ESG expands its solid waste and recycling technology

Environmental Solutions Group (ESG), Chattanooga, Tennessee, has expanded its Connected Collections suite with the introduction of recycling and waste facility contamination detection technology through its vehicle performance analytics and camera systems company 3rd Eye.

ESG says the 3rd Eye software as a service (SaaS) product broadens its digital offerings across the recycling, solid waste and organics processing verticals, rounding out its comprehensive approach to automated solid waste and recycling management.

“Solid waste haulers, transfer stations, material recovery facilities (MRFs) and organics processing centers face increasing pressure to divert traffic and waste from landfills,” says Eric Monsen, vice president of sales and marketing for ESG. “When targeted through traditional manual methods, this objective is highly complex and presents a formidable challenge, fraught with safety dangers, inefficiencies and high costs.

"By leveraging our Connected Collections strategy, we are able to directly confront these challenges with the detection and association of contaminants directly at their source. This not only enhances safety and efficiency but also simplifies billing processes and supports sustainability efforts, while simultaneously improving the bottom line.”

ESG says the 3rd Eye solutions portfolio enables contamination detection from end to end with systems installed on refuse collection vehicles, scale houses, balers, compactors, transfer stations and waste and recycling processing centers. The vision of Connected Collections ties together the complete story to document when, where, who and how contamination is being pulled into the material stream.

Through its brands Heil and Marathon Equipment to the cloud through 3rd Eye with Connected Collections, ESG is tying everything together to pass to another of its software brands, Soft-Pak, to give customers a complete picture of the vision. Additionally, the connection with Scale-Pak allows for an improved billing process utilizing information and media captured by Connected Collections systems.

“Soft-Pak clients who manage and run MRFs, transfer stations and landfills have expressed a significant need to better manage contamination at their facilities,” Soft-Pak President Brian Porter says. “The 3rd Eye recycling and waste facility contamination technology will easily integrate with Scale-Pak, allowing scale operators and facility operations to have video and photo of inappropriate disposal material right in their user interface.

“This need has been discussed for years, and the integration of this product into our Soft-Pak module has been met with excitement by our user base. This technology will provide Scale-Pak operators with a comprehensive view of their waste stream, with video/photo oversight to help identify contamination. The return on investment (ROI) for this technology add-on is significant and can be measured in a few months.”

Additional information about Connected Collections and contamination detection can be found here.

ESG encompasses brands including Heil, The Curotto-Can, Marathon Equipment, 3rd Eye, Soft-Pak, Parts Central and Bayne, to create a fully integrated equipment group serving the solid waste and recycling industry.