How it works

From an open listing to a closed loop.

Moving a pallet of expired inventory used to mean phone calls, faxed quotes, and hoping the nearest composter had room. Waste Space turns it into a market — open listings, live bids, and a paper trail that holds up when someone asks for it.

The shape of it

Every Disposal Event moves through the same seven stages.

Posted

Material, packaging, volume, and the deadline it needs to be gone by. Every nearby processor with the right capability can see it.

Bidding

Instantly review cost estimates and quickly negotiate the right rate.

Committed

Accept a bid and the price and processor are locked in on the record.

Scheduled

Pickup or drop-off, contacts pre-filled from the facility profile on file.

In transit

Checkpoints update as it moves — loaded, en route, arrived.

At processor

Received at the processor's facility, ready to be processed.

Completed

Either side marks it done. Certificates of destruction and any required photos follow, confirmed received.

For waste generators

Post once, reach everyone who can take it.

—See an estimated cost from every matching Processor the moment you post — no phone calls, no waiting.
—Every nearby processor with capacity and the right capability is notified automatically — material, packaging, and volume decide who can take it at all; distance and preference just decide the order.Not built yet — needs to be addressed. Processors aren't notified of new Disposal Events (on purpose: it would flood them) - they see them on the Marketplace, and #52 is exploring how to make new opportunities easier to spot. Capacity also isn't checked when matching. (Tracker #52)
—Compare live quotes side by side, sorted however you like — not steered toward the cheapest. Don't want to wait? Request a bid directly from a specific processor instead.
—Once committed, a status tracker on the Disposal Event follows it through scheduling and completion — no separate spreadsheet to keep in sync.
—Certificates of destruction and any required photos arrive from the processor on the same page, with a confirm-receipt step before the record closes.
—Plans change — a Disposal Event can be terminated before completion if you need to pull it, at any stage.

For waste processors

Fill capacity without chasing it.

—Instantly review cost estimates and simplify the process of finalizing a price.
—See real committed volume against real capacity — never bid past what a line can actually take.
—Negotiate in the open. Every counteroffer stays on the record, not lost in an email thread.
—A generator can ask you directly for a bid on their Disposal Event — those requests, and everything you've already won, live in one place, scoped to whichever of your facilities you're acting for.
—Once a Disposal Event is picked up, mark it complete and upload proof of destruction right there — no separate paperwork trail to maintain.

Distance-aware matching

Every facility is geocoded, so matching accounts for who's actually close enough to make the haul worthwhile.Not built yet — needs to be addressed. A facility's location is set by clicking on a map, and there's no address geocoder, so distances can be off. (Tracker #23)

Instant estimates, open negotiation

Instantly review cost estimates and simplify the process of finalizing a price — the first number offered is never erased, only superseded.

Capacity that's actually tracked

Committed volume is checked against each processing line's real capacity, so nobody quotes into a wall.Not built yet — needs to be addressed. Capacity is tracked and shown on the Capacity page, but nothing checks it when a Processor bids or a Generator accepts. (Tracker #34, #35)

Audit-ready documentation

Certificates of destruction are generated straight from the transaction record, frozen at the moment they're issued.Not built yet — needs to be addressed. Certificates are uploaded as links today; nothing generates one. (Tracker #6)

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