E-waste is the world's fastest-growing waste stream. It's also one of its greatest untapped resources. Orbit Loop closes the loop.
Most businesses have no way to identify what their e-waste is worth, flag what's hazardous, or prove they disposed of it correctly. The result is lost revenue, legal risk, and materials that should be recovered ending up in the ground.
14× mixed electronics, ~60kg. Collected by K&D Waste Ltd.
⚠ No hazard check. POPs status unknown.Server rack, 3× CRT monitors. Destination: general waste.
⚠ Mercury not declared. Non-compliant.40 mobile phones, mixed condition. Disposal fee paid: £120.
⚠ Material value unassessed. Revenue lost.Undeclared POPs or mercury can constitute a criminal offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
Without valuation, businesses pay disposal fees for equipment with real recoverable commodity value.
From October 2026, paper consignment notes will not satisfy UK regulatory requirements.
Three connected workstreams that turn fragmented, low-value waste into compliant, high-value inventory — and return real money to the businesses generating it.
Our AI pipeline identifies devices, checks 12 hazard triggers (WM3-compliant), and generates an environmental impact score — automatically. Every item gets a sealed Digital Compliance Passport before it moves.
Individual SME collections are too small to be economical alone. Orbit pools waste into regional Hubs — turning scattered pickups into pre-sorted, high-volume inventory that collectors actually want.
Aggregated, compliant loads are auctioned to verified partners. SMEs receive the highest achievable recycling value — not a disposal fee. Partners receive 100% compliant feedstock, ready to process.
Orbit Loop is architected around the UK's incoming DWT framework. Every transaction generates the right documentation automatically.
Waste Hierarchy reports generated automatically from device-level data. No manual filing.
Devices flagged for Persistent Organic Pollutants automatically trigger mandatory destruction notices with full audit trail.
All records cryptographically sealed and retained for 3 years, meeting statutory requirements.
Every device gets a tamper-evident record covering hazard status, classification, and disposal pathway.
Built directly around the Defra Digital Waste Tracking API spec — native interoperability with the national compliance infrastructure from day one.
Orbit Loop was founded on a simple belief: the e-waste problem isn't unsolvable, it's just undersolved. The infrastructure, the technology, and the economic incentives exist. What's been missing is the connective layer to bring them together.
The October 2026 DWT mandate creates a hard deadline. We're the platform that turns that compliance moment into a commercial one — for SMEs, for waste processors, and for the planet.
Every required document is generated as a byproduct of normal use.
Every device, movement, and outcome is cryptographically recorded and auditable.
Regional hubs ensure recovered value flows back into local economies.
Every partner in the network is DWT-compliant and committed to traceable outcomes.
SME, waste management operator, or investor — we'd like to hear from you.