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Practical guides for running vans, from the DoRoutes team.

  1. A white tipper lorry beside a pile of bin bags, cardboard and household junk at a covered waste transfer site, with a worker in orange hi-vis looking over the pile

    Digital waste tracking at the tip

    Since 1 October 2026, tips in England and Wales record every load online, including your carrier registration number and your van's registration. Carriers are planned to follow from October 2027.

  2. Drivers' hours for vans and lorries

    Which drivers' hours rules your vans and lorries follow in Great Britain, and the limits under each.

  3. GPS tracking under UK GDPR

    What the ICO expects when you track your vans and drivers: telling staff, a lawful basis, a DPIA, tracking only at work and keeping locations no longer than you need.

  4. Pricing a removal

    What a removal price has to cover, so the job still pays when the day turns out harder than the quote.

  5. Two white tipper lorries seen from behind on an industrial estate road, loaded with rubble sacks and old timber

    Waste carrier registration is becoming a permit

    From July 2027, carriers in England move from a waste carrier registration to an environmental permit, each when its registration would have expired. What changes, and what to do now.

  6. An emptied living room with a sofa under a dust sheet, stacked boxes and a clipboard on the floor

    Waste transfer notes for removals and clearance firms

    When you need a waste transfer note, what has to be on it, what changes for householders and hazardous waste, and how long to keep it, in England and Wales.