WASTe & Recycling
Run a safer, more profitable operation with full route visibility.
Manage safety, operations, and spend with an AI platform designed for waste and recycling organizations.
Protect your crew and automate operations with a waste and recycling fleet management platform.
DRIVER Safety
Get 360º visibility to reduce collisions.
Exonerate your crew. The Motive AI Dashcam Plus and AI Omnicam show you what’s happening in-cab, on the road, and on the sides and rear of each vehicle.
- Detect 20+ safety events with up to 99% accuracy.
- Improve safe driving behaviors with in-cab audio alerts.
- Exonerate your crew in not-at-fault collisions with 360-degree HD video evidence.
Operations Intelligence
Maximize revenue per stop and improve customer relationships.
Motive automatically captures waste overage, contamination, and visual proof for service verification, improving your organization’s revenue and efficiency.
- Bill accurately, right-size bins, and increase pickups with AI that identifies up to 10x more overages than a human operator.
- Confirm pickups and resolve customer disputes faster with visual proof of service.
- Detect recycling contaminants to cut costs and stay EPR compliant. In development.
Fleet management
Keep track of vehicle location and status.
Prove service and improve customer satisfaction with accurate GPS and telematics.
- See vehicle location and mileage, even for waste haulers with long routes.
- Get maintenance alerts for trucks that require frequent upkeep, including hydraulic arms.
- Confirm when a service is performed with Power Take-Off (PTO) and video evidence.
EQUIPMENT MONITORING
Accurately monitor containers and other assets.
Containers get misplaced, lost, and stolen. Motive keeps asset location and status at your fingertips.
- Track industrial and commercial containers with discreet Bluetooth tracking.
- See if you’re getting the most out of expensive equipment through utilization insights.
- Locate assets across yards and identify maintenance needs with GPS and Bluetooth tracking options.
SPEND MANAGEMENT
Control spend and fight fraud.
Maximize savings and detect and prevent fraud with Motive Card, the only fully integrated fleet card.
- Get up to 2.5% cashback on every dollar you spend in the first year*.
- Earn fuel rebates at 38,000+ locations.
- Prevent fraud with AI that alerts you to suspicious transactions.
WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT
Support your workforce and automate manual tasks.
Manage people, timecards, documents, and more in one platform.
- Streamline coaching and improve safety with AI Coach.
- Simplify payroll with Integrated Timecards and the Motive Driver App.
- Get AI alerts when driver documents are about to expire — including special certifications like HAZMAT.
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Solid waste & recycling
Get route-to-yard visibility, improve safety, and cut costs.
The AI Dashcam Plus and AI Omnicam provide 360º visibility to help reduce collisions and exonerate drivers.
- GPS, telematics, and PTO monitoring help confirm service and identify maintenance issues.
- Help teams manage high-risk routes safely.
Environmental Services
Protect your crew in high-risk environments and streamline mixed equipment management.
- Get 360-degree video coverage when transporting hazardous cargo or operating in high risk environments.
- Manage vacuum trucks, tankers, and support vehicles with real-time GPS and telematics.
- Optimize safety training and workflows for your team, and streamline document management.
“The AI Dashcams remind our team to slow down, back off, or pay closer attention. They reinforce the safety lessons we teach in our safety meetings. Working in safety, we have to break bad driving habits. We have to remind people that there are better ways of doing things. And that’s what the Motive AI Dashcams do.”
“With Motive, we can do everything right from one platform. We don’t have to send out paper documents and verify that they got there. We just pull it up on the dashboard and look at it. It’s awesome.”
“Now we can see all our operations in one place, whether it’s compliance or safety, maintenance or asset tracking. Having 360-degree visibility into our operations saves us time and improves productivity.”
Frequently asked questions
What areas of the waste & recycling industry does Motive support?
Motive serves solid waste & recycling (e.g., residential, commercial, industrial, construction) and environmental services (e.g., contaminated water, hazardous materials).
What kinds of waste & recycling vehicles does Motive support?
For solid waste & recycling:
- Front loaders (heavy dumpsters, industrial/commercial)
- Roll Off (large heavy dumpsters, industrial/commercial)
- Side loaders (modern, lower labor)
- Rear loaders (higher labor, good for dense cities)
- Roll off trucks
For environmental services fleets:
- Water trucks
- Hazmat units
- Industrial vacuum & sucker trucks
How does Motive verify proof of service for missed pickups or bin placement disputes?
With the Motive AI Dashcam Plus and AI Omnicam, fleets can capture 360° HD video in-cab, on the road, and around the vehicle to verify trash hauling and other services, as well as exonerate drivers when disputes arise.
Waste and recycling teams can pair this video with GPS, geofences, and PTO status to confirm exactly when and where service occurred.
Can Motive track dumpsters and other non‑powered assets?
Yes. Motive tracks industrial and commercial dumpsters to prevent loss, recover misplaced containers, and improve utilization. Waste companies commonly lose track of roll‑offs after rentals expire or when dropped at the wrong site, so Motive provides continuous location and status to curb loss and misuse.
You can also locate yard equipment like forklifts at recycling facilities.
How do AI dash cams reduce risk for waste and recycling fleets?
The Motive AI Dashcam Plus detects 20+ unsafe behaviors, including close following, mobile phone use, and drowsiness. It delivers real-time alerts and post‑trip coaching to help prevent incidents.
The AI Omincam provides video coverage on the sides and rear of the vehicle, keeping sideswipes rear-end collisions from chipping away at your bottom line, as well as expediting driver exoneration.
How does Motive improve driver and crew safety in tight urban and industrial environments?
The AI Dashcam Plus deliver coaching, exoneration, and collision reduction, while the AI Omnicam brings 360° visibility for training, exoneration, and service verification — critical when crews operate near pedestrians, cyclists, tight alleyways, and heavy equipment.
What makes Motive different from other waste & recycling solutions?
Motive is the only platform that unifies safety, operations, and finance into one platform. Customers get video (AI Dashcam Plus and AI Omnicam), vehicle and asset management, advanced location services, availability and downtime tracking, spend management, and driver documentation — all backed by accurate AI and faster time to value.
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Unlock the potential of your operations with Motive.
- Comply with industry rules and regulations.
- Improve visibility and automate operations.
- Identify risks and automate driver coaching.
1. *New customers must have active Fleet Management and Motive Card within 90 days of one another. Existing Motive customers will get up to 1.5% cashback ongoing.