WasteDataFlow Administration and Management 2026 · DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

WasteDataFlow (WDF) is an established online service for collecting, validating and reporting local authority waste management, recycling and fly-tipping data across the UK. The service is used by Defra, the devolved administrations, local authorities and other users, and underpins official statistics, policy monitoring, local authority performance analysis, pEPR-related modelling and wider waste policy development and evaluation.

This requirement is for the full administration, operation, support, hosting and management of the existing WDF service.

It includes website and database hosting, system administration, user account management, local authority helpdesk support, training, data collection management, chasing non-respondents, validation of English local authority returns, maintenance of guidance, production of reports and datasets, support to operational and user governance arrangements, and delivery of agreed system change