Editorial Note
This week’s brief highlights continued expansion across the Net Zero Compare platform, with 46 new or updated policies, 18 software solutions, and 59 industry events added. Recent developments in waste regulation demonstrate how governments are increasing oversight of material flows, waste exports, and waste-tracking systems as part of broader circular economy and environmental compliance strategies. Measures such as the EU Waste Shipment Regulation and England’s Digital Waste Tracking framework signal a growing emphasis on transparency, traceability, and enforcement across the waste and recycling sector.
At the same time, the latest software additions reflect rising demand for digital tools that help organizations manage waste data, improve operational visibility, and prepare for new reporting requirements. As regulators move toward more comprehensive waste tracking and circular economy frameworks, platforms that support digital documentation, material traceability, and performance monitoring are becoming increasingly important for businesses, waste operators, and public-sector organizations.
In this issue, we highlight key regulatory developments affecting waste shipments and digital waste tracking, introduce software platforms supporting waste management and recycling transparency, feature upcoming events focused on green skills, sustainability leadership, and blockchain-enabled ESG innovation, share community perspectives on sustainability implementation and stakeholder engagement, and spotlight a platform helping organizations improve waste collection and recycling data management across the circular economy.
This week, we added 46 new or updated policies to our website, including:
What happened
The EU Waste Shipment Regulation governs the movement of waste within the EU, into the EU, out of the EU, and through EU territory. The updated Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 strengthens controls on waste exports, improves enforcement against illegal shipments, and supports the EU’s circular economy goals.
Who is affected
Waste producers, exporters, importers, brokers, dealers, carriers, recycling companies, treatment facilities, customs authorities, environmental regulators, and companies moving waste across borders.
Why it matters
The regulation aims to ensure that waste is managed safely and transparently, while reducing the risk of EU waste being exported to countries without adequate environmental safeguards. It also affects compliance processes, documentation, shipment approvals, digital reporting, and access to secondary raw material markets.
What to monitor next
Monitor the phased application from 2026, digital shipment documentation requirements, export restrictions for non-OECD countries, enforcement guidance, and sector-specific impacts for plastics, metals, e-waste, batteries, textiles, and other recyclable waste streams.
Click here to read more about the EU Waste Shipment Regulation on Net Zero Compare.
What happened
The Digital Waste Tracking Regulations 2026 create a legal framework for recording controlled waste movements through a digital system in England. The draft regulations are scheduled to come into force on 1 October 2026, with the first phase applying primarily to permitted waste-receiving facilities.
Who is affected
Permitted and licensed waste receiving sites in England, waste facility operators, environmental regulators, waste software providers, and organizations preparing for digital waste data integration.
Why it matters
The regulations mark a shift away from fragmented, paper-based waste records toward centralized digital tracking. They aim to improve waste traceability, reduce waste crime, support enforcement, and provide better visibility over how controlled waste is handled.
What to monitor next
Monitor the parliamentary approval process, final commencement date, Defra digital waste tracking guidance, approved software/API requirements, annual fee rules, and later rollout phases for carriers, brokers, dealers, and other waste-sector participants.
Click here to read more about the Digital Waste Tracking Regulations (England) on Net Zero Compare.
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This week, we added 18 new software products to our website, including:
Category: Waste Management
Target Market: Waste producers, carriers, brokers, recyclers, and UK organizations preparing for digital waste tracking requirements.
Recent Context: As the UK moves from paper-based waste records toward digital waste tracking, waste-sector participants need shared systems for documentation, duty-of-care evidence, audit trails, and regulatory reporting.
AnyWaste is a digital waste-tracking platform designed to connect the waste and recycling chain. It supports digital waste transfer notes, hazardous waste consignment notes, duty-of-care records, dashboards, reporting workflows, and supply chain visibility throughout the waste movement process. By helping organizations record waste data once and share it across authorized parties, AnyWaste supports compliance, operational efficiency, and preparation for the UK’s Digital Waste Tracking Service rollout.
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Category: Waste Management
Target Market: Facilities-management providers, multi-tenant buildings, waste-management companies, healthcare organizations, and commercial sites.
Recent Context: As waste reporting requirements become more detailed, organizations need better visibility into where waste is generated, how it is collected, and how to improve recycling performance.
Trackersack is a UK-based digital waste-tracking platform that uses uniquely barcoded waste sacks to link waste to specific tenants, departments, locations, and waste streams. By turning each sack into a traceable data point, the platform helps organizations improve accountability, monitor contamination, support cost recovery, and prepare for digital waste tracking requirements.
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This week, we added 59 new events to our website, including:
In Person - Birmingham, United Kingdom | June 12, 2026
Audience: Regional policymakers, employers, education providers, green skills professionals, retrofit specialists, and workforce development stakeholders.
Focus: Warm Homes Plan delivery, retrofit and decarbonization skills, FE and HE collaboration, employer partnerships, and regional workforce pipelines for the green transition.
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In Person - Manchester, United Kingdom | July 3, 2026
Audience: Business leaders, sustainability professionals, ESG practitioners, investors, policymakers, SMEs, corporate decision-makers, and organizations at all stages of their sustainability journey.
Focus: Sustainable business strategy, ESG integration, industrial decarbonization, sustainable finance, innovation, property development, tourism, social impact, green skills, and collaboration between commercial and sustainability objectives.
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In Person - Lugano, Switzerland | July 8-9, 2026
Audience: Policymakers, academics, business leaders, ESG professionals, blockchain specialists, investors, sustainability experts, and technology stakeholders.
Focus: ESG innovation, blockchain for sustainability, sustainable finance, impact investing, SDGs, data sovereignty, digital governance, responsible technology adoption, and the future of ESG-blockchain ecosystems.
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Community Buzz
Community Discussion on Sustainability Leadership and ESG Implementation
Professionals on LinkedIn are discussing the practical challenges of turning sustainability commitments into measurable business outcomes. The conversation explores how organizations can move beyond ESG reporting and climate targets to successfully implement sustainability strategies across operations, supply chains, and stakeholder groups. Participants highlight the importance of cross-functional collaboration, effective communication, and aligning sustainability objectives with broader business priorities. The discussion reflects growing interest in the role of sustainability professionals as facilitators of organizational change, helping companies integrate environmental and social considerations into everyday decision-making while creating long-term business value.
RecycleID™ is a software platform designed to improve the traceability, management, and reporting of waste and recyclable materials at the collection stage of the circular economy. The solution helps organizations, municipalities, waste operators, and recycling programs capture and verify material data from the point of collection through downstream recycling processes.
Its focus on first-mile waste tracking enables greater transparency across recycling value chains, helping stakeholders monitor material flows, improve recovery rates, and support compliance with evolving waste and circular economy regulations. By providing reliable data on collected materials and recycling outcomes, RecycleID™ supports better decision-making, sustainability reporting, and resource management initiatives.
This Week on the Net Zero Compare Podcast
In this episode:
Why sustainability strategies often fail during implementation and how organizations can close the gap between ambition and execution.
The critical role of stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration in delivering successful sustainability outcomes.
Practical approaches to managing ESG data, supplier engagement, and Scope 3 emissions across complex value chains.
How companies can integrate sustainability into core business operations to create long-term value, resilience, and measurable impact.
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