Sees
Which skips earn and which just sit.
Skip hire · United Kingdom
The tip asked for the Defra record. The permit expired.
evreka.ai sends the tip its record, renews the permit and asks you only about money. Built by people from inside the waste industry.
One morning · skip yard
- driver short · rounds rebuilt across 4 lorrieshandled
- online order · road placement → permit applied, cost in pricehandled
- wait-and-load priced · slot at 11:20needs you
- tip ticket 4481 · 1.9 t over → surcharge draftedneeds you
evreka.ai is an evreka.co product
- 12 yearsin waste operations
- 30+countries
- 10,000+users
UMUTCAN APPROVAL: 30+ countries (evreka.ai) vs 25+ (evreka.co); align before launch
One day in a skip yard
Exchanges, permits and tip tickets handled.
One day · Skip hire · illustration, names are fictional
06:00 → 17:30
skip on site · rental dayslong stay · waits for yourebuilt round
- Driver short. Rounds rebuilt across 4 lorries.31 jobs resequenced · 2 exchanges moved to tomorrow, customers textedhandled
- Online order: 8-yard skip, mixed C&D, Eastfield.road placement · permit applied, fee in the price · drop bookedhandled
- Wait-and-load request, city centre.priced with a 30-min wait · slot at 11:20 between two dropsneeds you
- The tip at Millbrook asks for the Defra record on skip 2187.description, EWC code, weight sent · load acceptedhandled
- Tip ticket 4481 matched to skip 2209.1.9 t over the estimate · surcharge drafted per your T&Csneeds you
- financeInvoice run: 74 completed jobs.72 sent · 2 held, tickets missinghandled
- Council permit for Bridge St expires tomorrow.renewal filed · fee on the customer’s accounthandled
- Tomorrow: 96% booked.41 drops · 38 collections · 9 exchanges · permits in placehandled
handled on its ownwaits for you · money
handled 6 · needs you 2
09:40
The same phone call, three answers.
A builder rings. Skip full, exchange today, permit street.
Your current system
Whiteboard, diary, job screen. The exchange goes in for tomorrow, if someone remembers the permit.
A forgotten permit is a penalty charge.
A general AI assistant
Explains skip permits and suggests you call the council.
It has never booked a skip.
Evreka
Checks the permit and prices the swap on the site’s overweight history. Slots it at 11:20, between two drops in the same postcode.
Booked and texted in four minutes.
What it runs for you
Skip hire software that asks you only about money.
Handles
Exchanges, permits and driver shortages, before anyone rings you.
Prices
Every order on waste type, postcode, permit and tip cost.
Reports
Transfer notes, recycling rates and permit files for 400 skips, kept as long as the law asks.
Eastfield Build · October
Skips14
Diverted from landfill76%
Transfer notesall filed · kept 2 years
Asks
It starts by asking about everything. You loosen the reins where it earns them.
- Resequence drops and collectionsinside driver hoursRuns on its own
- Send exchange offers on long-stay skipsper your hire termsRuns on its own
- Apply for a council permitfee passed through per your T&CsAsks first
- Draft an overweight surchargefrom the tip ticketAsks first
- Send a quote or fixed-rate proposalAlways asks
- Issue a creditAlways asks
2 run on their own · 2 ask first · 2 always ask. Money always waits, and no setting turns that off.
Rules and dates
Your tip already reports to Defra.
Your own loads follow from October 2027. England unless marked; as of 3 November 2026.
