Waste stream number integration development
Companies that receive commercial or hazardous waste usually have to report those receipts to the Landelijk Meldpunt Afvalstoffen (LMA, the national waste reporting centre) run by Rijkswaterstaat, per waste stream number. The accompanying letter states that number, the EWC code and the type of waste. Appfront builds the integration between your own administration and that chain: waste stream numbers on orders and weighing tickets, notifications from your own data, and digital accompanying letters.
What is a waste stream number integration?
A waste stream number is the number under which a waste stream from a waste producer is reported to a processor. Companies that receive commercial or hazardous waste usually report their receipts to the Landelijk Meldpunt Afvalstoffen (LMA), part of Rijkswaterstaat, via the AMICE system. This happens monthly, no later than four weeks after the end of the month in which the waste was received. Every load must come with an accompanying letter stating, among other things, the EWC code, the type of waste and the waste stream number, and this may also be digital.
At many companies this information is spread across several places. The waste stream numbers are in a list, the weighing tickets in the weighing system, the orders in the ERP and the accompanying letters on paper or as PDFs. Whoever prepares the monthly notification has to gather everything and retype it, and a load with an incorrect or expired number only comes to light when the notification is rejected.
We build custom solutions because companies and systems differ: one site or several, which weighing system and ERP, and how accompanying letters currently arrive. The integration puts waste stream numbers where they are needed and produces the notification from your own data. In the first step, we look at which route your notifications take to the LMA, based on what the LMA offers for your situation.
Numbers in one place
Waste stream numbers on orders and weighing tickets.
Notification from your data
The monthly notification without retyping.
Digital accompanying letter
Data from the letter straight into your system.
How we build your waste stream number integration
We start with your current flow: which waste you receive or remove, where waste stream numbers are currently kept, how weighing and acceptance work, and how the monthly notification is currently prepared. Then we look at which route the LMA offers for your notifications and how accompanying letters arrive. We often start with the waste stream numbers in your own system and the check at acceptance, because an error there affects the whole chain. The notification from your own data and the digital accompanying letter follow. After that, we keep the integration up to date as rules or systems change.
Waste, numbers and the current notification.
What the LMA offers for your situation.
Numbers, notification and accompanying letter.
Go-live, deadlines and maintenance.
What a waste stream number integration actually does
The components below feature in almost every waste stream number integration. Which ones you need depends on your role in the chain.
Waste stream numbers
Per waste producer and stream.
Acceptance
Number and EWC code checked.
Weighing tickets
Weight linked to the stream.
Monthly notification
From your own data.
Accompanying letter
Received digitally.
Deadlines
Notifications on time.
Who we build a waste stream number integration for
The integration is designed for companies that receive, collect or transport commercial or hazardous waste. The more streams and loads, the more time it saves.
Waste processors
Many receipts. The monthly notification matters.
Recycling companies
Streams per waste producer. Acceptance matters.
Collectors
Many waste producers. Correct numbers are key.
Software suppliers
A product for waste. Connecting matters.
Technology and integrations
This page covers waste stream numbers and reporting. For weighbridge tickets at a recycling company, see our page on weighbridge ticket registration in recycling; for disposal tickets in demolition, our page on demolition waste disposal tickets; and for collection, our page on container planning. You can read about our way of working on building custom software.
Why Appfront for your waste stream number integration?
Waste stream numbers kept in a separate list, and a monthly report compiled by hand, cost a waste processor time every month and cause errors that only come to light at the LMA. That is what we build on: numbers in one place, a report generated from your own data, and checks at the gate.
No retyping
The report from your own system.
Errors caught early
Checked on acceptance.
In time
Deadlines monitored.
Security and privacy in a waste stream number integration
The integration processes data about waste producers, loads, carriers and waste streams. Credentials for the reporting channel are stored encrypted, access is set up per role, and every report is logged with what was sent and what came back.
The integration runs in a European data centre, with encrypted storage and daily backups. Data you are required to keep for five years remains available. We record the processing in a data processing agreement.
Frequently asked questions about a waste stream number integration
Questions that waste processors and collectors ask before they get started.
A number under which a waste producer's waste stream is registered with a processor. It appears on the accompanying letter for every load and is used in reports to the Landelijk Meldpunt Afvalstoffen (the Dutch national waste reporting centre, LMA). This makes it possible to trace where waste comes from and where it goes.
In many cases, the recipient of commercial or hazardous waste, such as processors and certain collectors and storage companies. The exact conditions are set out by the government, including on Ondernemersplein. Reports are made monthly, no later than four weeks after the end of the month in which the waste was received.
Reports are sent to the LMA via the AMICE system. In the first step, we look at which route is available for sending reports from your own system, and which conditions apply. Only then do we start building, so you do not get stuck on a route that does not exist.
Yes. A digital version may be used alongside the paper accompanying letter, and a standard has been agreed for exchanging data between waste producer, carrier, collector and processor. The integration can put that data straight into your system, so nobody has to retype it.
The integration flags it at acceptance or weighing, rather than only when the monthly report is rejected. An unknown number, a number belonging to a different waste producer, or an EWC code that does not match the stream is placed in an overview for review.
If you are required to report receipts, you must keep the data and a copy or scan of the accompanying letters for five years. The integration stores what has been recorded and reported, so it can be found in the event of an inspection.
Check that first. Some weighing and waste software packages can submit reports. A custom solution makes sense if your data is spread across several systems, if you have multiple sites, or if the report is currently still compiled by hand.
Waste stream numbers and reports from your own system?
Tell us what waste you receive or send off, which systems hold the data, and how the monthly report is currently produced. We will show you which route is available and what the integration would look like.