Digital Waste Tracking for vehicle breakers
Vehicle in.
Legal in seconds.
Parts out, sold on eBay.
On the official GOV.UK provider list Defra's published list of Report receipt of waste software providers ↗ What breakers say
Five stars out of five
“Great customer service and very accommodating when tweeks need doing.”
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Five stars out of five
“10/10 service. Making custom adaptations to suit our specific needs. Nothing is too much trouble. 24/7 what’s app customer service what else could you need”
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Five stars out of five
“We used them for reporting new vehicles through Defra and so far are very happy with it. I also found Zac extremely helpful in terms of communication and understanding few things.”
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Five stars out of five
“I think this is a quick responded company ever known to come across with in the terms of helping us moving things forward… I am grateful.”
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Compliance
£39 a month
Unlimited users · cancel any time
- Book in at the gate in 30 seconds. Reg in, one tap checks DVLA and fills the record.
- Waste codes handled. Coded hazardous on arrival, reclassified when depollution is done. CoD recorded, DVLA told.
- One tap reports to Defra. No signal? It queues on the tablet and sends itself.
- Expected before it arrives. Pre-book the reg and who is bringing it. One tap at the gate finishes the record when it lands.
- The site register your permit expects. What is on site right now, where each car sits, and the 14 working day quarantine clock counting down. Saved as a dated PDF in one tap.
- Ready for an inspection. Every send and every Defra answer kept against the vehicle. Evidence pack in one tap.
Add eBay parts
Picture to posting.
Take a picture say what it is post it to eBay
£79 a month
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- The fastest picture to posting on the market. Take a picture of the part, say what it is, post it to eBay.
- The booked-in car becomes listings. Tap the parts you are breaking and they list on your own eBay. Sales and payouts are yours.
- Buyers see "fits your vehicle". eBay's fitment catalogue, matched from the donor reg.
- Part numbers without retyping. The AI reads OE numbers off the label.
- Sold at the counter? One tap ends it. A part never sells twice.
2013 FORD FIESTA GEARBOX, GENUINE USED PART
There are more than 60 waste trackers on the GOV.UK list. One is built for breakers.
| BreakerHQ | Generic trackers | |
|---|---|---|
| Reports waste receipts to Defra digitally | Yes | Yes |
| One-tap DVLA lookup: reg in, record filled | Yes | No |
| Unlimited users, no per-seat charges | Yes | Per user or per driver |
| Works fully offline at the gate | Yes | Rarely |
| CoD recorded, DVLA told, depollution tracked | Yes | No |
| Electric vehicles: EV checklist, high-voltage battery on the record | Yes | No |
| Evidence pack for the whole vehicle, one tap | Yes | No |
| Sell the parts on your own eBay | Yes | No |
We checked all 63 providers on the GOV.UK list, one by one, and published what each one charges and does. See the full comparison
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Listing a used part by hand takes 10 to 15 minutes. From a booked-in car it takes about a minute.
Every step, one flow
- Car arrives
- Reg in
- DVLA identifies it
- Weight recorded
- Who delivered it
- Waste receipt created
- Sent to Defra
- Record kept
- Depollution ticked off
- Location set, quarantine clock if it needs one
Say BreakerHQ saves you just two minutes a car across all of that. A yard doing 120 cars a week gets four hours a week back, around seventeen hours a month, for £39, on top of being legally compliant.
Lower volume? Manual, fragmented processes usually cost far more than two minutes a car. Save eight minutes on each of thirty cars a week and the same maths lands in the same place: sixteen plus hours a month.
Get set up todayThe dates that matter
| 1 October 2026 | Digital reporting of waste receipts became mandatory for permitted sites in England and Wales, including ATF vehicle intake. |
|---|---|
| 1 January 2027 | Scotland follows, under its own regulations, enforced by SEPA. |
| January 2027 | Northern Ireland follows, overseen by DAERA. The exact day waits on its regulations. |
| 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.
Common questions
Is BreakerHQ on the official GOV.UK list of software providers?
