See it
Trace it
Own it
Complete chain visibility
Certified at every step
Know what your waste produced
Every handoff, every handler, every outcome, visible in real time.
Certificates issued at each stage of the custody chain, not just at origin.
See the secondary materials your waste became, direct from who made them.
Waste doesn't travel in a straight line.
It disappears the moment it leaves your site. Between collection, processing, and end destination, it moves between companies, systems, and hands you've never seen. And at almost every step, your visibility disappears.
It changes hands
Once waste leaves your site, it moves between licensed carriers, transfer stations, and processing facilities, none of which are visible to you.
It gets transformed
Materials are broken down, sorted, repurposed, and redirected. What started as one thing becomes several others, at companies and locations unknown.
Visibility disappears
Your reporting tells you where waste started. Not what happened next. That gap is where compliance risk lives. Invisible until it's a problem.
the problem
creation to creation
Imagine knowing every step of your waste's metamorphic journey.
Where it went. When it went. Who handled it, and where it ended. The paper mill, reprocessor, recovery plant or final site that took custody - each End of Life Processor carries a verified identifier, marking the moment where your waste responsibility ends and the next material life begins.
Your waste will often pass through multiple processors before reaching End of Life, each one a further verified link in the chain, each one another step in its transformation. Trace follows the loop all the way through.
Trace makes the entire chain transparent, certified, and actionable. Not just for compliance, but for value.
THE TRACE DIFFERENCE
You could reuse your own waste if you knew what it produced and who produced it!
Waste doesn't just move. It transforms.
cHAIN OF CUSTODY
That transformation is where visibility breaks down and where most tools stop. And as waste changes, so do the words - what one business logs as metal might arrive at the next as steel, and leave as separate steel and aluminium streams. Trace accepts each party's terminology and maintains the translation behind the scenes, so the chain reads correctly from every angle. Every stage of your waste's journey generates a verified record and, where applicable, a certificate. From first collection to End of Life, the chain holds, in the language each business already speaks.
Digital waste tracking Beta · Open now · Free with trace for 6 months
Don't just comply. Join the Trace ecosystem Chain of Change.
Sign up now and be set for current and future authority compliance. UK Digital Waste Tracking Beta is included free for the first 6 months with every Trace license.
Trace. The revolution in how the world manages waste.
Active Batch Dashboard
Your per-site view for managing inbound waste in real time. See what's arriving, what's in process, and what's scheduled within each Trace licence.
Platform features
See what actually happens to your waste
A live view of every batch, every carrier and every outcome. Built for waste, sustainability and operations teams.
Waste Journey Tracker
Follow every batch through the full chain, from collection, carrier, processing, recovery and outcome. Live status at every link, with verified data submissions and timestamped events.
Unique Hierarchy Analytics
Trace each batch to the paper mill, reprocessor, EfW plant or other End of Life producer that closed the chain. Know not just whether it was recycled, but who by, where, and what it became.
Duty of Care Status
Verified records and certificates at every stage from waste arising and logistics, through Certificates of Disposal and Destruction, to the final Certificate of End of Life.
How it works
Start where you are.
01
Bring your data in
Upload structured data, use templates, or connect existing systems. Bring your upstream and downstream contracts into Trace.
02
Follow the journey
Trace shows how waste moves and transforms at each stage, not just the handoff. Every carrier, processor and handler, with a live record at every step.
03
Verify every link
Confirm handoffs, ownerships, processing, certification of destruction, material metamorphosis, and subsequent movement and ownerships.
04
Reach the end
Unique End of Life identifiers, to know exactly where your responsibility ends & where the next material life begins.
The Trace ecosystem
Built for every part of the waste chain.
Waste Producers
Stop guessing what your waste produces. Get full visibility of your waste chain, automated DWT compliance, and access to the secondary materials your waste created.
Waste Operators
Differentiate on transparency. Show clients proof of outcome at every step, not just proof of collection. Certificates at each stage set you apart.
ESG & Compliance Teams
Turn waste reporting into valuable insight. Only Trace gives you a defensible, certified audit trail across the full chain, ready for ESG reporting and audits.
End of life producers
Claim your unique End of Life identifier. Become discoverable to the upstream partners whose materials you're already converting. Be where the chain ends and where the next material life begins.
the network effect
The chain only closes when your chain joins.
Trace gives you visibility from day one. The complete picture comes when your carriers, processors and end-of-life partners are inside the Ecosystem too. Every partner you bring in adds another verified link, another certificate, another identified outcome.
Don't just contract and hope. Bring your chain of custody into the revolution. The more of your network that's in, the more of your waste you actually see, and the more value you can recover at the other end.
UK Digital Waste Tracking
October 2026. The deadline is real.
UK Digital Waste Tracking is mandatory for all Waste Receiving Facilities from October 2026. Paper consignment notes will no longer be legal. As a Trace member, Digital Waste Tracking compliance is automated and managed as part of your subscription, no scramble, no last-minute IT project.