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Tipping point: Setting the stage for smarter waste management Keeping trucks ticking: Maximizing garbage fleet longevity Reducing waste in your waste operations: From routing to right-sizing Fueling efficiency: Slashing costs and emissions in your waste collection fleet Clean record, clean streets: Avoiding legal landfills from liability and risk
a telematics platform, you can identify all types of fuel consumption problem areas by analyzing data on both idling and harmful driving behaviors like these. 2. Identify driver coaching opportunities : After identifying if idling, speeding and harsh acceleration are taking place too often in your waste collection operations, you can provide data-driven coaching to promote more responsible driving. Are there certain drivers who are engaging in more high-consumption habits behind the wheel than others? By bringing a positive and motivational tone to your coaching conversations–as well as concrete data from your fleet management platform to back up your message–you can empower your drivers to become a highly active part in your organization’s mission to reduce fuel consumption. 3. Calculate cost reductions : As your garbage trucks’ fuel consumption and emissions go down, you’ll want to run the numbers on how much money your company is saving as a result. Thankfully, telematics can help automate this process for you. For example, the MyGeotab dashboard features the Fleet Savings Summary report, vehicle idling breakdowns and your daily idling cost trends, allowing you to visualize your fleet’s total fuel savings over time. Additionally, it’s helpful to compare fuel consumption from a time window prior to adopting telematics against a similar time frame after implementing it to see if your fuel-saving tactics are making an impact. Your fleet management solution should always be actively helping you make progress toward your fuel reduction goals. 4. Consider sustainable fuel options : Evaluate if cleaner fuel sources like compressed natural gas (CNG) could be an option for your garbage trucks, which produces fewer GHG emissions. CNG is also generally cheaper to buy than diesel fuel, with the U.S. Department of Energy finding that CNG prices were $0.34 less than a gasoline gallon equivalent (GGE) and $0.35 less than a diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) in their October 2024 report. By cleaning up your waste management company’s fuel sources, your budget can reap rewards. Lastly, it’s also important to think about factors like route optimization, vehicle maintenance and benchmarking when optimizing your company’s fuel efficiency. When using telematics to optimize your waste collection routes, you should be using the least amount of fuel to get the job done each day. Additionally, conducting preemptive maintenance like engine and alignment checks, fluid replacements and tire rotations consistently can have a marked impact on your trucks’ fuel efficiency. Using telematics to benchmark your fuel consumption against like fleets also allows you to spot consumption problem areas and work to close the gaps faster.
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The last stop: Moving toward a leaner, more efficient waste management fleet
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Here’s a snapshot of how several Geotab customers have reduced fuel consumption, costs and emissions using our powerful fleet management platform: • 12.3% fuel reduction through route optimization and reduced idling - Madrid Food Bank • Emissions per vehicle decreased by 26% and fuel economy increased by 35% - United Utilities • 10% reduction in fuel consumption - DB Regio Bus
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