BreakerHQ

Digital Waste Tracking for vehicle breakers

Vehicle in.
Legal in thirty seconds.

From 1 October 2026, every waste receipt at a permitted site must be reported digitally to Defra. BreakerHQ does it from the gate: reg in, waste codes handled for you, one tap to report — and it keeps working when the yard has no signal.

Get set up before October See how it works

Built for independent ATFs breaking for parts — not for skip firms, not a £799-a-month everything-system.

Gate record Fri 10:42
MK63 XYZ
  1. Booked in at the gate — Ford Fiesta, blue, 1,180 kg
  2. Waste coded automatically — EWC 16 01 04* end-of-life vehicle, hazardous
  3. Receipt reported to Defra Digital Waste Tracking
  4. On record — waste tracking ID 25HRA0B2
No signal at the gate? Records queue on the device and send themselves.

Offline-first at the gate

Yards have dead spots. Book-ins and submissions queue on the tablet and send when signal returns — nothing gets lost, nothing gets typed twice.

Waste codes, handled

You never pick an EWC code. An ELV is hazardous until it's depolluted — BreakerHQ codes it, tracks the depollution steps, and reclassifies when the last one's ticked.

Proof for the EA

Every submission and Defra response is kept, timestamped, against the vehicle. When an inspector visits, the evidence pack is one tap.

The whole job, from the gate

  1. 1

    Book in

    Reg number, who brought it, weight. Repeat suppliers are remembered — a regular recovery firm takes seconds.

  2. 2

    Coded

    The waste receipt is created and coded automatically. Consignment note captured if one came with the vehicle.

  3. 3

    Reported

    One tap sends the receipt to Defra's Digital Waste Tracking service under your registration. Retries and errors are handled for you.

  4. 4

    Proven

    The tracking ID, the exact submission, and Defra's response are stored against the vehicle — your inspection trail builds itself.

The dates that matter

1 October 2026 Digital reporting of waste receipts becomes mandatory for permitted sites in England, Wales and Northern Ireland — including ATF vehicle intake.
January 2027 Scotland follows.
October 2027 Phase 2 extends reporting to waste carriers and brokers.

If your yard receives end-of-life vehicles under an environmental permit, this applies to you from day one — the receiving site reports, whoever delivers.

Built against Defra's Receipt of Waste API v1.0 · Offline-tested for real yard conditions · Preparing for Defra production approval testing