{"id":8234,"date":"2022-07-22T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T00:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routeware.com\/blog\/recycle-reward-rejoice-recollect-award-winners\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T13:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T18:55:30","slug":"recycle-reward-rejoice-recollect-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routeware.com\/en_gb\/blog\/recycle-reward-rejoice-recollect-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycle, Reward, Rejoice \u2013 ReCollect Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Award-Winning Products, Award-Winning Customers<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

When municipalities, haulers, and schools call on our digital communication tools for waste and recycling to carry out their work and care for the planet, and those tools help garner them awards, everyone wins.<\/p>\r\n

At ReCollect, we have the right tools<\/a> for the right jobs. Through our suite of tried-and-true digital tools for waste and recycling related communications, our customers are successfully rolling out new recycling programs, reducing recycling contamination, lowering call volumes and empowering people in their communities to become better recyclers.<\/p>\r\n

Beyond orchestrating successful programming and having the satisfaction of a job well-done, our customers are also winning awards and receiving other accolades for their ingenuity and work, from the National Recycling Coalition\u2019s Outstanding Community or Government Program, to the Secretary of the Army Award for Environmental Quality. Others, still, are receiving noteworthy kudos from their regions and communities, or leading their states in their recycling efforts.<\/p>\r\n

And we can help you do the same.<\/p>\r\n

Easy-to-Use Tools that Help You Meet Your Goals<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

Leaning on ReCollect\u2019s digital tools has helped municipalities, haulers and others achieve far more than awards; they help folks meet their waste-diversion and recycling goals, become pioneers and leaders in the recycling industry, and better stewards of the earth.<\/p>\r\n

In Cary, North Carolina, for example, more than 44% of households now access their solid waste collection schedules through the town\u2019s app, Cary Collects, powered by ReCollect<\/a>. The app and tools have also allowed the town to eliminate more than 50,000 printed and mailed recycling schedules and materials lists, which saved more than $5,000.<\/p>\r\n

Meanwhile, the Town of Cary<\/a> has also seen their contamination rates decrease by around 3%.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe app is very helpful with collection day changes,” Cary’s former Solid Waste Manger Bob Holden says. “Reaching so many people so fast about the changes has been positive, and our residents appreciate that.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Columbia, South Carolina, has also made great strides after adopting their ReCollect-powered app. The app \u201chelps the City of Columbia communicate with residents in all the ways they want to communicate \u2014 and on their terms,\u201d says Sam Yager, the city\u2019s Solid Waste Superintendent.<\/p>\r\n

After launching its app, Columbia saw steady growth in its app users, which more than doubled in its first year.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cPeople love the app,\u201d Sam says, \u201cand it\u2019s a key to success in Columbia\u2019s recycling rates.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

The app paired with the city\u2019s work helped it earn recognition<\/a> from the Carolina Recycling Association, too.<\/p>\r\n

Communities in Colorado are also leading their states in recycling rates after deploying tools from ReCollect, from Boulder County to Loveland. The city of Boulder ranked No. 1 for citywide recycling, for example, as the Boulder Daily Camera reports<\/a>. Loveland\u2019s recycling efforts also helped its city place at the top of the state for residential recycling efforts, according to WasteAdvantage Magazine.<\/p>\r\n

Loads of other municipalities across North America and Europe are also finding success with their apps and widgets. But ReCollect\u2019s collection of products aren\u2019t for municipalities and haulers alone. Universities, college campuses, military bases and beyond can benefit from digital tools for waste and recycling communications, too.<\/p>\r\n

Take the Fort Hood Army base, for example. Its app, Fort Hood Recycle<\/a>, helped it to earn the distinction as \u201cthe U.S. Army leader in recycling,\u201d The Recycler reports. With help from its digital tools, Fort Hood\u2019s recycling program works to educate soldiers and civilians alike about ways to collaborate for \u201ca greener future,\u201d using $89,000 in recycling revenue to sponsor 32 soldier and family events, according to The Recycler.<\/p>\r\n

The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has also made great strides in its solid waste and recycling programs after tapping into tools from ReCollect<\/a>. There, the school\u2019s Office of Campus Sustainability provides waste education and more to some 60,000 students, faculty and staff who live, learn, work and play at the university. Calling on tools like ReCollect\u2019s Waste Wizard<\/a> helps the university easily reach everyone they serve, day or night, so people on campus may always recycle right.<\/p>\r\n

Mixing and Matching: Finding a Winning Combination<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

While ReCollect offers a host of tools to help you better run your solid waste and recycling programs, you can mix and match them to suit your needs.<\/p>\r\n

As many ReCollect customers have found, each tool is designed to run efficiently on its own or in combination with one another. Which could be a winning combination for you? Here are some tools to explore, along with some information about how our customers have paired and customized each to find success and earn recognition for their hard work.<\/p>\r\n