<h1>AI-Powered Marketplace Transforms $18B Industrial Scrap Trade with Real-Time Bidding and ESG Compliance</h1> An AI-driven marketplace has launched to digitize and streamline the industrial scrap trade in India, valued at approximately $18 billion. The platform eliminates intermediaries by enabling direct transactions between industries, recyclers, and businesses through real-time bidding, digital audits, GPS tracking, and secure escrow payments. It incorporates AI tools for accurate volume, quality, and price estimation while ensuring compliance with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards and national regulatory mandates such as extended producer responsibility. The marketplace aims to address inefficiencies, trust issues, and logistical challenges in the traditionally unorganized scrap sector, promoting transparency, accountability, and sustainability within the circular economy framework.