1. Compactor Monitor Service
Reduce Compactor Pick ups and SAVE MONEY
Hello. My name is Mike and I am the President of WasteFloNT.com. And today I’m going to talk about how our trash compactor monitoring service will enable you to reduce compactor pick ups and help you SAVE MONEY.
Since 2000, WasteFloNT.com has been providing efficiencies and cost savings to many different facilities all over the United States. Through the use of our monitoring device, we guarantee that you will save money on your waste hauling expenses.
I’ll describe what I mean by “efficiencies” in just a moment. First, I’d like to describe the industry standard regarding trash compactor servicing.

2. Trash Disposal Process
Can’t see inside a compactor
How do you know when it’s full?
Scenario #1
Pre-determined schedule
1x/week or 3x/week, etc.
Scenario #2
Call-in basis
Manual phone-in to hauler
Forgive me for making this sound oversimplified. If you own or lease a trash compactor, you have no doubt made the right choice in the way to handle trash. Compactors contain all waste compared to an open-top container, they’re cleaner and they don’t need to be serviced as often as other dumpsters. However, one major drawback within the industry is that you can’t see inside a compactor which means that you have little choice but to guess whether the container is full. So, the trash haulers have two different ways in which they provide service.
**First, the generator can request from the hauler a service schedule that keeps the compactor empty. For example, Monday/Thursday or Tuesday/Friday service would not be unreasonable.
**Second, the generator can rely on an employee to call-in to the hauler when that person thinks the container is full or getting close to full. Usually, the employee looks at a pressure gauge or watches waste back up into the hopper to make that determination.

3. Potential problems Scenario #1 - Pre-determined schedule
Fixed cost structure
Potential for over-service
Not cost effective if there is a hauling charge
Scenario #2 - Call-in basis
Potential for under-service or over-service
Human involvement
Potential Problems may arise in either case.
**In the first scenario, the generator is locked into a fixed cost structure. When the hauler shows up to pull the compactor, an event has taken place that drives revenue for the waste hauler assuming a hauling charge is passed on. IN a perfect world, the compactor is stuffed full but typically the compactor box is not filled to capacity every time the hauler picks up.
**In the second scenario, the generator relies on a pressure gauge or a light to “alert” a human being on the dock that the compactor is nearing a “full” threshold. However, a gauge or a light is measuring just a single compaction event. The potential for error is huge. Also, when the generator relies on a dock worker to make the call, there is always that “what if” situation. For example, it’s Friday morning and the employee doesn’t think that the compactor will make it through the weekend so he calls it in. Or, it’s Friday morning and the employee thinks the compactor WILL make it through the weekend….but by Saturday, it’s full. Here again, if a hauling charge is in place, the generator is paying for an inefficient process.

4. Is it Full??? How do you know?
Now let’s take a look at what happens inside a garbage compactor.
How do you know?
The gauge says that it is, but is it really?

5. The Gauge shows the container filling.
Let’s start with an empty compactor container. There is a certain amount of pressure needed just to push the ram into the receiver box which is what you will see here.

6. A “False Full” reading is indicated on the gauge, caused by trash at rear of container
As more and more trash is placed into the compactor, the waste moves horizontally to the back of the container. This creates a pressure build up (or waste to appear in the hopper) and COULD cause a False Full reading.
If your employee calls this in for a pick up, you are assured being over-service.

7. After more compactions, the waste bridges and then breaks up.
After the more waste is added to the compactor, the material bridges and rolls over onto itself creating more room.
The gauge now indicates more space is available!
This process often repeats itself with continual compactions.

8. Compaction
Here we go again.
…and again.

9. …more bridging

10. …more compaction
….and so on!

11. The monitor records every compaction and becomes an efficient solution for optimum pick-up scheduling
The WasteFloNT.com monitor filters out pressure spike and “knows” when the compactor is getting completely full.
Additionally, WasteFloNT.com programs each monitor to work within the parameters of the existing waste hauler. For example, if Waste Management needs 24 hour notice, WasteFloNT.com would set the monitor accordingly. We don’t wait until the compactor is 100% full but rather 80% full to give the hauler enough time to respond properly.
Our computers and trained staff monitor the compactor by phone – 24-hours a day, 7 days a week from our monitoring center.

12. The WasteFloNT.com monitoring system
Phone line
Monitoring Center
Monitor
Hauler
Trash Compactor
The WasteFloNT.com monitoring system works over a standard phone line constantly communicating with our call center and your trash hauler to ensure consistency.
We work within the hauler’s pick up scheduling system and program the monitor to ensure timely pick ups. For example, if the hauler wants 24 hour notice or if they will not work on the weekends, WasteFloNT.com adjusts the monitor settings to reflects these parameters.
Our Compactor Monitoring System is a simple, reliable, effortless way to control and reduce the pick-up frequency of waste compactor containers. The compactor monitor communicates with our monitoring center via standard or wireless phone service. Our service technicians then call in a pick up request with the hauler who then empties the trash compactor.
Our computers and trained staff monitor the compactor by phone – 24-hours a day, 7 days a week from our monitoring center.

13. Saving on Pick-Ups Savings of 50-66%!
Before WasteFloNT.com– Pick-Ups 7 days apart.
After WasteFloNT.com– Pick-Ups days apart.
Attached you will find a graph (a compactor “EKG”) showing compactions of a compactor’s operation cycle from an EMPTY condition to a FULL condition. This compactor was used at a retail sales location for solid waste % is NOT typical but I use this to illustrate the point that most compactors are OVER-Serviced.
From the graph, you can see why pressure gauges and lights do not provide the information needed to accurately determine when the compactor container is at a near full level and in need of pick-up service.
Savings of 50-66%!

14. Compactor Compaction Cycle
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Pick up
Pick up
Pick up
Bridge
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Bridge
This chart shows what is happening graphically inside that compactor. What we are seeing is a gradual buildup of pressure (remember those bridging and breaking slides I just showed you?) over a three month time period.
Can you see now that a pressure gauge or a light would look like a full container when the waste inside is simply rolling over onto itself?

15. Providing Ongoing Savings & Improving the Bottom Line by Reducing Pick up Frequency
Annual # of Pulls
Another example of how WasteFloNT.com manages to reduce the overall number of pick ups.
Fewer Pick ups = Lower Cost

16. WasteFloNT.com Guarantee
Risk Free Opportunity
If there are no savings, then there is no fee for the service.
Actual # of pick-ups is compared to a Baseline or business-as-usual number
No Capital Outlay
No Employee Involvement
No Worries!
WasteFloNT.com. is so confident that our monitoring system will save you money on your trash hauling costs, we are guaranteeing it. We invoice almost exclusively on a shared savings basis which means that if you don’t realize savings, we can’t invoice anything.
*…other than a standard phone line and installation

17. Installation is both fast & easy
Some people ask me if they can use the system on a rented compactor and the answer is YES. The interface between the compactor and our monitor is a pressure transducer that is plumbed into the existing hydraulics using a “T” splitter. It’s very non-invasive.
The patented waste monitor can be installed onto any existing compactor and digitally measures container capacity levels with 99% accuracy by processing every compaction cycle.

18. 903-815-1286 Thank You WasteFloNT.com 2402 Morton Street
Denison, TX 75020