The AI Agent for UK Waste Transfer Stations & Specialist Yards.
Automate your Waste Transfer Notes (WTNs) and Hazardous Consignment Notes (HWCNs) directly into Xero in seconds. Fully DEFRA 2026 compliant. Zero setup fees.
See how a TonneTrace background agent automates a real weighbridge workflow end-to-end
Supported Document Types
Standard WTNs
For Skips, Muck Away, and C&D waste
Hazardous Consignment Notes
For Liquid, Chemical, and WEEE processing
Scrap Metal ID Logs
Compliant with the Scrap Metal Dealers Act
Built for the 2026 UK Digital Waste Tracking (DWT) Mandate
Who Is This For?
Purpose-built for operators like you.
TonneTrace isn't a generic document scanner. It was engineered specifically around the daily realities of regulated UK waste operations.
If your business processes weighbridge tickets and needs to comply with DEFRA's 2026 Digital Waste Tracking mandate — TonneTrace was built for you.
How It Works
From paper WTN to compliant, invoiced record — automatically.
Capture
TonneTrace seamlessly intercepts the tickets you already receive. Whether drivers WhatsApp photos or your scale house forwards PDFs and handwritten slips, our Agent catches them instantly. Zero workflow changes required for your team.
Extract & Validate
Your background agent reads every WTN, extracts waste codes, tonnage, carrier details, and EWC codes — then cross-checks against DEFRA rules automatically.
Invoice & Report
Verified data triggers instant customer invoices in your accounting software. Audit-ready DEFRA compliance reports are filed automatically, every month.
“We built TonneTrace after seeing how many incredibly capable yard managers were losing hours every week to manual WTN processing. Right now, we are looking for two final UK operators to join our Managed Beta Cohort. As a Design Partner, you get our complete enterprise-grade revenue and compliance agent for a lifetime locked rate of £800/mo, with zero setup fees, on a standard 30-day rolling basis. You also get direct input into our 2026 DEFRA roadmap.”
— Nick & Richard, Founders
TonneTrace · UK Waste AI Compliance
Enterprise-Grade Features
Everything your back-office needs.
WTN & Handwriting Extraction
Perfectly extracts Date, Vehicle Registration, EWC codes, and exact Tonnage from even the muddiest, most illegible handwritten WTNs.
DEFRA 2026 DWT Compliance
Stages all data for the government portal automatically — acting as compliance insurance against Environment Agency audits and massive fines.
Instant Customer Invoicing
Data flows instantly to your accounting software to generate invoices the moment a load is tipped.
Revenue & Tonnage Tracking
Live dashboards tracking your daily revenue, recovered tonnage, and outstanding customer balances.
Custom-Tailored Background Agent
Your agent is built around your yard, your hardware, and your ledger codes. It runs 24/7 — no new software for your team to touch.
Audit Trail & Reporting
Boardroom-ready summaries and immutable, regulator-ready logs for Environment Agency inspections.
The Old Way vs. TonneTrace
Stop drowning in WTNs. Start running on autopilot.
Manual Process
With TonneTrace
A £25k/yr admin re-keying 300+ tickets a day
AI extraction at £1,500/month (currently £800/mo for Beta Partners) — works 24/7, never calls in sick
Manual data entry: 2–4 hours every day
Date, Reg, EWC codes & Tonnage extracted in seconds
Delayed invoicing and slow cash flow
Invoices generated instantly, cash flow accelerated
Missed revenue from illegible or lost WTNs
Every WTN tracked and billed — £0 left on the table
Compliance risk and no DEFRA audit trail
Compliance insurance — always audit-ready for the EA
Month-end crunch with manual Excel tallies
Live revenue, tonnage & haulier dashboards in real time
ROI Calculator
What is your yard's monthly value?
Move the sliders to match your operation. See your real-time return on investment.
Total Monthly Value Created
£5,980
£2,083 (Admin Salary Saved) + £3,897 (Recovered Gate Fees)
Net Monthly ROI after software cost
+£4,480
Why We Built This
After spending years working alongside UK waste operators, we kept seeing the same problem: incredibly capable yard managers — people who ran complex, high-throughput operations — losing hours every single week to manually processing WTNs. Not because they were inefficient. Because no tool existed that truly understood the waste industry.
With the 2026 DEFRA Digital Waste Tracking mandate looming, we knew the paper-based back-office wasn't just inefficient — it was a compliance liability. So we built TonneTrace differently: not another dashboard to log into, but a custom AI agent that runs 24/7 in the background, tailored to each operator's yard, hardware, and processes.
— Nick & Richard, Founders of TonneTrace
FAQ
Common questions.
Join the Beta.
£800/month lifetime lock for Design Partners. Zero implementation fees.
Includes a custom-built background agent tailored to your yard, WTN extraction, instant invoicing, revenue tracking, and guaranteed DEFRA 2026 compliance. Standard 30-day rolling contract. Cancel anytime.
Book Your Free Demo →No commitment. 30-minute call with Nick. We'll handle everything.