So often we find ourselves feeling under constant pressure to catch up or keep up with an increasing number of trends, changes, and regulations that are being introduced monthly in the waste industry. Specifically with driver compliance and accountability, you are seeing more technologies that can help you manage your fleet and drivers. If you have not heard of the term “Smart Fleet” it is a term that incorporates various technologies to do a myriad…
Making Tough Decisions: The Story of Robert “Bob” Abram Bartlett Bob Bartlett was born August 15, 1875. He was a man that had an insatiable appetite for the Arctic waters and at the ripe age of 17, mastered his first ship. For over 50 years, Captain Bartlett of the SS Roosevelt mapped and explored the entirety of the North, thus ultimately becoming the first man to sail north of 88 degrees N. Sadly for us,…
In previous blogs we have detailed some technological trends that have arisen in response to the increase in the U.S. population and resulting increase in waste products that must be managed. The success of any change effort in the Waste Industry is contingent upon an unprecedented cooperation between recyclers, designers, packagers, manufacturers, haulers, businesses, municipalities, governments and consumers. There is optimism that in 2020 great strides will be made toward such cooperation. Read ahead to…