Fewer kilometres, fewer trucks, lower cost.
Route optimization turns your collection schedules into the shortest, lowest-cost plan for every shift. It weighs vehicle capacity, time windows, and road rules together, proposes a plan for your approval, dispatches it to each driver, and re-plans the moment a truck breaks down or a task moves.
One engine for every route decision
Route optimization plans, constrains, and continuously re-plans the daily work your drivers execute.
Plan the optimal route for every shift
Give it your tasks for the day and it returns the shortest sequence for each vehicle in seconds. No more dragging stops around a spreadsheet or rebuilding routes by hand every time the round changes.
It plans for the road you actually drive
Vehicle capacity, container types, collection time windows, one-way streets, weight limits, and driver shift lengths all go into the same model. The plan it produces is one a driver can actually complete, not a straight line on a map.
Re-plan the moment the day changes
A truck goes down, a task is added, a road closes. Re-run the optimization and the remaining work is redistributed across the vehicles still on the road, then pushed to the affected drivers’ cabs the moment you approve it.
The constraints that make a plan real
Route optimization balances all of these at once, for every vehicle, on every run.
Vehicle capacity
Fill levels and axle limits are respected, so no truck is routed past what it can legally carry.
Time windows
Commercial customers, schools, and restricted zones are only served inside the hours they allow.
Road rules
One-way streets, turn restrictions, height and weight limits, and live road data shape the path.
Driver and vehicle skills
Fractions, lift types, and certifications are matched to the vehicles and crews that can handle them.
Multiple depots
Vehicles start and end at the right depot, and work is balanced across depots automatically.
Balanced workloads
Shifts come out even, so no driver finishes at noon while another runs two hours over.
From schedule to dispatched route in four steps
Route optimization runs on the same data model as the rest of your operation, so there is nothing to export or reconcile.
Connect your tasks
Collection schedules, containers, and vehicles already live in WasteHero. Route optimization reads them directly, so the plan is always built on today’s reality.
Optimize the plan
Choose what to optimize for: fewest vehicles, shortest distance, or lowest cost. The engine sequences every stop within your constraints and shows the trade-offs before you commit.
Dispatch to the cab
Approve the plan and each driver gets their route in order, with turn-by-turn guidance to every stop. Nothing is printed and nothing is retyped.
Learn from the day
Actual driving is compared against the plan so next week’s routes account for the stops that always run long and the streets that are always slow.
The same round, planned two ways
A typical urban collection round, planned by hand versus planned with route optimization.
What route optimization guarantees
No projected savings on this page. Savings depend on your network, and we will model them on your own routes before you commit.
What planners ask us first
Straight answers before you bring your own rounds to the demo.
How is this different from Route Studio? +
Can it handle our specific vehicle and street constraints? +
Do we have to re-enter our routes and containers? +
What happens when the day changes? +
How much will we actually save? +
Bring your hardest collection round.
We will optimize it with you and show the plan, the vehicles saved, and the kilometres cut before you change a thing.
30 minutes · your own rounds · no slides · no commitment.
Prefer email? hello@wastehero.io