Earth Day – How We Help Earth Day has gone from a movement to an imperative – 54 years after its inception, it is more vital now than ever. With Earth Day coming up next week on April 22, Routeware wants to reiterate our commitment to this planet and all that live on it. Our overarching sustainability mission is to cut carbon emissions, reduce paper use, and reduce the amount of waste that goes into the landfill. How We Help → Community: Our Community tools help reduce contamination rates and illegal dumping, plus they save paper, and they save emissions from mailing. They also assist ..read more

Routeware Announces Acquisition of Compliance Publishing, Expanding Its Solutions for Medical Waste Management PORTLAND, OR – Routeware, a leading provider of integrated technology solutions for the waste and recycling industry, is pleased to announce the acquisition of St. Louis Park, Minnesota-based company Compliance Publishing, a renowned provider of medical waste solutions. This strategic acquisition strengthens Routeware’s product offerings for the medical waste management market and the haulers that work within it, including the ability to manage back-office operations and provide OSHA ..read more

How Routeware City Can Help Your City We are excited to announce Routeware City, a community engagement platform that allows you to test out our tools for yourself! Consider this a clear value proposition of how the tools can help your city. If you’re looking for a companion guide for how to utilize the tool, click here. If you’re looking for more information on the tools of Routeware City and beyond, click here. Note: below we will walk through Contamination Rates & Education, Cost Savings, Lower Call Volumes, Modernized Operations, and meeting Compliance & Sustainability Goals – pl ..read more

The Tools Of Routeware City We are excited to announce Routeware City, a community engagement platform that allows you to test out our tools for yourself! Nearly 15 million people have used our Community tools to better their recycling behaviour. Consider this a showcase and explanation of all tools involved in Routeware City, and even those that aren’t. If you’re looking for a companion guide for how to utilize the tool, click here. If you’re looking for a clear value proposition of how the tool can help your city, click here. Note: below we will walk through the Collection Calend ..read more

Waste Reimagined: Using Waste Technology to Transform Communities for the Better In our increasingly online world, the very tangible business of waste and recycling management is a mainstay of community health and happiness. While people remain the driving force behind waste collection, smart technology is quickly becoming vital to the success of these programs.  As consumers become more digitally savvy and sustainably minded, modern municipalities are harnessing the power of online tools to inform, educate, and unite their communities toward a greener future.   Now waste tec ..read more

We know how tough it can be for haulers and municipalities to communicate and remind residents about collection changes and new schedules due to holidays, inclement weather, route changes, and more.  When it comes to waste disposal at the resident’s end, we also know how tough it can be to communicate what goes where, at least without a phone call or multiple clicks for every item. That’s where Routeware’s – powered by ReCollect – mobile app comes in! In fact, we built it precisely to solve these problems and address these challenges. Today, we’ll tell you more about exactly how our mob ..read more

Waste & Recycling Travels – Or Does It? What’s The Difference? Waste collection programs across North America, and indeed the world, often differ based on regional geography. In Atlantic Canada, you see more municipalities with bi-weekly garbage collection, with garbage being collected in clear bags.  In the southern US, you find municipalities with twice-a-week garbage collection, and bi-weekly recycling collection, that tend to use carts for all collection streams.  On the US west coast, you find more situations where residents get to pick their hauler, and sometimes, th ..read more

Increase Your Reach: Tips to Engage All Demographics With Your Waste Education Effective communication yields successful programming, and effective communication is all about making real connections with the people you serve — no matter their age, the language they speak, or the place they call home. Reaching and engaging with all demographics in your area, especially the people who may be harder to reach, is not only critical for the success of your programs; it’s the right thing to do. So how do you do it? From overcoming language barriers to leaning on digital tools from Routeware, h ..read more

Wishcycling 101: When Good Intentions Lead To Recycling Contamination Most people want to recycle: They believe it’s responsible and good for the planet. And yet, with average contamination of the US recycling stream standing between 17 and 25 percent, municipal recycling coordinators are left standing in the gap between their community’s desire to recycle right and the outcomes of those efforts. Why and how are so many good intentions going awry? And importantly, how can educators help recyclers align their values with actions that help, rather than hinder community environmental effor ..read more

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