Unlocking Re-TRAC’s Data Collection Potential
In today's world, effective waste and recycling management is more critical than ever. Many of the organizations that log into Re-TRAC to report to state or county agencies may not realize the full potential of the tools available to them. Re-TRAC offers a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to streamline data collection, enhance reporting accuracy, and improve overall waste management efficiency.
This article explores how Re-TRAC can help organizations not only meet regulatory reporting requirements but also optimize their own waste and recycling programs.
Hauler Reporting
Re-TRAC's hauler reporting solution is designed to standardize data collection for waste, recycling, and organics haulers.
By centralizing permit applications, tracking waste collection logistics, monitoring costs, and calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, organizations can gain valuable insights into their waste management operations.
This solution helps improve operational efficiency and supports sustainability initiatives by providing detailed data on collection, diversion, and disposal.
The resulting high-quality data can save municipalities, counties, and regional agencies a lot of time, especially when the data is needed for reporting to state programs as part of regulatory requirements.
Facility Reporting
Re-TRAC's facility reporting solution helps organizations collect data from landfills, material recovery facilities (MRFs), transfer stations, composting facilities, and other processors.
By replacing spreadsheets, emails, and PDF forms with an all-in-one reporting system, organizations can measure diversion and disposal capacity, analyze material flow data, and monitor average tipping fees charged in their jurisdiction.
This approach not only saves time but also ensures data accuracy and consistency especially when reporting data up-the-chain to state or regional agencies.
Local Government Reporting
For counties, districts, and solid waste authorities, Re-TRAC offers a powerful reporting solution to measure residential curbside and drop-off program performance.
The local government reporting solution helps organizations understand how communities in their jurisdiction collect recycling, municipal solid waste (MSW), and organics in their residential curbside and drop-off programs. It gives insight into contamination rates, service configurations, materials accepted, and more.
This solution can save counties and regional agencies countless hours by centralizing reporting and summarizing it for easier reporting to states and other government bodies.
Compliance Reporting
Monitoring compliance with recycling ordinances can be a daunting task, but Re-TRAC simplifies compliance management for commercial, multi-family, and construction & demolition recycling programs.
This solution provides enforcement teams with tools to track compliance status, schedule inspections, and measure overall diversion performance. By reducing administrative burdens, organizations can focus on achieving their recycling goals and maintaining regulatory compliance.
This solution can be very effective for cities and counties managing compliance to satisfy state-level diversion targets or regulatory requirements (e.g. cities required to enforce mandatory recycling or C&D recycling ordinances).
Scrap Tire Reporting
Re-TRAC's scrap tire reporting solution helps organizations evaluate their jurisdiction's scrap tire recovery performance.
By monitoring incoming and outgoing tires and standardizing measurements into passenger tire equivalents (PTEs), organizations can easily calculate the number of waste tires received and transported for processing, retreading, reuse, or disposal.
This solution ensures accurate reporting and supports effective scrap tire management.
Drop-off Reporting
Managing drop-off locations can be challenging, but Re-TRAC's drop-off reporting solution simplifies the process.
By collecting information about each site's accepted materials list, usage fees, service restrictions, and operating hours, organizations can stay organized and track drop-offs efficiently.
This solution provides recycling center staff with tools to upload photo evidence, flag loads for review, and calculate the total amount of materials received across all drop-off locations. Additionally, it includes a notice of violation report that automates the issuance of fines, thereby preserving disposal capacity and generating revenue.
Tracker
Many organizations rely on spreadsheets, emails, and even paper forms to track and analyze waste and recycling data for their internal operations. But there's a better way! Tracker is a highly configurable tonnage tracking solution, designed specifically for internal operations.
Tracker can save hours of administrative time by replacing spreadsheets and paper forms with configurable tracking templates that reflect your operations. It empowers organizations to create and manage material lists, units of measure, and diversion and disposal activities. It helps teams stay organized with custom fields, financial data, and data categorization features. It also includes popular reports such as diversion rate reports, tonnage analysis, GHG analysis, trending analysis, and more.
Conclusion
Re-TRAC offers a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to meet the diverse needs of organizations involved in waste and recycling management. By centralizing data collection, simplifying reporting processes, and enhancing data quality, Re-TRAC helps organizations not only comply with regulatory requirements but also optimize their waste management programs. Explore the full potential of Re-TRAC and unlock new opportunities for efficiency and sustainability in your organization.