| What | From when | What evreka.ai does with it |
|---|---|---|
| Digital waste tracking for receiversTips record each load within two working days. Service charge £26 a year; penalties £1,000 fixed, variable unlimited. | 1 Oct 2026 England and Wales Scotland Jan 2027 | Every job carries description, EWC code, weight and WTN. |
| Digital waste tracking for carriers, brokers and dealersYou record your own movements. Paper transfer notes carry on meanwhile; keep them two years. | Private beta autumn 2026 Public beta spring 2027 Mandatory Oct 2027 | Builds the movement record from the jobs you already log. |
| Landfill taxStandard rate £130.75 a tonne (was £126.15), lower rate £8.65. | 1 Apr 2026 | Prices mixed waste on its own tip cost, never as inert. |
| Carrier registration becomes a permitSkip firms become “controller-transporters”: 3-year permits, technical competence, the permit number in your adverts. | Policy paper 22 Aug 2025 go-live not set | Holds the vehicle, driver and movement history the application needs. |
| Skips on the highwayHighways Act 1980, s.139: council permission, lit at night, your name and phone number or address on it. Fine up to level 3. | In force | Never books a road placement without a permit. |
| Council skip permitsFees vary by council. York: £76 per 1–14 days, £56 extra under 3 working days’ notice, £275 penalty charge without one, invoiced monthly. | Per council | Applies with each council’s fee and notice period; renews before expiry. |
| London Direct Vision StandardLorries over 12 t need 3 stars or the Progressive Safe System; a PCN is £550. | 28 Oct 2024 London | Puts only lorries with a valid DVS permit on London jobs. |
Sources: GOV.UK, legislation.gov.uk, City of York Council, Burges Salmon, Clyde & Co, Fleet News. A summary, not legal advice.
Common mistakes we see
Four mistakes that cost you money.
No name, number or lights on the skip.
That risks a level 3 fine.
InsteadMarking and lights are on the drop checklist, with a photo.
An exchange on an expired permit.
The permit ran out before the swap. In York that’s a £275 penalty charge.
InsteadExchanges check the permit end date; renewals go in a day early.
The ticket weight never reaches the invoice.
The skip weighs in 1.9 t over; the customer pays the estimate.
InsteadTickets matched to skips the same day; the surcharge waits for you.
Transfer notes nobody can find.
You must keep them for two years.
InsteadEvery WTN filed against its job, found by customer, site or date.
Evreka platform customers
Field teams already run on Evreka.
Evreka’s platform already covers container rental. Drops, collections, swaps, tonnage and waiting-time charges, permit fees, and proof by photo, signature or weight.
“We standardized our reporting across every site without adding administrative overhead for our regional project teams.”
Quoted as published on evreka.co. ALBA uses Evreka’s waste operations platform, not this skip hire product.
The 20-minute call
Twenty minutes on your yard.
Umutcan DumanFounder and CEO, evreka.ai
What you get in 20 minutes
- One day, replayed. Which of your jobs it would have run, and which it would have asked about.
- One invoice run, checked. Last week’s jobs against tip tickets and permits: billed, held or surcharged.
- A straight answer on Defra tracking. What changes for you in October 2027, and where evreka.ai fits.
Free. No preparation needed. Google Meet, in English. UMUTCAN APPROVAL: who takes the English calls (the 20-minute Cal.com event operations-call is live)
Calendar
Umutcan’s free times open here.
Pick a time; the Google Meet link arrives by email.
Prefer email? Send Umutcan one line about your operation: umutcan@evreka.co
Questions
What skip firms ask first.
We already use Weighsoft, SkipM8 or Skip Tracker. Do we have to replace it?
No. evreka.ai reads your job system, weighbridge and accounts and works between them, matching tip tickets to skips.
Is evreka.ai on Defra’s digital waste tracking software list?
Not as of 23 October 2026. evreka.ai works on top of the system you report with and keeps the job record that feeds it. UMUTCAN APPROVAL: Defra listing / Receipt of Waste API decision
We are two lorries. Is this for us?
Yes, if the phone and the paperwork eat your evenings. A small yard pays for a small amount of work.
What does it cost?
A project to get you there, then a recurring fee that scales with the work the AI does, not seats. We quote after seeing your yard.
How long until it works?
Weeks. We start with one part, such as permits or tip tickets. The first exceptions run under your approval; then you widen it.
Talk to Umutcan
Show us your yard.
Twenty minutes: one of your days, and what it would have handled or asked you.
Book a 20-min call
or write to umutcan@evreka.co