Route Optimization

Route Optimization

Recent Items for Route Optimization

May 23, 2012

Commentary

Waste Wise: Method Madness, Pt. Two 1

Why using route-based data to assess recycling rates is more meaningful than surveys....More
Mar. 25, 2012

Article

Waste Age

Automation Showdown 1

To choose new collection equipment for its single-stream recycling program, Charleston County, S.C., carefully devised a head-to-head contest....More
Mar. 2, 2012

Article

Waste Age

Cutting Back by Keeping Track

RFID technology helps Chesapeake’s waste management division boost recycling and reduce tipping fees....More
Oct. 28, 2011

Article

Waste Age

RFID: Recycling Research by Radio

Through a pilot project powered by radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, Charleston County, S.C., has gained insight into the recycling habits of its residents — and into what the transition to single stream recycling will mean for its municipal recycling facility....More
Sep. 1, 2011

Article

Waste Age

Off the Map

A range of technologies are expanding the promise of route optimization....More
Mar. 1, 2011

article

Waste Age

The Technology of Trash

Advanced scales and onboard software are helping haulers create more productive and efficient operations....More
Feb. 12, 2011

blog

Why Hiding in the Trash Can Never Works, Example No. 237

A bank robber in Buffalo, N.Y., was foiled after police located her hiding in a garbage tote by using a GPS tracking...More
Jan. 1, 2011

article

Waste Age

Rethinking Routing

Route planning is nothing new in the trash hauling business. Good refuse fleet managers can sketch out solid, workable...More
Oct. 1, 2010

article

Waste Age

The Spirit of Radio

Municipal solid waste departments and private waste management companies are suddenly buying radio frequency...More
Oct. 1, 2010

article

Waste Age

Steady as a Rock

While it may sound contradictory, Raleigh, N.C.-based Waste Industries USA embraces change while pursuing a business...More