Talking Trash With Tim: Every Day is a ‘Bones Day’ For Minnesota Recycling Manager

It’s American Public Works Week, and we’re celebrating public works leaders in solid waste on our blog. Check back for a new profile feature each day! From managing a recycling program for about 45,000 households and fielding phone calls, to organizing and overseeing special drop-off events and meeting with four More »

From WasteExpo: What We’re Learning

It’s the last day of WasteExpo! Today we’re blogging from the exhibit hall floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Are you at WasteExpo? There’s still time to visit with Routeware at Booth #3550 in the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The exhibit hall opens at 10 More »

Bulky Collection: Aesthetics and Efficiency Go Hand in Hand

Capturing collection efficiencies allows municipalities and private haulers alike to spend less on fuel — a quickly increasing cost — while balancing budgets and keeping carbon emissions in check. Changing collection programs is an operational feat for certain, but true success can only be claimed when the people who use More »

WasteExpo Sneak Peek: The Routeware Experience

With just a few days until WasteExpo, here’s a sneak peek of what you can see and do at the show — and at Routeware booth #3550. We’re kicking off the show — quite literally — by presenting during the first Monday session on the Technology and Innovation track. Come More »

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 More »

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 More »

The Rest of the Story: Creating the Best Route Optimization System for Your Business

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. The best route optimization system for your business is one that handles all these concerns More »

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 More »

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 More »

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 More »