What the law requires in every waste record, in yard terms
The reporting duty is really a list of fields. Schedule 1 Part 2 of the regulations names the information a receiving site must put in every digital waste record, so it is worth knowing what is actually on the list and what is not.
The list, in yard terms
Who you are: operator name, contact details, and your environmental permit number. The when and where: facility address plus the date and time the waste was received. Who brought it: the transporter's name and details, their carrier registration number, or the reason there is not one, and the consignment note code when the load is hazardous. If a broker or dealer arranged the movement, their details too. How it travelled: the mode of transport and the vehicle registration for road transport. What it is: a description of the waste and its waste codes. How much: the weight for each code. What happens to it: the disposal or recovery code. How it is packed: container types and quantities. And for hazardous waste, the hazard codes with the chemistry behind them, plus the physical form of the load.
Estimates are lawful
The schedule asks for the weight and the estimation method used. The law expects estimates, it just wants them labelled as estimates. A yard without a weighbridge is not locked out of compliance, and a corrected figure later is a normal part of the system rather than a confession.
What an end-of-life vehicle looks like against the list
Almost everything on the list is knowable from the reg and the arrival. The vehicle's identity gives the description, the waste code for an undepolluted car is a hazardous one, the weight can start as the manufacturer figure, and the carrier question is answered at the gate by whoever drops it off. That is why the whole record can be made in under a minute when the software knows the trade, and why the same record typed into a spreadsheet has around twenty chances for a slip.