$18,401 Saved in Under a Year After a Luxury Apartment Complex Replaced Weekly Hauls With Compactor Monitoring

A luxury apartment complex in Texas was facing rising trash invoices caused by inefficient weekly compactor pickups. Low-tonnage hauls and recurring ancillary fees drove up costs while still leaving the property vulnerable to packouts. Without visibility into actual compactor fullness, service levels remained disconnected from real demand. After installing the DSQ Pioneer Compactor Monitor, the property used a data-driven compactor monitoring system to shift from fixed schedules to on-call service—reducing unnecessary hauls and delivering measurable savings.

The Compactor Monitor Solution

The building manager decided to install the Pioneer Compactor Monitor. Based on the monitor's predictive model, the scheduled pickup hauls were switched to an on-call schedule. The monitor self-scheduled pickups when the compactor predicted the monitor to reach target fullness.

After the monitor learned from the compactor, It was discovered the compactor reached target fullness closer to the two-week mark. The complex replaced the inefficient weekly hauls with one pickup around every 13 days.

Results Achieved with Compactor Monitoring

Haul Reduction

The Pioneer Compactor predictive model avoided hauls by 46%—averaging almost 13 days in between pickups.

Net Cost Savings

$18,401 savings on trash invoices was achieved in less than a year by eliminating inefficient scheduled pickups.

Lower Environmental Impact

Haul reductions managed to lower fuel impact and GHG emissions by 46%.

The Pioneer Compactor Monitor Impact

On-call pickups avoid the inefficiency of scheduled pickups. Utilizing a compactor at full capacity avoids expensive and unnecessary pickups.

Our predictive compactor monitoring system learns from the compactor and predicts when target fullness will be achieved. This ensures proper tonnage, which avoids unnecessary hauls and saves thousands of dollars in trash invoices.

As a bonus: there is minimal site disruption during installation and no pause in service to your tenants.

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