Yes. BreakerHQ, from 1Z Digital Ltd, is listed on GOV.UK as a software provider for Report receipt of waste, Defra's Digital Waste Tracking service, and passed Defra's production approval tests. See the list on GOV.UK ↗
What is Digital Waste Tracking and when does it become mandatory?
Digital Waste Tracking is Defra's system for reporting waste movements digitally. Since 1 October 2026 every waste receipt at a permitted site in England and Wales has had to be reported digitally, including vehicles arriving at ATFs. Scotland follows on 1 January 2027 and Northern Ireland in January 2027. Read Defra's official guidance on GOV.UK ↗
When does digital waste tracking start in Scotland and Northern Ireland?
On 1 January 2027 in both, says GOV.UK. In Scotland the Digital Waste Tracking (Scotland) Regulations 2026 come into force that day, enforced by SEPA, and each load is due by the end of the second working day after it arrives. New Year's Day and 4 January are Scottish bank holidays, so the first loads are due by the end of Wednesday 6 January. Northern Ireland starts in January 2027, says DAERA. Its regulations are not published yet, so the deadline for each load there is not settled. Guides that put Northern Ireland in October 2026 are wrong. Scotland, every question answered · Northern Ireland, what is settled
Does BreakerHQ work for ATFs and scrap yards in Scotland and Northern Ireland?
Yes. Scotland and Northern Ireland report to the same Defra service as England and Wales, and the GOV.UK list of approved software names both nations. There is no separate Scottish or Northern Irish list. Put your SEPA or Northern Ireland permit number and your Defra code into BreakerHQ and the gate reports each load from there. The service is open for voluntary use now, so you can send real loads before January. Some screens still quote England's regulation numbers. Why there is no Scottish list
What permit number do I give Defra in Scotland or Northern Ireland?
The number on your SEPA authorisation or your Northern Ireland permit or licence, as it was issued. Defra accepts every UK nation's shapes, such as PPC/A/1234567, WML/L/1234567 or EAS/P/123456 from SEPA, and P1234/56A or WPPC 12/34 in Northern Ireland. Anything else is rejected with 'Site authorisation number must be in a valid UK format'. Every shape Defra accepts, and the carrier numbers
Do scrap yards and vehicle dismantlers have to report to Defra?
Yes. If your yard receives end-of-life vehicles under an environmental permit, the receiving site must report each waste receipt, whoever delivers the vehicle: from 1 October 2026 in England and Wales, and from 1 January 2027 in Scotland and Northern Ireland. BreakerHQ does this from the gate in about thirty seconds per vehicle.
Do I need to know EWC waste codes?
No. BreakerHQ codes the waste automatically: an arriving end-of-life vehicle is
16 01 04* (hazardous) and completing depollution reclassifies it to
16 01 06 (non-hazardous), with the change recorded on the evidence
trail.
Does it work without signal in the yard?
Yes. BreakerHQ is offline-first: book-ins and reports queue on the tablet and send themselves when signal returns. Nothing gets lost and nothing gets typed twice.
How much does BreakerHQ cost?
Rolling monthly plans from £39 a month for Defra compliance. Plans that include posting parts to your own eBay account start at £79 a month. Cancel any time.
Can I use Defra's spreadsheet instead of software?
Yes. Defra's spreadsheet is a fixed template you download fresh for every submission, fill by hand with around twenty fields per load, and upload with your organisation's sign-in. SEPA says it may be phased out in the future, and NetRegs, for Scotland and Northern Ireland, calls it a temporary solution. The service charges £26 a year either way. Software fills those fields from the reg at the gate instead. Read Defra's guidance on GOV.UK ↗
We take in tyres, not vehicles. Is there something for us?
Yes. The same Defra mandate covers permitted tyre collection and recycling sites, and TyreHQ is our product built for them: tyre loads booked in by count and weight, reported to Defra in one tap. See TyreHQ ↗
Listed on GOV.UK as a Report receipt of waste software provider ↗ · Built to Defra's Digital Waste Tracking standard · Parts listed on the yard's own eBay account