Sustainability in your ear — RTS delivers on-demand recycling
Greg Lettieri, co-founder of New York City-based RTS is bringing a variation on Uber’s playbook to recycling. RTS connects local recycling haulers with business recyclers in several states, delivering recycling training and services to employees along with a complete accounting of what happens to materials after they are picked up. By focusing on the logistics of recycling,…Read More…
‘Uber for trash’ uses rideshare technology to collect waste
Four years ago, Greg Lettieri and Adam Pasquale found their startup idea in the garage. The CEO and COO, respectively, of Recycle Track Systems (RTS) offers up environmentally focused waste removal and recycling by connecting its clients with independent haulers. Its major selling point, however, takes a page out of Uber’s driving manual, using technology…Read More…
How Audi Field’s green initiatives will affect the fan’s experience
D.C. United is going green with Audi Field. The Major League Soccer franchise has earned LEED Gold certification for the 20,000-seat, $500 million stadium, scheduled to host its first game on Saturday, and has partnered with Recycle Track Systems and New Columbia Solar in an effort to create a more sustainable facility. Recycle Track Systems, which holds a three-year…Read More…
Recycle Track Systems Welcomes Shazi Visram, Founder of Happy Family Organic Food Brands to Board of Directors
New addition strengthens company’s expertise in sustainability and innovation New York, New York (March 19, 2018) – New York-based Recycle Track Systems (RTS), a waste and recycling management technology company, announced today the appointment of Shazi Visram, founder and former CEO of Happy Family Organic Food Brands, as a member of its Board of Directors….Read More…
Waste-management app looks to recharge carting
A fourth-generation member of a New York waste-hauling family, Adam Pasquale had been working in the industry for nearly two decades when he came up with an idea: create a carting company that doesn’t cart. Instead, it would provide waste pickups on demand using technology that has transformed other transportation sectors, namely a mobile app…Read More…
Forbes sits down with RTS
Legacy garbage giants like Waste Management and Republic Services are starting to feel pressure from startups aiming to reinvent the way garbage is carted and dumped. Forbes has written about Rubicon Global, a decade-old Atlanta company that uses technology to connect haulers with cities and municipalities. Rubicon, which hit a $1 billion valuation at its last…Read More…
Philly’s new ‘Uber for trash’ offers sustainability on demand
You can get almost anything to show up at your door in Philadelphia these days. A driver, junk food, gourmet ramen, a dog walker or a snow plow are all available a just a few taps on your smartphone. Recycle Track Systems, a so-called “Uber for trash,” recently opened an office in Philadelphia with the hope of collecting more of Philly’s…Read More…