Scalehouse Accounts Receivables and Unattended Vehicle Processing Application

About the Program

Category: Information Technology (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

The Department of Solid Waste Management (DSWM) provides waste removal and disposal related services for residential, municipal, private and commercial customers accounts. The scalehouse disposal facilities processes more than 600,000 vehicle transactions and bill over $100 million in charges annually. DSWM has 2 Landfills, 3 Transfer Stations and 1 Waste-to-Energy power plant that work together to minimize carbon footprint while also producing green energy. The disposal facilities are Resource Recovery, North Dade Landfill, South Dade Landfill, Northeast Transfer Station, Central Transfer Station and West Transfer Station. Customers bring their waste debris, consisting of garbage, trash, tires, appliances, cover material and some special waste, to these facilities for disposal. The two landfills are available for permitted private haulers, municipal waste haulers and permitted landscapers. Customer can drop off household trash, tree, and yard cuttings, and up to three cubic yards of construction and demolition debris, at one of 13 Neighborhood Trash and Recycling Centers. The disposal facilities have over 250 customers that have written agreements (contracts) to bring debris to some or all these facilities, while also allowing non-contract customers to bring their debris for processing as well.