Moving hard-to-move materials — viably, affordably and accountably.
When distance, small volumes or empty return legs drive transport costs up, we connect your materials to carriers already running those routes — coordinating the transport, custody and reporting that make it work.
Who it's for
Whoever's holding materials that are hard to move — and the carriers who can move them.
Councils & regions
Move stranded materials to processors affordably, building the evidence to support funding and policy cases.
Scheme operators
Run verified, end-to-end collection for your materials, configured to each region.
Businesses
Turn awkward, sporadic material movements into coordinated, accountable loads.
Carriers & transport operators
Fill backhaul and spare capacity with loads that fit routes you already run.
How it works
Whether the material can't move viably today, or already moves but could move more cheaply, cleanly and with better records, the process is the same — and it's built to flex to local conditions.
Consolidation or drop-off point added only where it helps.
You tell us what needs moving, and where to.
What it is, where it is, and where it needs to go.
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A council, scheme or business identifies what needs to move out of their area — the material, where it is, how much, how often — and the destination or pathway it needs to reach. Where the end point isn't obvious, we work it out together.
We match it to a carrier already on that route.
Backhaul or spare capacity already running it.
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With origin and destination known, we find who's running transport on or near that route and bring them on with an offer that makes the run worthwhile — existing backhaul or spare capacity where it exists, a dedicated load with a confirmed destination where it doesn't.
It's collected and moved.
One or several pickups, direct to destination.
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Material is picked up — in one or several pickups, or from a drop-off point where it's been aggregated — and taken to its destination. Where it genuinely helps, loads can be brought together at a consolidation point first, but most often it moves direct.
Every movement is tracked.
Chain of custody and reporting, end to end.
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From pickup to destination, the platform records chain of custody and operational and sustainability reporting — what moved, when, and where it went. In a pilot or scheme setting, that can extend to cost evidence for funding and policy cases.
Throughout, Tidal Shift coordinates and records — never a party to the contracts or the money flow. You keep your own commercial relationships; we make the movement work and give you the proof it did.
Why Tidal Shift
Neutral by design.
We coordinate and record — never a party to the contracts or the money flow. You keep your own carriers, rates and relationships; we don't compete with them or take a cut. That neutrality is also what brings carriers to the table: an operator who'd never hand loads to a freight broker will look at a backhaul that's coordinated, not brokered — which is often what unlocks a route a council couldn't move on its own.
Implement, not just investigate.
You're left with a working pathway and a tool you keep using — not a report that names the problem and stops. The movement actually happens, and the platform keeps coordinating it run after run.
Configured to local conditions.
Every region's routes, sites and volumes differ. The platform flexes to how your area already works — your existing carrier relationships, a drop-off point, a consolidation hub where one helps — rather than forcing a single model onto it.
Proof in the record.
Every movement is tracked end to end: chain of custody and operational and sustainability reporting you can export for compliance, funding and policy cases.
The platform behind the coordination
Tidal Shift isn't a spreadsheet and a round of phone calls. It's a working platform that coordinates movements, holds the record, and gives you the data — built to flex to how your region operates. Here's what it does today.
Chain of custody, end to end
Every movement coordinated through the platform is captured as verified, structured data — reconciled counts, photos, carrier details, custody from pickup to destination. That same record becomes your reporting: a structured export mapped to your state regulator's waste-tracking fields, generated for every movement. The evidence is a by-product of moving the material, not a separate job — so when reporting time comes, it's already done. Queensland and Northern Territory supported, with more states to follow.
Custody timeline · platform preview
Collected · Mareeba transfer station
08:12 · 3 photos
In transit
09:40
Delivered · Cairns processor
11:55 · 2 photos
Reconciled · 240 in / 240 out
no variance
Export columns · mapped to your regulator's waste-tracking fields
Representative TSA-QLD demo data
| Movement | Material (code) | Out → In | Weight | Carrier | Reconciliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSA-0142 | Glass fines (G130) | 240 → 240 | 6.2 t | Verified | Reconciled |
| TSA-0143 | Tyres (T140) | 18 → 18 | 1.1 t | Verified | Reconciled |
| TSA-0151 | Glass fines (G130) | 96 → 94 | 2.4 t | Verified | Variance flagged |
Coordinate movements end to end
Request a movement and track it through its full lifecycle — across single or multiple sites, stops and legs — with every status visible from request to delivery.
Model the opportunity before you commit
Project a region's volumes and indicative revenue, and invite carriers to submit their rates confidentially through a secure link — so you can see whether a route stacks up before anyone's committed.
See the network
An interactive map of the processors, sites and routes that make a region work — filterable by material, type and location.
Reporting that backs your case
Operational and sustainability metrics by material, status and month. Exportable today within pilots, with broader export rolling out.
Scope a region with built-in surveys
Understand a region's materials, volumes and barriers before a pilot — the same survey tool in front of councils now.
Coming soon: live GPS route tracking with deviation alerts, and drop-off capture across multiple collection points — both in development.
Pricing
Pricing follows what moves. Simple subscription tiers scale to how much material you move, with core reporting included as you grow and optional add-ons for deeper analysis. Pilot pricing is set with each partner — we're still shaping the model with our first ones.
Talk to usHard-to-move materials? Let's shape the solution together.
Impact is our first priority. If you've got materials that are hard to move, or an idea for a pilot, we'd rather start with the problem than the price. Tell us what you're trying to achieve and we'll work out the path — and the commercials — together.
Tell us what you're trying to move
Share the material, where it is and where it needs to go, and we'll come back to you about how it could work for your region.