Smart cities can reduce carbon emissions and become more sustainable by using software and sensors that map service routes and plot the most efficient use of city services, such a trash and recycling pickup. Rubicon Technologies said it just signed a three-year smart city partnership with the City of Miami to help improve its residential waste and recycling services.
Rubicon’s smart city software will help the city’s department of solid waste transition from largely manual and paper-based processes to a fully digital operation, said the company. The city will use Rubicon’s technology to balance its waste and recycling routes to streamline collection, track material and tonnage on its bulky trash routes, and reduce missed pickups and unnecessary go-backs. Once there are newly created routes in place, the department of solid waste will be able to closely monitor route performance, identify areas where waste and recycling services can be improved, and make data-driven decisions to enhance route efficiency and better serve the Miami community.
Francis X. Suarez, Mayor of Miami said he looks forward to working with Rubicon “alongside the great men and women of our Department of Solid Waste to improve our city’s operations and give the residents of Miami the most efficient waste and recycling collection experience possible.”
Miami, which has a growing population of more than 442,000, has aspirations to be a global technology and sustainability hub. In conjunction with its work with Rubicon, Miami is looking to become the most sustainable city in the world. The city has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050, and in 2022 it announced that it had achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification.
“Miami is one of our country’s most unique and culturally significant cities, it is a global tech hub, and we are thrilled to bring Rubicon’s unique technology to the City to power a core service: waste and recycling collection,” said Conor Riffle, Senior Vice President of Smart Cities.
