REHRIG PACIFIC’S ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES GROUP  

Providing  complete  asset  management  solu3ons  for  the  solid  waste  &  recycling  Industry!

REHRIG PACIFIC COMPANY OVERVIEW  

q Who is Rehrig Pacific? ¡  We are a family owned business that has been in operation for over 100 years

¡  Injection Molded Product Corporation

¡  Over 27 years in the Solid Waste and Recycling Business ¡  Provides various containers and services for Solid Waste, Recycling, Organics and

Medical Waste collection operations

¡  Technology Leader in Asset Management for the SW & Recycling Industry ¡  Over 4 million RFID enabled containers on the street in over 150 customer locations throughout

the US & Canada

Building  a  founda,on  for  future  programs  • Inves'ng  today  in  the  future  of  their  program  (Small  investment  in  a  new  cart  program)  

Collec,on  Data  Tracking  Programs  • Service  Verifica'on    • Recycling  &  Refuse  Par'cipa'on  

• Provide  founda'on  for  Incen've  Based  Recycling  Programs  • Document  program  success  for  grant  funding  • Provides  a  template  for  Educa'onal  Assistance  Program  • Allowing  you  to  focus  your  'me,  money  and  resources  on  lower  par'cipa'ng  areas  

Pay  As  You  Throw  Programs  • Typically  Volume  Based  

Asset  Management  Programs  • Proac'vely  tracking  lost  and  stolen  containers  “Every  Day  Audit”  

Improving  Collec,on  Efficiencies  • Route  Op'miza'on  • Visibility  of  their  opera'ons  

Why  are  organiza,ons  using  RFID  technology?  

CHALLENGES WITH PAST RFID IN SOLID WASTE & RECYCLING  

q Common Issues with Past RFID Systems ¡  High System Costs (upfront and ongoing)

¡  Complex Installations (very timely)

¡  Poor Flexibility (tied to the truck it is installed on)

¡  Limited focus on building and maintaining an accurate database

¡  Public perception on the data being captured

FOUR MAIN COMPONENTS NEEDED FOR AN RFID PROGRAM

¡  RFID enabled cart

¡  Accurate Association of Container to Address (A&D)

¡  Software – Asset Management

¡  Hardware – RFID Truck Systems

¡  Software – Collection Data Tracking

RFID Antenna

How  RFID  Technology  Works  

Important  RFID  Considera,ons  How  do  I  make  sure  RFID  works  for  me  today  and  in  the  future?    

• Understand  how  the  technology  works  • Make  sure  you  are  buying  a  complete  solu'on  with  an  asset  tracking  component  • Start  by  building  an  Accurate  Database  through  the  A&D  process  • Know  where  your  containers  are  • Automate  the  process  for  maintaining  your  cart  to  address  database  • Eliminate  the  paper  work  order  process  • Manage  the  data  on  a  daily  basis  to  accurately  track  containers  and  effec'vely  use  RFID  data  collected  • Evaluate  collec'on  data  tracking  reports  to  gather  data  and  change  the  process  to  create  savings  • Iden'fy  poten'al  process  improvements  within  your  organiza'on  

CONTAINER  ASSET  RECOVERY  TRACKING  SYSTEM    (C.A.R.T.S.)      

CHARLESTON COUNTY, SC

¡  Challenges – operational, public awareness, buy in from internal stakeholders

¡  Independent research on the technology market place

¡  Pilot program to test their research

¡  Operational pilot

¡  Public awareness to embrace new system and become active

¡  Prove to internal stakeholders that these are dollars well spent

¡  Set the table for expansion

¡  Additional pilots to support continued expansion

¡  By the end of the summer the County will have

REHRIG PACIFIC COMPANY

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