We’re debuting new solutions at WasteExpo in Las Vegas
Returning to WasteExpo for the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Routeware will introduce new capabilities to help municipalities and haulers address ongoing challenges, such as fuel costs, risk mitigation and resilience, driver shortages, and recycling legislation. “We’re thrilled to be getting back together with customers in person at WasteExpo, and we’re […]
The ABCs Of ESG For Waste and Recycling Haulers
The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, mobilized 20 million Americans to focus attention on an increasingly polluted planet. Earth Day transformed public attitudes about environmental issues, and inspired transformative legislation. The Environmental Protection Agency was created in December, 1970, and the 70s also saw the passing of the Clean Air Act, the Water […]
Lessons Learned: Finding And Keeping Great Drivers
As the labor market tightens and the critical driver shortage drags on, municipal and private haulers are feeling the pinch in recruitment. These issues opened an important discussion at the annual conference of the Oklahoma Indian Nations Chapter of SWANA in Catoosa, Oklahoma, where Jerry Schuber, Sr., Director of Solid Waste and Recycling for the […]
The Rest of the Story: Best Practices for Route Optimization
Fuel prices, driver shortages, and increasing demands to decarbonize fleets to the greatest extent possible are driving municipal and private haulers to scrutinize not only their collection routes, but also the way they design them. For many forward-looking haulers, route optimization software answers both questions at once. As with any investment, however, it’s wise to […]
Empowering drivers: 10 ways technology helps
Even in a tight labor market, haulers and municipalities in need of qualified drivers have a card up their sleeves: technology. Not only do fleet automation and other green technologies solve myriad problems before they arise, but they can help attract more diverse, talented and dependable drivers to operate collection vehicles. From in-cab tablets and […]
The Route Way to Fuel Efficiency: Best Practices for Route Optimization
Route design used to be a task municipal and private haulers undertook a handful of times over the course of their careers. As these planned routes evolved, longtime drivers absorbed the changes, and together with their supervisors and managers, the team just made things work — often with the aid of paper-based maps, a whiteboard, […]
Happy Earth Month! We’re Planting 1,000 Trees
We’re happy share that this Earth Month, we’re planning to further our mission to protect the planet by planting trees. “Using technology to protect our planet is what Routeware is all about. It is hugely important to our customers — as well as the people our customers serve. Planting trees is one small way we […]
In Lexington, Route Optimization Speeds Up Rerouting Process Threefold, Making Collection More Efficient
Lexington, Kentucky, is a growing city. That means waste management is growing as well. With about 90,000 customers today, they’re growing by 2,700 carts per year across all commodities. Most residential growth is outside the city center, beyond the main road that encircles the city. And without route optimization, waste collection routes were becoming significantly […]
Smart Cities Series: Smart city solutions for solid waste challenges
This blog post is Part 2 in our Smart Cities Series. In the race to build better, stronger, more resilient communities, the term “smart city” gets used a lot. It’s a term that’s easy to say and harder to understand — and one whose nuances are certainly still up for debate. And yet in the […]
Smart Cities Series: Build a smart city that focuses on people first
This blog post is Part 1 of our Smart Cities Series. As technology has evolved, so have our cities — and as the last couple of years have demonstrated, so have the challenges we face. While technology cannot be the answer to all our problems, it can certainly present a solution to many of them. […]
