Your local council will now be able to fine you if you have not taken care to ensure that your waste is passed on to an authorised person. This could affect you if, for example, you've hired builders, gardeners or scrap metal merchants who take materials away from your house. If these materials get fly-tipped, you could be liable and could even get fined.

What you should do to make sure your waste is disposed of correctly.

If you hire contractors such as builders and allied trades, landscape gardeners, tree fellers and surgeons, house clearers, retail establishments or scrap metal merchants who are removing waste items from your property, these people will normally need a waste carrier registration.

Ask your contractor if they're a registered waste carrier and ask for their waste carrier number.