean?
That we judged the evidence good enough to show the company in results. It is not a check of your work and not a recommendation.