Your waste. Your data.
Your decision.
The 30-Day Waste Audit for retail operations.
You already know textiles are a problem. A 30-day audit can help establish a measured picture of your operation.
The problem with industry statistics
Every sustainability conversation eventually lands on the same number — some percentage of textiles lost to landfill, some fraction of waste going to the wrong place. These figures are real. But they describe an industry average, not your operation.
The question that matters to your procurement team, your sustainability lead, and your board is simpler: how much textile waste is your business generating right now, what is it costing you in landfill levy (waste charges), and what might diversion be worth? A 30-day audit can produce a record-based estimate for your operation, subject to the quality of the data collected.
The offer in plain terms
We instrument one back-of-house store for 30 days using the ēkotrace platform. Staff training: 15 minutes. No hardware installation. Operators log material drops via a plain-language interface — four taps, no technical knowledge required. Every event is SHA-256 hash-chained at the moment of logging. The audit trail is tamper-evident from day one.
What you receive
- ✔Total textile waste mass by stream
- ✔Current disposal route and levy cost
- ✔Indicative diversion scenarios (kg and NZ$), subject to route and processor confirmation
- ✔Method-labelled estimate of potential emissions avoided; not a verified Scope 3 inventory
- ✔Hash-chained event report — record integrity does not independently verify physical outcomes
- ✔Initial product-data mapping for private-label lines; not a Digital Product Passport readiness or compliance assessment
From ēkotrace
- • 30 days of instrumented data collection at one store
- • Platform access, operator training, and technical support
- • A hash-chained event report at day 30
- • No invoice, regardless of outcome
From the retailer
- • One back-of-house contact who can confirm material drops (15 min per shift)
- • Access to one back-of-house area for the audit period
- • 30 minutes for an end-of-audit debrief
- • Nothing further unless you choose to proceed
The walk-away clause
If the data does not move you — if the numbers do not make the case for the next step — we shake hands and part as friends. No invoice. No pressure. No follow-up pitch unless you ask for one.
If the data does move you, we have a 90-day pilot MoU ready to sign the same day.
Why this works
The barrier to most technology pilots in retail is the commitment. A 30-day waste audit asks for almost nothing. One store. One contact. Fifteen minutes of training. The deliverable is decision-useful recorded data, indicative emissions modelling, and initial product-data mapping where applicable—not a verified Scope 3 inventory or product-passport readiness assessment.
Recorded data can inform a decision; its accuracy depends on the inputs and assumptions.
Ready to see your number?
Email connection@ekot.nz with the subject line "30-Day Audit" and include the name of one store and one contact. We will have the platform configured and the operator briefed within five working days.
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