Construction waste register in France: who must keep it, what goes in it, and the link with Trackdéchets (2026)

Any company that produces, collects or treats construction waste in France must be able to show, at any time, what it did with it. This obligation rests on two complementary tools: the chronological waste register, kept by the company, and the waste tracking slip (BSD), which accompanies each batch of hazardous waste to its treatment — now dematerialised on the state platform Trackdéchets. This guide explains who is concerned, which columns the register must contain, and what inspections most often find. One caution: thresholds and deadlines evolve; always check the text in force on Légifrance or the Ecology Ministry website.

Register and BSD: two distinct obligations

• The chronological register covers all waste, hazardous and non-hazardous (rubble, wood, metals, plaster, plastics…). Its content is set by the decree of 31 May 2021: it must be kept for at least three years and presented on any request from the authorities.
• The BSD is mandatory only for hazardous waste (asbestos, solvents, paints, treated wood, polluted soil…), identified by an asterisk in the nomenclature. Since 2022 it is issued, signed and tracked online on Trackdéchets; paper no longer has evidential value for these streams.
• Sorting at source: companies must sort separately paper/cardboard, metal, plastic, glass, wood, mineral fractions and plaster (the "7 streams"), save exemptions linked to space or quantities. The register must reflect this sorting.

The register columns, none forgotten

A compliant register is a table where each line is a removal or a collection. The information expected from a waste producer:

• Date of shipment or removal, and BSD number if there is one.
• Nature of the waste and nomenclature code (chapter 17 codes cover most construction and demolition waste).
• Quantity (in tonnes or cubic metres, stating the unit) and number of containers.
• Name, address and SIRET number of the transport company, and its receipt number where required.
• Name, address and SIRET of the destination facility, and the treatment code (material recovery, energy recovery, disposal).
• Site of origin (address, internal reference): essential to reconstruct a site's balance or answer a project owner.

A four-tab spreadsheet — register, list of carriers and outlets, waste codes, summary per site — is enough for a company under twenty employees. What matters is not the tool but regularity: one line per removal, the same day, with the weighbridge ticket or recycling-centre receipt filed alongside.

Trackdéchets in practice

The producer creates the slip (or has the collector create it and validates it), the carrier signs at pickup, the destination facility signs at reception then certifies treatment. Each step is time-stamped; the finalised slip is the proof. Three reflexes: create the company account before the first concerned site, designate who signs in the field (with one email address per person), and copy the BSD number into the register the same day. Asbestos waste follows the same circuit with specific mentions.

What inspections most often find

• A register rebuilt afterwards from invoices: dates do not match weighbridge tickets.
• Missing or approximate waste codes ("rubble" without a code): the authorities expect the nomenclature.
• Carriers without a declaration receipt when the quantities transported require one.
• Hazardous waste removed without a BSD, or with a paper BSD dated after the dematerialisation obligation.
• No written agreement with the collection provider: in case of illegal dumping, liability goes back to the producer.

What the project owner may ask you

On public sites and increasingly on private ones, the contract provides for waste reporting: quantities per stream, recovery rate, outlets. If your register is kept as you go with the "site" column, this report takes ten minutes; otherwise it is a day of reconstruction at the end of the site. Also plan for the waste diagnostic (PEMD) required before certain demolitions and major renovations, which conditions the site management plan.

Chipie Studio offers the construction waste register as a ready-to-use spreadsheet (4 tabs, 300 lines, guide included) on its own, or the Waste Register & BSD Pack which adds the 2026 regulatory memo, the step-by-step Trackdéchets procedure, the removal agreement, the 22-point compliance checklist and the reporting template. Documents cite their references and state their verification date; have special cases (asbestos, polluted soil, classified facilities) validated by your trade body or the regional environment authority.