Houston enters into three-year smart waste agreement

The City of Houston has signed a three-year smart city partnership with Rubicon Technologies to help improve residential waste and recycling services for its 2.3 million residents.

Houston is the fourth largest city in the US by population, and Rubicon’s products will be installed across its entire waste and recycling fleet, numbering 391 vehicles. The partnership will give the City greater insight into what is happening in the field, helping to increase the productivity of its Department of Solid Waste, and supporting all internal units from the management team to the drivers.

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RubiconSmartCity is a proprietary, cloud-based technology suite that aims to helps city governments run faster, smarter, and more effective waste, recycling, and heavy-duty municipal fleet operations.

The platform includes a mobile app, an onboard data collection device, and a web-based portal that will allow the City’s Department of Solid Waste to track key metrics including service verifications, missed pick-ups and issues at the kerbside. It also provides visibility on vehicle usage and maintenance information.

“These insights, alongside route optimisation and digitisation efforts, are set to deliver an optimal operation to the City of Houston”

“Partnering with Rubicon will help our great city optimise its solid waste operations and make it possible for us to digitise our entire waste and recycling management system,” said Sylvester Turner, mayor.

“The City of Houston is committed to providing the highest level of service to its residents and this partnership will allow us to provide better services, save taxpayer dollars, and deliver a better quality of life for Houstonians.”