Sees
Your book at today’s prices, and where the exposure sits.
Waste trading · UK merchants, brokers, exporters
Load rejected at 16:40. The claim goes out tonight.
evreka.ai builds the claim file while you’re on the phone and asks you only when money moves. Built by people from inside the waste industry.
Today on the desk · running now
- prices updated · PET exposure −£440handled
- Ridgeway · 66 t baled OCC · bid £92 suggestedneeds you
- Northmill rejects L-2291 on PVC · photos, bale spec, claim filedhandled
- counter-offer · 2 buyers at £232/tneeds you
UK desk prices this autumn
OCC 1.05 export £99–125/t
Mixed papers £57–70/t
Plastic PRN £575–725/t
Aluminium PRN £50–85/t
letsrecycle.com · export prices Oct 2026 · PRNs Sept 2026
UMUTCAN APPROVAL: keep this price strip? It needs a monthly refresh.
One day on the desk
Five handled. Three asked you.
An invented UK desk. All three questions were about money.
One day · Waste trading desk · illustration
17:15
| Position | t | Bought | Market | Margin | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCC 1.05 · baled | 120 | £94 | £103 | +£1,080 | open · 2 buyers |
| OCC 1.05 · Ridgeway | 66 | £92 | £103 | +£726 | bought 08:06 |
| PET clear · L-2291 | 44 | £280 | £232 | −£2,112 | rejected · claim £3,610 |
| HDPE natural | 26 | £560 | £575 | +£390 | haulier rebooked 13:00 |
| Alu UBC · Corvin | 12 | £1,030 | £1,055 | +£300 | held · over credit limit |
| Mixed papers | 80 | £58 | £63 | +£400 | open |
new or suggestedhelddispute
- Market prices update.exposure recalculated across 5 open positions · PET now −£440handled
- Ridgeway offers 3 loads of baled OCC, about 66 t.suggested bid £92needs you
- financeSupplier invoices matched to weighbridge tickets.14 matched · 1 held, 1.2 t shorthandled
- Aluminium export to Corvin.Annex VII, contract and haulier documents in the packhandled
- Corvin £36k over its credit limit.aluminium shipment held · exposure summary readyneeds you
- Northmill rejects PET load L-2291 on PVC.dispute file: photos, bale spec, inspection · claim against the supplier, £3,610handled
- Counter-offer for L-2291.2 buyers at £232/t · offer draftedneeds you
- Position report.bought 66 t · sold 40 t · open 348 t · margin at market +£784, claim pendinghandled
handled by the AIwaits for you
08:00
The same bid, three answers.
Ridgeway offers three loads of baled cardboard and gives you ten minutes to bid.
Your current software
A spreadsheet with last month’s prices, your memory of Ridgeway and the market you saw at seven.
When it’s wrong, it’s expensive.
A general AI assistant
Explains what moves recovered paper prices and suggests you consider quality and logistics.
It has never seen a bale.
Evreka
Pulls Ridgeway’s record (2 rejects in 40 loads), today’s buyer at £112 delivered and haulage at £9. Suggests £92, with the margin at three bids.
You bid in two minutes.
What it runs for you
Waste broker software that asks you only about money.
Handles
Disputes, haulier no-shows, shipment paperwork and credit holds, before anyone chases.
Prices
Bids on supplier history, buyer demand, haulage and your margin.
Reports
Position, margin by material, supplier quality, PERN evidence and Annex VII packs.
Asks you
It starts by asking about everything. Money always waits for you, and no setting turns that off.
- Reprice open positions on a price updateit does
- Prepare Annex VII, contract and haulier documentsit does
- Rebook a haulier, same day, same rate carddoes it, tells you
- Open a quality claim, evidence attacheddoes it, tells you
- Place a bid or an offerasks you
- Release a load over a credit limitasks you
Annex VII · Article 18 · DIWASS
Prepared before anyone chases.
The rules a UK desk works to, and what the AI does. UMUTCAN APPROVAL: every line in the “What the AI does” column must be something the demo can show (Article 18 forecast, green-list check, PERN tracking, DWT record, PPT evidence). Confirm or strike.
