Most waste operations don’t change quickly. Routes evolve. Contracts renew. Equipment gets replaced. But the system itself? It’s historically been slow, stable, and local. That’s no longer true. In North America, waste is being reshaped by policy decisions happening above operators. And across the U.S. and Canada, municipalities are approaching More »
Fuel used to fluctuate. Now it rises…and lingers. You feel it in budget meetings. You see it in route profitability. You hear it from drivers when routes run long or inefficient. It’s no longer a temporary spike—it’s something operations have to design around. And yet, most responses still focus on More »
For most waste companies, waste management billing isn’t something anyone brags about. No one posts about it on LinkedIn. It’s not what shows up in trade show demos. And it rarely gets mentioned when people talk about innovation in the industry. The spotlight usually falls somewhere else—automation, routing, electric fleets, More »
For years, waste and recycling operations competed on the same fundamentals: routes, assets, pricing, and contracts. Efficiency mattered most. Scale often won. But today, something quieter (and far more powerful) is reshaping the industry: Customer engagement. Not marketing engagement. Not social media engagement. It’s operational engagement: how your customers experience More »
Margins in waste and recycling have always been tight. But today, cost pressure isn’t cyclical — it’s constant. Rising labor costs. Fuel volatility. Fleet maintenance inflation. Contamination penalties. Growing reporting requirements. Expanding service expectations. At the same time, customers expect more transparency. Cities demand measurable sustainability outcomes. And organizational leadership More »
For too long, customer education and sustainability reporting in waste management have been siloed and often discussed separately as outreach and compliance, or education vs data reporting. But in 2026, leading waste and recycling organizations are recognizing that these two areas are deeply connected. When they’re aligned, they unlock operational More »
For decades, route optimization in waste and recycling was viewed primarily as an operational efficiency tool — a way to reduce miles driven, fuel consumption, and driver hours. Those benefits still matter. But the role of route optimization has fundamentally evolved. Today, the organizations leading the industry aren’t just using More »
Waste haulers lose thousands of hours on obsolete paper–based systems. Learn why waste management digital transformation saves you time and money.
When people hear “customer education” in waste and recycling, they often think of sustainability campaigns, recycling posters, or feel-good messaging about doing the right thing for the planet. Those things really matter — but they’re not the whole story. In reality, how well residents understand what goes where has direct, More »
As previously announced as part of the Simpler Recycling programme, from March 2027, local authorities will need to introduce kerbside collections for flexible plastics from households and relevant non-domestic premises. The rollout of this new recycling stream represents a host of practical, financial and operational challenges for councils, with significant More »