Ashdod Launches Upgraded Waste Collection System with New Trucks and Technology
Translated & summarized from 0404 by baba
The Ashdod Municipality has launched a significantly upgraded waste collection system, introducing 40 new trucks, advanced technology including AI monitoring, and a new operational structure managed by three companies. The system aims to improve service quality, sanitation, and efficiency for the growing city.
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- Ashdod launched an upgraded waste collection system with 40 new trucks.
- The system includes advanced technology like AI monitoring and quieter vehicles.
- Three companies will manage operations across two zones for better flexibility.
- Service enhancements focus on sanitation, including regular bin washing and pest control.
- Mayor Lasri emphasized the investment in residents' quality of life.
The Ashdod Municipality launched an upgraded waste collection system early this morning, marking a significant operational overhaul. The new system includes advanced technologies and a substantial increase in service scope, deploying 40 new compacting trucks across the city's neighborhoods, a 43% rise from the previous 28 trucks.
Under the new operational structure, three companies, selected through a tender with strict quality requirements, will manage waste collection in two operational zones instead of one. This change is intended to provide mutual backup, ensure service continuity, and offer maximum flexibility. The number of trucks for underground bin collection has also doubled to two per neighborhood.
The upgraded system features quieter vehicles, larger capacity trucks for peak seasons and holiday eves, stronger and longer cranes, rear compactors to prevent leaks, and two dedicated compacting trucks for high-rise buildings. Crane trucks will now operate three shifts instead of two, with collection occurring during daytime hours (except holiday eves) on an alternating day basis.
Service enhancements also focus on sanitation and technology, including an AI-based smart control system to monitor fleet movement and adherence to work plans, complementing existing sensors in orange bins. A dedicated truck for washing underground bins has been introduced, with companies mandated to perform four annual washes for bins and carts. Periodic pest control for odor and pests, waste container surveys, prompt handling of property damage, and dedicated parking for vehicles at the end of the workday are also part of the new protocol.
Mayor Yechiel Lasri stated, "Ashdod is our home, and the investment in the new collection system is an investment in the quality of life for every resident. Our city is growing and developing, and we are expanding and upgrading the service accordingly. The goal is clear: for this investment to be felt in every neighborhood, on every street, and near every home, in the service we receive and the environment we live in."