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Norfolk, VA, to Turn Garbage Trucks into ‘Fleet of Roaming Data Centers’

June 26, 2019August 5, 2019 by Jennifer Nastu

The city of Norfolk, Virginia, hopes to improve the sustainability of its municipal solid waste management through the use of technology. The city will deploy a smart city pilot program using technology from Rubicon Global that will collect data from its more than 60 sanitation vehicles running 90-plus routes per ... Read more »

Product Announcement: Best Practices Guide Gives Recycling Programs Economic Viability

February 7, 2018April 5, 2022 by Jennifer Nastu

Businesses and organizations seeking to execute waste management and recycling initiatives know the programs must have long-term economic viability in order to be a success - but the complexities of such initiatives continue to be a challenge.

Hard-to-Recycle Waste May Get Easier with Rubicon, TerraCycle Partnership

October 3, 2017November 22, 2017 by Jennifer Nastu

In order to achieve a goal of zero waste, companies need access to solutions that solve the challenge of hard-to-recycle waste. Now, Rubicon Global and TerraCycle have joined in a partnership that will address this challenge

Rubicon Global Joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy 100

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

In another sign of corporations’ growing support for the circular economy, Rubicon Global is the latest company to join the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy 100.

Rubicon’s Smart-Waste Platform to Benefit Santa Fe Businesses

March 8, 2017April 4, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

In a move that is expected to improve commercial waste services for New Mexico businesses, Rubicon Global, a smart waste and recycling startup whose customers include many Fortune 500 companies, has landed another municipal contract with the city of Santa Fe.

How Digitalization Is Revolutionizing the Waste & Recycling Industry

February 16, 2017November 1, 2019 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The digitalization of the waste and recycling industry gives hauling companies and their customers more — and better — data to improve their operations and achieve waste management goals.

Suez, Rubicon Partner to Digitize Recycling and ‘Change the World’

January 11, 2017January 12, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Global environmental services giant Suez has acquired a stake in smart waste and recycling startup Rubicon Global and will use Rubicon’s technology in its fleet of vehicles.

Rubicon Global Lands First City Customer with Atlanta’s Waste Fleet

December 8, 2016April 19, 2022 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Smart waste and recycling startup Rubicon Global has partnered with Atlanta to improve the city’s waste management services.

Rubicon Partnership Provides Flexible Financing for Waste Haulers

September 8, 2016April 19, 2022 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Smart waste and recycling company Rubicon has launched a financing program for its haulers that the startup says should translate to more haulers providing better service to customers and diverting more waste from landfills.

Will This Amazon-CIA Mapping Project Revolutionize Waste Management?

September 2, 2016April 19, 2022 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

It sounds like space-age technology and in many ways it is: satellite mapping that could track waste from space. Amazon, satellite operator DigitalGlobe, the CIA’s venture arm In-Q-Tel and computer chip maker Nvidia and Amazon have teamed up on a satellite imagery and data project called SpaceNet. The project’s data ... Read more »

Why Measuring Waste GHG Emissions Matters

August 9, 2016December 5, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

To help companies track more accurate data on GHG emissions from their trash, waste management startup Rubicon Global has teamed up with data company Trucost.

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