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I would love to chat about how I could help your mission. I'm an independent software developer that has spent my entire career working in waste. Former VP of Engineering at Routew…

The purchasing process is the barrier to entry. Municipalities are required to run a request for proposal on anything over ~10k. The RFP gets awarded to a PE owned manufacturer tha…

Happy Thanksgiving! 10+ solid years as a near daily HN lurker :) Be sure to give your parents (and other seniors in your life) a phishing and subscriptions checkup this weekend! ht…

Came here to say the same. Love seeing waste industry stuff at HN :) Prairie Robotics (and similar) is another interesting take on the problem at the industrial scale. They are rec…

Oh interesting, we generally don't go to WasteCon due to how focused it is on public sector since we have a better product fit with independent haulers (we do have several municipa…

Thanks for sharing! If you go to Waste Expo (not sure if the big 3 send software engineers), it'd be cool to grab a beer and connect.

It really depends on the region since landfill rates vary wildly. In California: most likely yes since landfilling is relatively expensive, but again depends. Waste haulers have al…

I work in the industry too. I'm always curious about what other's in this industry do when they're on HN, so if you're able can you share what you do? As far as me: I'm the lead en…

Nice ride! We don't have Bend's views, but the gravel is good down here on the central coast of Ca. So cool to see other cyclists/athletes in the comments on HN. https://www.strava…

Not only that, but once they realized the message was sent in error they didn't have a simple way to correct course so there was a big delay between the realization and informing t…

Sure sounds like it! What is confusing is that the article still points to the UI as being a part of the problem though while they're now saying the employee intentionally sent the…

A bit of background: I've done thousands of hours of driving in rolloff trucks. They're semi's that load debris containers onto rails mounted over the chassis, haul the load to the…

It'll be interesting how this works at homes with pets. I could see that being a major concern for a household that would otherwise be fine with an in home delivery. Will Amazon ha…

This is a really well done analysis of Rubicon's fundamental flaw and a huge reason why you see the main players all owning landfills. Trash is simply too profitable and easily cor…

I've actually been working on something that this article applies to and it was refreshing to step out of my comfort zone and reanalyze how things might work out with a fresh persp…

Have you used any that are actually effective? Please share if so :) I work within the trash collection industry and we've tried several different optimization schemes that in gene…

My guess is that the returning of the supplies could result in a lower carbon footprint. The whole delivery system is optimized for getting products from supplier to receiver, so t…

We've recently tried out Terra's Kitchen primarily because they ship the meals in a reusable container that is returned to them. There's still a small amount of plastic that we hav…

Just do something you love! It really doesn't matter what degree you have or what your skill set is at the start. Passion to accomplish something or contextual enjoyment will carry…

They will most certainly do well! They're essentially a Broker++ since they are treating the haulers as their customer too (or at least saying that). Brokerages have traditionally …

This is why we have the current level of regulation in the waste industry. It has lead to exclusive contracts with haulers that have to report their weights to a local authority. T…

I think it will really depend on how they approach and work with the haulers. It sounds like they are providing them with an app that will help them manage their other accounts mor…

As others have noted the types of services vary widely by region and jurisdiction. Some have exclusive contracts with a single hauler to provide residential and commercial collecti…