Recently, Coral Springs, Fla., became one of 24 cities selected for the Cities Forward Program. It was chosen out of 129 applications from across the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. Of the cities selected to participate, 12 came … Continue reading →
When the new $33 million Madison, Wis., fleet services building debuted in late 2022, it had already gleaned accolades for what it promised to do. The 116,000-square-foot building is home to the city’s maintenance shops, administrative offices, a conference room, … Continue reading →
Boston, MA, September 28, 2023, Peninsula Sanitary Service, Inc. (PSSI) has announced its agreement with AMCS on the deployment of its advanced AMCS Vision AI solution. This announcement comes after several months of collaboration on a pilot implementation on a … Continue reading →
Demands for keeping our communities clean continue to increase with regulatory requirements and expectations of residents. While at the same time, our ability to get the job done gets more and more difficult with diminishing labor availability, increasing costs and … Continue reading →
Sustainability is a word that gets tossed around, sometimes inaccurately. One definition of sustainability is to save our natural or physical resources from running out. In a broader definition in relation to street sweeping, sustainability is the ability to maintain … Continue reading →
A global pandemic couldn’t keep the city of Arvada, Colo., from reaching its sustainability goals. In partnership with Ameresco, the municipality recently announced the energy conservation and renewable energy project. Ameresco is an independent provider of comprehensive services, energy efficiency, … Continue reading →
AMCS, the leading global supplier of integrated software and vehicle technology for the waste, recycling and resource industries, today announced that it has started a research collaboration with Confirm – the Science Foundation Ireland funded research centre for smart manufacturing … Continue reading →
Across America, many local governments are setting ambitious goals to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Even those without specific goals want to respond to concerned citizens by showing a willingness to take positive action. In turn, municipal leaders are asking public … Continue reading →
Atlanta, Georgia (June 23, 2020) – UL, a leading global safety science company, has entered into a partnership with Rubicon, a software company born in the waste and recycling industry, to support each company’s shared circularity and sustainability aspirations to … Continue reading →
Sustainable procurement or “green purchasing” is an initiative that is often driven — and achieved — through municipal purchasing decisions. From buying products made of recycled materials or weighing the energy efficiency of an appliance, to contracting firms with socially … Continue reading →
In becoming environmentally aware, cities are taking steps in every department to minimize the negative impact they can make on the planet. Moscow, Idaho, in particular, has uniquely supportive government when it comes to taking risks with new things that … Continue reading →
