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Fix Your Waste Collection Routes with RouteSmart Solutions

Optimize routes and improve service across residential, commercial, and roll-off operations with RouteSmart’s powerful routing software.

We tackle common challenges like safety, efficiency, and customer service. Explore answers to key routing questions below.

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01Efficiency

RouteSmart Online optimizes routes and balances workloads to ensure efficient planning, execution, and scalability across every service area.

Routes balanced, stops sequenced, and efficiency maximized.

Problems Solved:

  • No more overlapping routes or trucks servicing the same streets.

  • Routes stay balanced even as volume and service density fluctuate.

  • Stop sequencing is optimized for faster, more efficient collections.

  • Route planning happens regularly, not just when problems arise.

02Drivers

Get drivers up and running quickly on fully optimized, efficient routes through realistic, real-world modeling scenarios.

Every driver empowered with clear, consistent routes

Problems Solved:

  • Drivers’ diverse route knowledge housed in a centralized database.

  • New drivers can navigate efficiently from day one.

  • Dispatch and routing are standardized—no more self-dispatching.

  • Driver performance and productivity are easily monitored.

03Growth

RouteSmart Online delivers clear, actionable, data-driven insight to determine routes’ profitability and support smarter operational decisions.

Plan smarter for expansion and profitability

Problems Solved:

  • “What-if” scenarios now guide operational and financial decisions.

  • Route profitability is clear before new areas or accounts are added.

  • New territories and acquisitions merge seamlessly into existing operations.

  • Sales and operations stay aligned as your customer base grows.

04Safety

Rely on proven, safety-first technology and intelligent routing to protect drivers, minimize risk, and keep your business moving efficiently.

Delivering routing solutions that keep drivers safe, compliant, and on time

Problems Solved:

  • No more unsafe U-turns or backing—routes account for real-world constraints.

  • One-way streets, alleys, and turn restrictions are automatically factored in.

  • Traffic congestion is minimized with data-driven, right-side routing.

     

05Modernization

Customize, streamline, and optimize routes for complex, real-world conditions to maximize efficiency and reduce operational costs.

Replace manual planning with intelligent, automated routing

Problems Solved:

  • No more “pinning maps” or cutting-and-pasting route books.

  • Computer-generated plans optimize collection efficiency and service days.

  • Teams follow a standardized, repeatable routing process.

  • Route maps stay up to-date and accessible for everyone.

  • Purpose-built waste and recycling routing software replaces generic tools.

06Customer Service

Deliver personalized, time-sensitive, and reliable customer experiences with RouteSmart Online, ensuring satisfaction and operational consistency.

Collections delivered on time, every time.

Problems Solved:

  • Multi-day service schedules are now optimized for workload balance.

  • Time windows are easily built into routes to meet customer expectations.

07Resources

Franklin, Tennessee Reduces Costs by 37%

Franklin, Tennessee, adopted RouteSmart and RouteSmart Navigator, cutting annual operating costs by 37% through reduced mileage, truck use, and labor.

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Burnaby, BC improved efficiency by 5%

The City worked with RouteSmart to implement major operational changes, shifting waste collection from weekly to biweekly and reducing crew workweeks from five to four days.

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Acadiana Waste Services Enhances Operations

Acadiana Waste Services improved efficiency and scaled with RouteSmart Online, replacing manual planning to integrate 63,000 new customers while reducing driver hours and enhancing safety and satisfaction.

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Recology Overhauled its Routing System

Recology used RouteSmart to optimize its San Francisco routes while transitioning to dual-use garbage/recycling trucks and a separate organics waste vehicle.

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It’s time to get started and fix the collection chaos.

Our industry pros have years of experience working with the most successful waste haulers in the U.S. and around the world. Let us help you fix the route collection chaos.

Jessica Cearfoss

Senior Business Development Manager

jcearfoss@routesmart.com

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Danielle Baci

Senior Client Success Manager

dbaci@routesmart.com

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