Commercial Waste Registration

If your business produces, transports, receives, or processes commercial waste, you are required to keep a waste registration (bedrijfsafvalstoffenregistratie). You must record all waste streams within your company, including the type, quantity, and destination of waste materials.

You report received waste to the LMA via the AMICE system (Electronic Waste Notification). To use AMICE, you need a waste processor ID code (verwerkersnummer). This obligation falls under the Environmental Management Act (Wet milieubeheer) and is enforced by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. Failure to maintain proper records can result in fines.

Requirements

  • Scope: Mandatory for companies that dispose of, transport or receive commercial waste
  • Legal basis: Article 10.38 Environmental Management Act (Wet milieubeheer)
  • Registration data: Type of waste, quantities, origin, destination and processing method
  • Retention period: Records must be kept for at least 5 years

Procedure

  • Administration: Maintain all waste streams in a registration system
  • Control: The competent authority can request the registration for inspection
  • Reporting: Possible mandatory periodic reporting to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management