Waste collection and street sweeping route monitoring

The challenges of coordination with incomplete information

Waste collection and street sweeping take place daily across a wide area and require constant coordination of vehicles, staff and services. Operations managers may find it difficult to maintain a clear, up-to-date view of activities and check promptly whether services are progressing as planned. When information is not immediately available, delays, incomplete tasks or other problems may only become apparent after a report is received or once the service is over. This limits the ability to respond quickly, makes operational coordination more complex and can lead to service disruptions across the territory and for service users.

Arcoda’s solution: satellite tracking for a clear, complete and up-to-date view of waste collection and street sweeping activities

Based on satellite tracking, Arcoda’s solution enables waste collection and street sweeping activities to be supervised remotely in real time, giving those responsible for monitoring service delivery a clear map view of activities across the territory at a glance. The control room has an up-to-date map of vehicles and ongoing activities. GPS position data and information on the vehicle’s technical status are acquired from onboard tracking devices and made available to the control room through the map-based web portal, for operational monitoring of services in progress and subsequent historical analysis. The control room can then check in real time where vehicles are, what activities they are carrying out and how services are progressing across the territory.

Waste collection

For waste collection, the system tracks and records vehicle passes, vehicle operating status and collection-related events. The data are displayed in real time on Arcoda’s map portal and stored in the digital archive for subsequent analysis and service reporting.

Integration with ArcoEVO from our partner Sartori Ambiente allows monitoring to extend to individual container emptying operations in door-to-door collection. Equipment installed on the collection vehicle reads the container’s tag and records its identifier and the outcome of the emptying operation. This supplements satellite route tracking data with information on each individual collection activity, enabling detailed tracking down to individual operations.

Street sweeping

For street sweeping and street washing services, Arcoda’s solution records the routes travelled and displays them on a map in real time, with high-resolution tracking also available. It distinguishes sections where the service is actually provided from sections used for non-service travel. This makes it possible to monitor and reconstruct more reliably which streets were served, at what times and the distances travelled during service.