About WasteSync
Built for Resilience, Not Hype
WasteSync was founded to answer one question for UK waste receiving sites ahead of the October 2026 Digital Waste Tracking mandate: what happens when the national system or your internet connection fails?
We develop offline-first continuity software that keeps weighbridges running and compliance intact, even during outages. No lost loads. No manual paper fallback. No compliance gaps.
Why Now: The Road to October 2026
Under the Environment Act 2021 framework, the UK is transitioning to a mandatory digital tracking registry. For detailed dates and compliance requirements, visit our Digital Waste Tracking UK: Regulatory Hub. Here is the operational timeline:
- Late 2025 – Early 2026: System testing and pilot phases.
- October 2026 Digital Hard-Stop: The UK government intends to make digital tracking mandatory for all permitted waste receivers. Paper transfer notes will cease to be legally compliant.
- April 2027 Expansion: Digital reporting mandates expand across the wider carrier and broker chains.
Without a local backup, any broadband outage or central database drop after October 2026 will halt vehicle intake. WasteSync is that backup.
Our Backing & Recognition
We are proud to be:
- Supported by Geovation Scotland, backed by Ordnance Survey and Registers of Scotland.
- Winner of the Strathclyde Inspire 100 competition and selected for the accelerator.
- Supported by Techscaler, Scotland’s national startup programme, backed by the Scottish Government.
- Featured in Business Matters Magazine, profiling our founder on digital waste tracking, DEFRA approval, and offline resilience for weighbridges (read the interview).
- A Netlify Partner, building on secure web infrastructure.
- Supported by Google for Startups, with access to Google’s technical resources.
Our philosophy is simple: Robust over flashy. Every decision is made with regulated waste sites in mind: simple for operators, secure for compliance teams, UK data residency throughout.
We exist to give site managers and operators one less thing to worry about when the 2026 digital hard-stop arrives.
Leadership
Alastair Mackie
Founder & MD / Strategic Lead
Alastair founded WasteSync to build the offline-first continuity backup remote quarries, transfer stations and weighbridges need under mandatory digital tracking. Drawing on a background in law, commercial sales, and over a decade in private banking and risk governance at Lloyds Banking Group, he leads commercial strategy and the regulatory standards WasteSync is built to meet.
Iain Baxter
Head of Product
Iain leads product at WasteSync. Over 20+ years coaching product and delivery teams from the London Stock Exchange to whisky companies, he's learned it comes down to building the right thing and building it right: backing the highest impact work, engineering it in the right way and shipping it fast.
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