Cookies on Register as a waste carrier

Cookies are files saved on your phone, table or computer when you visit a website.

We use cookies to store information about how you use the Register as a waste carrier (WCR) website, such as the pages you visit.

Cookie settings

We use 2 types of cookie. You can choose which cookies you're happy for us to use.

Third party cookies that measure website use (analytics)

We use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on user needs. We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use this site.

Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about:

  • how you got to the site
  • the pages you visit on WCR and government digital services, and how long you spend on each page
  • what you click on while you're visiting the site
Name Purpose Expires
_ga Used to identify referring sites, visitors and sessions 2 years
_gid Tells us how visitors use the service, where they came from and the pages visited 24 hours

Strictly necessary cookies (session)

These essential cookies do things like remember your progress through a form (for example a registration service).

They always need to be on.

All the cookies we use
Name Purpose Expires
_registrations_session Used for session management and authentication When you close your browser
cookies_policy Saves your cookie consent settings 1 year
cookies_preferences_set Tells us about your cookie settings 1 year

Change your cookie settings

You can change your cookie settings at any time