{"id":31,"date":"2026-09-19T17:44:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastecarrierlicence.co.uk\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-09-19T17:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:44:44","slug":"licence-tiers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wastecarrierlicence.co.uk\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"Licence Tiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wls-site wls-simple-page\"><section class=\"wls-hero\"><div class=\"wls-container wls-hero-grid\"><div><span class=\"wls-kicker\">UK WASTE CARRIER REGISTRATION<\/span><h1>Understanding waste carrier tiers<\/h1><p>The registration category depends on what your business does with waste and the nation in which the business is based.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"wls-container wls-tier-page-grid\"><article><span class=\"wls-tier-label\">Lower tier<\/span><h2>For certain lower-risk activities<\/h2><p>Lower-tier registration can apply in specific circumstances, including certain businesses carrying waste they produce themselves. The exact rules differ between nations.<\/p><\/article><article><span class=\"wls-tier-label\">Upper tier<\/span><h2>For wider waste activities<\/h2><p>Upper-tier registration commonly applies when a business carries other people's waste, carries certain construction or demolition waste, or acts as a waste broker or dealer, subject to the applicable national rules.<\/p><\/article><\/section><section class=\"wls-container wls-simple-content\"><div class=\"wls-important-box\"><strong>Important:<\/strong> This page is general information. Select your UK nation during the application so the relevant requirements can be considered.<\/div><p class=\"wls-page-actions\"><a class=\"wls-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/wastecarrierlicence.co.uk\/?page_id=11\">Choose your service \u2192<\/a><\/p><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastecarrierlicence.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastecarrierlicence.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastecarrierlicence.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastecarrierlicence.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastecarrierlicence.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wastecarrierlicence.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastecarrierlicence.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}