Is this business registered for what it does? Waste carrier status, permits, enforcement, sanctions.

For one UK company: Environment Agency registrations in England (waste carrier status and expiry, permits, exemptions, enforcement actions) and a UK Sanctions List check on its number, name and former names.

Before you let a firm take your waste away, supply you, or join your platform, the checks are public but scattered: the Environment Agency's registers for waste carriers, permits, exemptions and enforcement actions, and the UK Sanctions List. This endpoint runs them for one company: whether it's a registered waste carrier (and until when), what else it's registered or permitted for in England, whether enforcement action is listed against it, and whether its number, name or a former name appears against an entity on the UK Sanctions List.

what you’d build with it

Hiring a waste contractor

Using an unregistered carrier makes you liable too; check the registration and its expiry in one call.

Supplier onboarding

Sanctions screening and environmental registration in the same step as the rest of your checks.

Marketplaces and platforms

Check trades before they list: registered, current, no enforcement listed.

example response

{
  "company": { "name": "EXAMPLE WASTE LIMITED", "number": "01234567" },
  "reading": "EXAMPLE WASTE LIMITED is a registered waste carrier, broker or dealer in England, current until 2028-04-23. It holds 3 other Environment Agency registrations (permits or exemptions). No entity with its company number, name or former names is on the UK Sanctions List.",
  "environmentAgency": { "wasteCarrier": { "current": true, "expires": "2028-04-23", "number": "CBDU12345" }, "enforcementActions": 0 },
  "sanctions": { "listed": false, "list": "UK Sanctions List (FCDO)" }
}

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Why developers pick it

The checks that carry liability

Waste duty of care and sanctions are the two where getting it wrong costs you, not just them.

The current sanctions list

The FCDO's UK Sanctions List, the sole official list since January 2026, refreshed weekly.

Strict matching

Company number first, exact name second; a holder with a different company number is never counted.

Honest limits

England's registers only (the other nations keep their own), and a sanctions match is a lead to confirm, never a finding.

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