About us
About WasteSync
A Scottish company building weighbridge software that keeps working when the network does not.
Built for resilience.
WasteSync Ltd was founded to answer one question for waste receiving sites: what happens when the national system or your internet connection fails?
We build offline-first software that keeps weighbridges running and compliance intact during outages. A kiosk at the weighbridge captures each load locally and files it to the national service the moment the connection returns. Pricing is published at wastesync.co.uk/#pricing.
Why now.
Digital waste tracking is replacing paper transfer notes across the UK. For dates and compliance detail see the Digital Waste Tracking UK hub. The timeline so far:
- 28th April 2026: the UK Digital Waste Tracking service opened to permitted sites on a voluntary basis.
- 1st October 2026: mandatory in England and Wales. Receiving sites must record waste through the service. It is live now.
- 1st January 2027: mandatory in Scotland (SEPA) and Northern Ireland. WasteSync is focused on Scotland first.
- October 2027 (planned): waste carriers, brokers and dealers.
Any broadband outage or central service drop halts vehicle intake unless the site has a local backup. WasteSync is that backup.
Our backing and recognition.
- 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: dependable over flashy. Every decision is made with regulated waste sites in mind: simple for operators, secure for compliance teams and UK data residency throughout.
Leadership.
Alastair Mackie
Founder & MD · Strategic Lead
Alastair founded WasteSync to build the offline-first continuity backup that remote quarries, transfer stations and weighbridges need under mandatory digital tracking. Drawing on a background in law and commercial sales plus 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 has 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.