About WasteSync

Built for Resilience, Not Hype

WasteSync was founded to solve a critical problem facing 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. 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 local edge database backup, any local broadband outage or central database drop after October 2026 will halt vehicle intake. WasteSync provides the immediate middleware buffer.

Our Backing

We are proud to be:

  • Selected for the University of Strathclyde Inspire Accelerator — bringing academic rigour and structured mentoring to offline-first infrastructure software.
  • Supported by Techscaler — Scotland’s national startup programme, backed by the Scottish Government.
  • A Netlify Partner — building on secure, enterprise-grade web infrastructure.
  • Supported by Google for Startups — gaining access to world-class technical resources.

Our philosophy is simple: Robust over flashy. Every decision is made with regulated waste sites in mind — simplicity for operators, iron-clad security for compliance teams, and 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

Alastair Mackie

Strategic Lead / CEO

Alastair Mackie specializes in infrastructure engineering and data continuity models within regulated sectors. Having witnessed the operational fragility of cloud-dependent scale systems in remote quarry settings, he founded WasteSync to build resilient, local-first compliance layers for the UK waste industry. He directs the technical strategy, ensuring our offline-first architecture meets national compliance standards.

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Iain Baxter

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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