Receiving sites · DAERA / NIEA

Digital Waste Tracking in Northern Ireland

Prepare for the government’s announced 1 January 2027 receiving-site start in Northern Ireland. Review your sites, reporting process and setup with the people who will capture and check each load.

Book a receiving-site demo →Use the readiness checklist

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Check which receiving activities are in scope

DAERA identifies waste receivers as the first phase of Digital Waste Tracking. Review the receiving sites and authorisations your business operates, with NIEA or DAERA where needed, rather than assuming the January timetable applies to every carrier, broker or waste producer.

The announced January timetable concerns Northern Ireland. Keep it separate from Republic of Ireland arrangements, cross-border shipment duties and the later planned collector phase. Check the current national guidance for the activities and waste you handle.

Read DAERA’s Digital Waste Tracking guidance ↗

From an arriving load to a reviewed receipt

PaperRoute connects the information your Yard and office teams work with. For an eligible receiving site, we configure and check the DEFRA connection with you before live reporting.

Capture what arrived

Record waste details, weight and discrepancies in the Yard workflow. Keep the expected booking separate from the observed load.

Review the receipt

Check missing information and the supporting details with the person responsible for reporting.

Follow the reporting outcome

Submit through the configured connection and check the receipt’s status. A saved local record is not proof of acceptance.

PaperRoute demonstration waste receipts table with reporting status and information checks — Actual PaperRoute demonstration account. Receipt statuses shown are examples, not evidence of a live DAERA / NIEA submission.

PaperRoute is named under Saunders Simmons Ltd on the GOV.UK compatible-software list. We review suitability for your authorisations, waste scenarios and setup.

Choose the reporting process that fits your operation

The government provides a prescribed spreadsheet route as well as an API route through compatible software. You can review the process you already use before deciding whether to move to a wider operations platform.

PaperRoute is designed for connected customer, collection, driver, Yard, document and invoicing work. Bring your current process to a demo so we can establish the fit and configuration together.

Official registration and reporting routes ↗Spreadsheet versus connected software

When one customer account covers several receiving locations

Consider an operator coordinating more than one site, or businesses with sites in Northern Ireland and Great Britain. Identify the legal organisation and receiving locations before discussing setup. A shared trading name or customer account does not answer which entity receives the waste or owns the reporting process.

Bring a typical arriving-load record and your current reporting method to the setup discussion. Agree which team captures the information, who reviews differences and how the office follows the submission outcome across the relevant sites.

This is an example for reviewing your process, not a customer case study. Running skip collections and a receiving yard? Explore PaperRoute Skips.

Receiving-site readiness checklist

Practical preparation notes for your team. Tick the checks as you review them; your choices stay on this page and are not sent anywhere.

0 of 8 preparation checks reviewed

Confirm your role and scopeCheck the relevant national guidance for the receiving operation and authorisation. Collection work and receiving waste are different roles.Identify the organisation and sitesList the legal business, receiving locations and authorisations that need to be reviewed during setup.Agree the reporting routeDecide whether to use the government spreadsheet, compatible software, or both. Follow the current official format.Review a typical arriving loadBring the waste description, classification, quantity and carrier/site information your team normally receives.Assign review and reporting responsibilityAgree who checks records, follows reporting outcomes and provides cover when the usual person is away.Walk through a problem recordCheck how the team reviews a discrepancy, rejected submission or later correction and follows the regulator’s current guidance.Keep existing document processes clearReview WTNs, consignment notes and other returns separately. A local record or signed PDF does not itself confirm an accepted receipt report.Review setup and team handoverConfirm the supported workflow, responsibilities and start plan with your team before live reporting.

Completing this checklist is a preparation exercise, not a legal scope decision or a compliance certificate. Check current national guidance for the duties that apply to your site.

Questions from receiving-site teams

What is the announced start date for Northern Ireland?

The government states that receiving-site use becomes mandatory from 1 January 2027. DAERA confirms the January rollout. At this page’s review date, the Assembly publication still lists the proposed regulations as in progress, so follow official updates on the final rules.

Is this the same rollout as the Republic of Ireland?

This page concerns Northern Ireland and the UK Digital Waste Tracking service. Check the relevant authorities separately for Republic of Ireland activities and cross-border waste shipments.

Do I need a separate Northern Ireland submission platform?

The published rollout uses the shared UK Report receipt of waste service. Registration and the reporting route still need to fit the organisations and receiving sites involved.

Can we keep an existing reporting process?

Review your current software or the government spreadsheet route against the process you need. A PaperRoute demo can establish whether the wider office, Yard and driver workflows are a useful fit and which configuration would be required.

Does the January date cover our collection business too?

Receiving-site reporting and the developing collector phase have different scopes. A business can perform both roles. Check the receiving operation now and follow the separately planned Phase 2 timetable for collection activities.

Bring a real receiving-site workflow to your demo

Show us how you currently capture arrivals, review load differences and handle reporting. We’ll demonstrate the relevant PaperRoute workflow and discuss setup, team training and support.

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Reviewed by the PaperRoute team on 19 October 2026 against the linked official sources. This page supports preparation and software selection; the relevant regulator determines the duties that apply to your operation. Existing document and reporting requirements need to be checked separately.