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Routeware – Integrated Technology Solutions for Waste and Recycling Operations

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Before Ryan Purcell was helping cities optimize their waste operations in SmartCity, he was doing something surprisingly similar in a different industry altogether: heavy haul trucking technology. The parallels turned out to be closer than most people would expect — and they’re a big part of why he’s so good at his job.

We sat down with Ryan to talk about the metrics t...


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Most waste collection routes were never deliberately designed; they were inherited. A stop was added the week a new subdivision opened, a route was extended as new homes were built, and a holiday collection schedule was adjusted one year and never fully reversed. When a long-serving driver retired, a significant portion of the route logic departed wit...


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Most site service operators reach a point where the tools they’re using stop keeping up with the business. You started with one service line, found software that handled it well enough, and kept going. Then you added another service. Maybe another after that. And now you’re stitching it all together across platforms that weren’t designed to talk to each other.

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Somewhere in a California city hall right now, a solid waste program manager is staring at a spreadsheet. Maybe it’s a patchwork of tabs tracking commercial generators, hauler service data, contamination notes, and edible food recovery contacts. Maybe it’s three spreadsheets. Maybe it’s a shared drive folder that no one can quite agree on. Whatever it looks like, it almost ce...


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Most site service operators reach a point where the tools they’re using stop keeping up with the business. You started with one service line, found software that handled it well enough, and kept going. Then you added another service. Maybe another after that. And now you’re stitching it all together across platforms that weren’t designed to talk to each other.

It works...


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