[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":51},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fblog\u002F2026-10-29-waste-transfer-notes":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":35,"description":36,"extension":37,"image":38,"meta":44,"navigation":45,"path":46,"placeholder":47,"seo":48,"stem":49,"__hash__":50},"blog\u002Fblog\u002F2026-10-29-waste-transfer-notes.md","Landlord or tenant? Why the same clearance needs different paperwork",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":31},"minimark",[9,13,16,19,22],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Clear a flat for the landlord and the waste is the landlord's business waste. Clear the same flat for the tenant and it's household waste. The job's the same, but the paperwork isn't.",[10,14,15],{},"For business waste, you and the customer complete a waste transfer note. The law sets out what has to be on it: the waste's six-digit List of Wastes code, a description and the quantity, whether it's loose or in a container, when and where it changed hands, the customer's SIC code, both your names, addresses and signatures, and a statement that they've applied the waste hierarchy. You both keep it for at least 2 years. If you collect the same waste from the same customer regularly, one note can cover up to a year.",[10,17,18],{},"A householder doesn't have to give you a note. They're told to check you're a registered carrier with a number starting CBDU, so expect to be asked for it.",[10,20,21],{},"Hazardous waste from a business needs a consignment note instead. From a home, most hazardous waste needs no consignment note on its way to a collection point, but asbestos is the exception: you complete the consignment note yourself, as the producer.",[10,23,24,25,30],{},"Our guide, ",[26,27,29],"a",{"href":28},"\u002Fguides\u002Fwaste-transfer-notes","waste transfer notes for removals and clearance firms",", goes through each rule with the links to the law.",{"title":32,"searchDepth":33,"depth":33,"links":34},"",2,[],"2026-10-29","Business waste needs a waste transfer note with set details on it; a householder gives you none but should check your registration. Asbestos is the exception that catches people out.","md",{"file":39,"alt":40,"credit":41,"source":42,"licence":43},"garden-clearance","A small back garden full of black bin bags, boxes and an old mattress, with a worker in overalls sorting boxes","Image created with AI by rm-rf software","https:\u002F\u002Frmrfsoftware.com","all rights reserved",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002F2026-10-29-waste-transfer-notes",false,{"title":5,"description":36},"blog\u002F2026-10-29-waste-transfer-notes","FdLRC2HaI_363YDVzADQMcIeT470LqZHEiS21XqB7v0",1793711177586]