Compactor Monitoring
Waste Management's compactor monitoring service helps you reduce your number of compactor pickups, potentially saving up to 50% on hauling costs.
This service optimizes every pickup, creating fewer hauls and helping to reduce related CO2 emissions from collection vehicles.
Using our innovative technology and industry expertise, the professionals at our monitoring center see to it that your compactor hauls are as full as possible.
We also account for your unique operating characteristics, including adjusting schedules for holidays and events when you may have more or less waste.
Compactor monitoring service helps you:
- Reduce pickup frequency – saving money and vehicle emissions
- Eliminate the burden of managing your compactor
- Prevent overflows and overweight compactors that could add costs
The following results are from actual customers in the cities listed:
| Location | Cost Per Haul |
Frequency/Cost Prior |
Frequency/Cost w/ Monitoring |
Annual Savings |
% Savings |
||
| Houston | $230 | 9 / | $2,070 | 4 / | $920 | $13,800 | 56% |
| Boston | $125 | 30 / | $3,750 | 15 / | $1,875 | $22,500 | 50% |
| New York | $1868 | 9 / | $16,812 | 5 / | $9,340 | $89,664 | 44% |
| Chicago | $275 | 20 / | $5,500 | 12 / | $3,300 | $26,400 | 40% |
| Wash. D.C. | $145 | 9 / | $1,305 | 5 / | $725 | $6,960 | 44% |
| California | $230 | 12 / | $2,760 | 7 / | $1,610 | $13,800 | 42% |