Atlanta adopts Rubicon’s SmartCity software

Rubicon Technologies Inc., a New York City-based digital marketplace for waste and recycling and provider of innovative software-based products for businesses and governments worldwide, has announced that it has entered into a three-year SmartCity partnership with Atlanta to help enhance the city’s residential waste and recycling services.

The agreement will place Rubicon’s smart city software at the heart of Atlanta’s Department of Public Works. Rubicon will help the department transition its operations to become a fully digital function with a focus on route optimization, digital route sheets, digital workflows, tracking exceptions in the field, improved routing for the city’s bulky waste pickup drivers and street sweeping.

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The city will use Rubicon’s technology, procured through Sourcewell, Staples, Minnesota, to balance its waste and recycling routes to streamline collection, track material and tonnage on its bulky trash routes and reduce missed pickups. With SmartCity in place, the Atlanta Department of Public Works will be able to closely monitor route performance, identify areas where waste, recycling and street sweeping services can be improved, and make data-driven decisions to enhance route efficiency and better serve the Atlanta community.

Atlanta is the latest of a growing list of cities to adopt Rubicon’s SmartCity software during the past several months.

Rubicon is returning to its roots in Atlanta, the site of the company’s former headquarters and where the SmartCity product was born.

“We are thrilled to once again be working with the city of Atlanta to deliver innovative waste and recycling solutions through the power of Rubicon’s smart city technology,” says Conor Riffle, senior vice president of SmartCity at Rubicon. “Our partnership is already helping Atlanta to better manage its waste and recycling services, while also improving route efficiency, reducing costs and enhancing the overall quality of life for its residents.”

With a population of 498,715, the city of Atlanta focuses its efforts on five core pillars: multi-mode transport, public safety, the environment, operational efficiency and community engagement. The city leverages data to make better-informed decisions that affect its residents, visitors and businesses. By using SmartCity’s data-centric model, the city uses descriptive, prescriptive and predictive capabilities to radically improve city operational efficiency, service delivery and transparency.