Improved waste collection management

摘要

A system for managing the collection of waste from a plurality of individual waste containers at spaced apart locations along a collection route includes: (a) a navigation component for guiding an operator of a mobile waste collection vehicle along the collection route; (b) the plurality of waste containers each including an identification tag; (c) the mobile waste collection vehicle including a lifting arm for engaging and lifting a waste container, a collection receptacle for receiving the waste and a reader for reading the identification tag associated with each waste container; (d) an on board computer for logging any observations made by the operator regarding the waste container, the waste collected and/or the location; and (e) a transmission component for transmitting the logged data to a remote database for storing the observations logged along the collection route. Any logged observations are used to notify a responsible authority or individual of the observations and/or to provide a warning to the operator where a previously observation indicates an issue which may affect the collection of waste from a particular waste container or location.