Digital trading platform connecting biomass feedstock suppliers and industrial buyers to enable efficient, transparent trading of organic waste, food‑processing by‑products and agricultural residues for bio‑based uses.
Core
Platform explicitly targets circular bioeconomy by enabling reuse/repurposing of organic waste as industrial feedstock (news coverage and site snippet).
DirectEnabler
Operates a marketplace that directly facilitates transactions between suppliers and buyers rather than solely providing white‑label tools.
Marketplace
Described as a trading platform/marketplace for biomass feedstock and organic waste, facilitating business‑to‑business exchanges.
R7 - Repurpose, R3 - Reuse
Primary evidence indicates the platform repurposes waste as feedstock for other industries (R7); secondary support for reuse/redistribution (R3) is plausible from trading function.
Industrial Symbiosis / By-product Exchange, Circular Logistics
Matches waste/by-product suppliers with industrial buyers (industrial symbiosis); includes logistics elements of moving feedstocks between parties as part of trading.
ForProfit
Described in press as a tech start-up (for‑profit company) based in Edinburgh.
Waste Management & Recycling, Industrial & Manufacturing
Multiple news sources describe Vaste as a trading platform for organic waste, biomass feedstock and industrial buyers; primary focus is waste-to-feedstock matching.
Source: edie, 2025.
Regional
Based in Edinburgh and reported as serving Scottish/UK bioeconomy actors; initial operations appear regional (Scotland/UK).
None
No evidence that specialised hardware is required; described as a digital/software trading platform.
Platform directly enables circular bioeconomy by matching organic waste feedstock to industrial buyers; supported by company website snippet and multiple independent news articles.
