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 whether it is on the UK Sanctions List: said only when it matches a UK entry by its company number, or by its exact registered name and address; otherwise what was checked, never a clearance.

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

Environmental registration and a UK Sanctions List look-up 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": "BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LIMITED", "number": "00946107", "status": "active", "formerNames": ["BIFFA LIMITED"] },
  "reading": "BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LIMITED is a registered waste carrier, broker or dealer in England, current until 2028-05-23. It holds 150 other Environment Agency registrations (permits or exemptions). We didn't match BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LIMITED to the UK Sanctions List by its company number or its registered name and address (list of 6 October 2026). That isn't a clearance: companies owned or controlled by someone on the list aren't named on it.",
  "environmentAgency": {
    "read": true,
    "wasteCarrier": { "current": true, "expires": "2028-05-23" },
    "registrations": [
  …

Abbreviated. The full example, every endpoint and runnable code are in the implementation guide above; the integration pack downloads beside it. No account needed to read any of it.

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Why developers pick it

Waste duty of care

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

The current sanctions list

The FCDO's UK Sanctions List, the sole official list since January 2026, refreshed daily, with the list's own date on every answer.

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). We say a company is on the sanctions list only on a definite match, never a maybe, and never give a clean bill: companies owned or controlled by someone listed aren't named on it.

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