In Wallonia, only a person registered with the administration can transport and collect non-hazardous waste. This registration is issued by the SPW Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment (SPW ARNE), and more specifically the Soil and Waste Department (DSD).
Our goal? To preserve human health and the environment.
Registration of professionals
The requirement applies only to activities carried out in a professional capacity. Throughout your registration, you must comply with a series of obligations (see the "Conditions" section below)
If you are transporting non-hazardous waste yourself, you must be registered as a waste transporter, in addition to your registration as a collector, dealer or broker. If you use a subcontractor for transportation, the subcontractor must also be registered.
What is non-hazardous waste?
- Household waste and similar
- Class B1 hospital waste: non-infectious waste from care units, consultations, medical-technical services and waste from medical laboratories
- Inert waste (e.g. earth, mortar, brick, cement, concrete, tiles, flat glass)
- Non-hazardous industrial and agricultural waste
Register
To register, please complete the online form. See the complete procedure below.
- Transporter of non-hazardous waste: natural or legal person that transports waste by road, inland waterway or rail on a professional basis
- Collector of non-hazardous waste: any company that collects waste on a professional basis.
In this approach, waste brokers and traders are equivalent to waste collectors.
You can apply for registration as a non-hazardous waste transporter or collector in Wallonia using the online form on "My Space" (see "Online form" section below).
Registration is free. The application can be made in French, German, Dutch or English.
TRACKING YOUR APPLICATION: STEPS
- Complete the online form (see the "Online Form" section below).
- After sending your request, the Walloon administration checks if your file is complete within 30 days.
- If any information or documents are missing, we will contact you to tell you exactly what needs to be corrected or completed.
- You then have 30 days to send the requested elements.
- Warning: if you do not respond within this period, your request will be refused. We will only ask for additional information once: it is therefore important to respond completely and on time.
- If your file is complete, we proceed with the registration and provide you with a registration number. This notification is sent by postal mail.
- If any information or documents are missing, we will contact you to tell you exactly what needs to be corrected or completed.
RENEW YOUR REGISTRATION
This registration is renewable and is issued for a period of 5 years. Submit your renewal request one month before the expiry of the current registration.
NON-COMPLIANCE WITH OBLIGATIONS
Apart from any legal proceedings, failure to comply with the obligations will result in the cancellation of your registration.
Obligations
- To take measures to avoid any danger to human health and damage to the environment
- To ensure that waste is only sent to appropriate and authorised collection, pre-processing, disposal or recovery facilities
- To encode the declarations necessary for the movement of waste and for the subsidiary tax during the period of registration
- The Walloon Government Decree of 13 November 2003 on the registration of collectors, brokers, traders and transporters of non-hazardous waste.
- Decree of 9 March 2023 relating to waste, the circularity of materials, and public cleanliness
- Fiscal decree of 22 March 2007 promoting the prevention and recovery waste in the Walloon Region and amending the decree of 6 May 1999 on the establishment, recovery and disputes regarding direct regional taxes.
- Walloon Government Decree of 10 July 1997 establishing a waste catalogue
- Walloon Government Decree of 19 July 2007 concerning shipments of waste
- Walloon Government Decree of 5 March 2015 establishing an obligation to sort certain waste
- Walloon Government Decree of 5 July 2018 on the management and traceability of land
- Administrative Circular of 22 March 2019 on the recognition of registrations as transporters of non-hazardous waste, issued by the Brussels Capital Region or the Flemish Region
- Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 on shipments of waste
