Analyze
Understand the likely composition, recoverable fractions and possible value of each waste stream.
Building the infrastructure for circular business
We Believe Waste Should Never Be the End of the Story
ParaWaste is a circular economy technology company developing intelligent tools for waste analysis, material exchange, traceability and continuous resource recovery.
Our story
What if businesses could see waste as clearly as inventory?
Companies carefully track the raw materials they purchase and the products they sell. Once a material becomes waste, that visibility often disappears. ParaWaste was created to close this information gap and turn every waste stream into structured material data, potential buyers and future uses.
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Who we are
Technology for a more circular economy
Our original operating model remains simple: analyze, track, connect and monetize.
Track
Maintain structured records of origin, quantity, ownership, movement, processing and destination.
Connect
Match waste and recovered materials with businesses capable of using them.
Monetize
Reduce disposal costs, create new revenue and identify additional value after the first transaction.
Our direction
Mission, vision and purpose
We are building practical digital infrastructure for industrial circularity.
Our Mission
To give every waste stream a measurable identity, a suitable destination and a new economic purpose.
Our Vision
A global economy where valuable materials circulate between businesses instead of being unnecessarily discarded.
Our Purpose
To change the business question from “How do we dispose of this?” to “What does it contain, who can use it and how do we preserve its value?”
How we work
The principles behind ParaWaste
Circular technology must be trustworthy, commercially useful and grounded in measurable outcomes.
Circularity
We design every process around keeping materials useful for as long as possible.
Transparency
Better information about origin, composition and destination creates better markets.
Practical Innovation
Technology should solve measurable operational and commercial problems.
Collaboration
Circularity requires waste producers, recyclers, manufacturers, researchers and public organizations to work together.
Responsibility
AI recommendations support expert judgment and never replace legal, safety or laboratory requirements.
Measurable Impact
Circular claims should be supported by material, financial and transaction data.
Leadership
The people behind ParaWaste
ParaWaste is currently led by its two co-founders, combining business leadership, sustainability strategy, product development, artificial intelligence and software engineering.
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Paulina Chotrova
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Paulina leads business strategy, partnerships, stakeholder engagement and the company’s circular economy mission.
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Nikolay Chotrov
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Nikolay leads platform architecture, AI integration, material matching, traceability, security and the technical roadmap.
We created ParaWaste because valuable materials are being lost every day—not because they have no use, but because businesses lack the information and connections required to use them again.
Paulina Chotrova & Nikolay Chotrov, Co-Founders
Our journey
From waste passports to circular material infrastructure
The product has evolved from a structured waste-management concept into an intelligent network for multi-stage material recovery.
Understand the problem
Study how businesses lose visibility and value once materials become waste.
Create material identity
Build structured categorization and digital waste-passport concepts.
Test with industry
Validate early workflows across manufacturing, retail, construction and food-related businesses.
Connect the market
Develop a collaborative B2B environment for waste producers, processors and buyers.
Add intelligence
Use AI-assisted composition, matching, forecasting and opportunity detection.
Close the cycle
Track recovered fractions and create the next marketplace transaction.
Help build the circular materials economy.
Whether you produce waste, process materials, buy secondary resources or support circular innovation, ParaWaste can help you discover the next opportunity.