Automation

Down by the Inner Harbor and across the city of Baltimore, you see it. It is trash, and it’s littering the streets. But Charm City is fighting back thanks to a motivated administration and programs like city-provided trash cans and the newly...

A panel discussion at the recent American Trucking Associations (ATA) Management Conference & Exhibition (MC&E) in Philadelphia explored how telematics is going to change trucks and the trucking industry, largely by offering opportunities created...

A Finnish technology startup is intent on convincing decision-makers in the U.S. solid waste industry that its smart software can save money, slice carbon dioxide emissions—and even prevent stress-induced gray hair...

It’s no secret that safety in solid waste collection is a major issue. Each company and municipality works to teach best safety practices, yet accidents and injuries still occur. In fact, according to recent Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers, the...

Watch Dog Security founder Brad Gladstone is no stranger to the devastation industrial fires can cause. His Detroit-based company installs commercial security camera systems in hazardous locations, such as scrapyards, shredder facilities and oil...

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Last month, FieldAware, a made-for-mobile, cloud-based software company based in Plano, Texas, launched a mobile platform for the waste and recycling industry. That technology was demonstrated at WasteExpo in Las Vegas in June...

WasteExpo 2015 got underway with a busy conference program on Monday. The third annual Investor Summit featured 16 sessions including company presentations and panel discussions. Education tracks on fleet & equipment technology, recycling/resource...

This past Monday, on the eve of our normal trash day, a 96-gallon, four-wheeled present arrived on our tree lawn. (That’s what we, in Northeast Ohio, call the green space between the sidewalk and the curb.) ...

The city’s garbage and recycling collection will be converted to an automated system that will require residents to use large new garbage and recycling carts that can be automatically lifted and dumped into collection trucks...