Waste Management Automation

Rethinking Waste

The waste management industry is undergoing a significant transformation. Faced with heightened focus on sustainability, increased pressures on efficiency and margins, and growing demands to ensure public safety and maintain compliance with increasingly stringent regulations, waste management organizations are rethinking their operations.

Waste management companies are rethinking how they recycle, rethinking how to best reduce costs, rethinking how to renew resources more effectively, and rethinking how to reuse more. In short, waste management firms are rethinking their operations end-to-end.

In addition to this significant transformation, the industry is concurrently facing a number of key challenges. 

Optimize Asset Utilization

Waste management companies frequently face challenges with aging, obsolete or unsupportable systems, high maintenance, repair and operations costs, underperforming or unreliable assets, and unplanned downtime. Addressing these challenges, coupled with the pressure to meet daily performance targets, can influence workers towards a "just keep it running" mentality. However, this approach hinders operations from achieving their potential.

As a leading industrial automation company, Rockwell Automation is positioned to help waste management companies proactively and effectively manage operations. Our technology, products, services and solutions allow companies to focus their efforts on optimizing the operational and financial performance of operating assets. 

Reduce Risk

For waste management companies, maximizing performance hinges on effective risk management while minimizing costs. This involves a multifaceted approach: protecting workers, equipment, and the environment, while also ensuring compliance with regulations and maintaining quality standards. Addressing risk requires a delicate balance between safety, security, and quality.

At Rockwell Automation, we help waste management companies modernize legacy systems and paper-based processes with interconnected digital solutions that enable greater visibility to help ensure safe, secure and optimized operations.

We are here to support you wherever you are on your digital-transformation journey, from getting the most out of your existing assets, to using data and insights to optimize operations and service quality while minimizing downtime and risk.