BreakerHQ now checks the carrier against the EA register while you book in
Yesterday we wrote about who can legally deliver a car: the CBDU number, the free register check, and the four lawful reasons for a delivery without one. Today BreakerHQ does the check for you. Type the carrier's number at the gate and the Environment Agency's public register is checked live, while you take the second tap that confirms the book in.
What you see
If the number is on the register, nothing interrupts you, and the supplier's line shows the registered business and when it was checked. If the number is not on the register, or its registration has expired, an amber note appears before you confirm: the number, what the register said, and the reminder that booking in continues as normal. You decide what to do with the answer. The gate never waits for the register and never blocks a car.
Checked once, remembered
The answer is remembered against the supplier. The next time that firm delivers, their standing shows the moment you type their name, instantly, and with no signal needed, because the answer is already on your record. A number gets rechecked after a month, or whenever a different number turns up with the same supplier.
What it honestly does and does not do
It checks the number, not the person. The register says whether CBDU123456 is a live registration and who holds it. It cannot say that the driver in your yard works for that business, so BreakerHQ shows you the registered name and leaves that judgment where it belongs, with you. And it is England's register: a Scottish or Northern Irish carrier holds a lawful registration that will not show here, which is exactly why a not found answer warns and never blocks. If the register itself is down, BreakerHQ says nothing rather than something false, and simply asks again next time.
Why this is in the compliance plan and not an extra
The duty of care already expects you to take reasonable steps to check that the people handling your waste are authorised. The register is public and free. All BreakerHQ adds is doing it at the exact moment it matters, without anyone opening a browser tab at the gate. It is on for every yard from today, inside the same £39 plan, and it is another row on the comparison that only we tick.