| What | From when | What the AI does with it |
|---|---|---|
| Annex VII and the contract behind itGreen-list exports | Keep both for 3 years | Drafts Annex VII from the load record and checks block 12 against a signed contract. |
| Article 18 export reportingEngland | After 1 July 2026 | Builds the 12-month Defra forecast; keeps each overseas site’s permit, geotagged photos and contract for EA information notices. |
| Plastic on the green listB3011 single polymer, almost free from contamination, OECD destinations only | Since 1 Jan 2021 | Checks grade and destination first; anything outside the rule is flagged as a notified shipment. |
| PERN issue pointPackaging export recycling notes | 2026: issued at reprocessing, up to 12 weeks later | Tracks each export load until the reprocessor confirms receipt. |
| EU Regulation 2024/1157For EU buyers and EU ports | DIWASS notifications since 21 May 2026 Annex VII in DIWASS from 1 Jan 2027 Non-OECD plastic ban 21 Nov 2026 Facility audits from 21 May 2027 | Prepares the Annex VII data your EU buyer enters in DIWASS; flags loads the November ban stops. What DIWASS asks of a UK exporter |
| Digital waste trackingDefra’s DWT service | Receiving sites Oct 2026 All operators, brokers included, Oct 2027 | Keeps each load’s tickets and transfer details in one record, ready for the DWT service you use. UMUTCAN APPROVAL: DWT: do we connect to Defra’s service ourselves or sit on top of an approved system? The page says the second. |
| Plastic Packaging Tax | £228.82/t from 1 Apr 2026 £236.56/t from 1 Apr 2027 | Keeps supplier, grade and tonnage with each recycled-content sale, the evidence converters ask for. |
Annex VII and Article 18, step by step →
PRN and PERN cash
PERNs now come 12 weeks later.
NPWD closed on 31 December 2025, and no PRNs were issued in the first six weeks of 2026. With plastic PRNs at £575–725 a tonne in September, a 12-week wait is working capital.
2026 targets: paper 77% · plastic 57%2027: 79% · 59%PRN reform response due autumn 2026
What the AI doesTimes the PERN income in your cash forecast, load by load. UMUTCAN APPROVAL: PERN tracking per load is not on the homepage list of routine jobs; confirm it is in the demo.
Exports to Turkey
1% foreign matter. Photos at origin.
Turkey was the top market for UK OCC in April–May 2025 and third for UK ferrous scrap in 2024. Since January 2026, 1% by weight is a hard limit.
What the AI doesAsks suppliers for loading photos before the container is booked and files them with the bale spec.
From UK desks
Common mistakes we see.
- Raising a claim without photos and the bale spec.Insteadbuild the dispute file the moment a load is rejected, with the inspection report and weighbridge ticket.
- Signing Annex VII block 12 with no contract behind it.Insteadno Annex VII leaves without its contract; keep both for three years.
- Leaving credit exposure unchanged after a price move.Insteadrecalculate at every price update and hold shipments that take a buyer over the limit.
- Paying a supplier before the weighbridge ticket is matched.Insteadmatch every invoice to its ticket; a load 1.2 t short is held.
Evreka platform customers
Shipments traced, in their words.
“This software provides us the ability to centralize and scale the tracking of waste shipments through each step of our global supply chain.”
Tom SzakyCEO, TerraCycleQuoted on evreka.co/testimonials. TerraCycle is a customer of the Evreka platform.
20 minutes with Umutcan
Your load, from bid to invoice.
Umutcan DumanFounder and CEO, evreka.ai
What you get in 20 minutes
- We follow one of your loads and show what the AI would have done at each step.
- Which routine jobs it would take first: repricing, Annex VII, haulier rebooking, claims.
- What stays with you: every bid, offer and credit release.
- No preparation needed
- Google Meet
- In English
Calendar
Pick a 20-minute slot
The calendar with Umutcan’s free times opens here.
If it does not load, write to umutcan@evreka.co.
Prefer e-mail? Send Umutcan one line about your desk: umutcan@evreka.co
Questions
What traders ask first.
We run on Xero or Sage and a spreadsheet. Do we have to replace them?
No. Xero or Sage stays. The AI reads your accounts, tickets, price sheets and e-mail and runs the spreadsheet layer: positions, bids, claims.
Our traders won’t open another screen.
They don’t have to. The AI drafts the bid, claim or Annex VII and sends it to the trader’s phone for a yes.
We broker loads and have no yard. Does it fit?
Yes. Weighbridge tickets come from your suppliers’ and buyers’ sites; the AI matches them to loads, invoices and claims.
Where is our data kept?
Your data stays yours and is used only to run your operation. Hosting and contract are agreed in writing before go-live. UMUTCAN APPROVAL: hosting answer for UK buyers (provider, region, contract); the Turkish KVKK draft says AWS, standard contract.
What does it cost, and how long until it works?
A project to get you there, then a recurring fee that scales with the work the AI does. It takes weeks; the first jobs run under your approval.
Talk to us
Show us your desk.
Bring one load you remember, and see what the AI would have done with it.
Book a 20-min call
or write to umutcan@evreka.co