WASTE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR INDEPENDENT HAULERS, FREE FOR ANY FLEET SIZE
Waste management software for haulers, not city fleets
Waste management software for the independent hauler with a few trucks: roll-off dumpsters, junk removal and scrap, with the order at the center, a dispatch board with one lane per driver, the driver app, 2,916 US landfills and the money in one account. The dashboard at the top of this page is the real one, with sample data. Not a municipal suite: no curbside routes, no city contracts. Free for any fleet size, USA and Canada.
- Built for independent roll-off, junk and scrap haulers
- Not a municipal suite: no curbside routes, no city contracts
- Trucks, containers and landfills on one live map
- No monthly fee, no per-truck fee, no per-user fee
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4.7 on the App Store (12 ratings, Sep 2026) Available in all 50 US states and Canada
Last updated September 27, 2026 Published by Dumpster Controls, built by a software group led by a founder with 20+ years in enterprise IT who also ran a roll-off business for four years
Waste management software is the system that runs the operations, the trucks and the money of a company that collects and disposes of waste. Dumpster Controls is that system for the independent hauler who runs roll-off dumpsters, junk removal or scrap with a few trucks: the order, the dispatch board, the driver app, the landfill run and Finances in one account, free for any fleet size, from one truck up. It is not built for municipal curbside collection.
Search the term and the first results are enterprise suites: AMCS and Routeware, built for municipal collection and large commercial fleets, with residential routes, scale tickets and contract billing for a city. That is a real market, and it is not the one this page is about. The system this page describes is our dumpster rental software, the same product the short term hauling software describes.
What you get on day one
- An Operations page with today, late and tomorrow counters
- A Dispatch board with one lane per driver and a live map
- The driver app on iOS and Android, with a Truck Tablet Mode
- 2,916 US landfills with distance, hours and a tipping fee estimate
- Landfill receipt read off a photo, cost landed on the order
- Finances with net profit first and P&L per order
- Tresha, the built-in assistant, by text or voice
- No monthly fee, no per-truck fee, no per-user fee
Counted in our production database on September 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
380+
Independent haulers on Dumpster Controls
2,700+
Dumpsters tracked
1,700+
End customers on the platform
34 states + Canada
Where it runs
Two markets that share one search term
The difference is the unit of work. A municipal system plans a truck that stops at hundreds of houses and is paid by a contract, so the software lives on the route and the scale. An independent hauler plans a short list of stops a day, each one an order for a named customer with a price and a landfill run at the end, so the software lives on the order.
| Feature | Enterprise suite (AMCS, Routeware) | Dumpster Controls |
|---|---|---|
| Who it serves | Municipal and large commercial collection | Independent roll-off, junk and scrap haulers |
| Unit of work | The route and the contract | The order, with its tasks, photos and money |
| Routing | Residential curbside routes, hundreds of stops | Stop-based routes for deliveries, pickups, swaps and landfill runs |
| Customer | A city or a contract account | A homeowner, contractor or broker, with a price per order |
| Disposal | Scale house and tonnage contracts | Landfill picked per run, receipt read off a photo, cost on the order |
| Price | Quoted per contract | Free for any fleet size; optional card processing only |
Where the two kinds of waste management software differ. The right column is what Dumpster Controls does, all on the free plan.
Software for a waste management company: five screens, one order
The day starts on the Operations page and ends in Finances. Five screens in between, and the order is what each one writes to.
- 1
#### 01. Operations
Counters for Deliveries, Pickups, Landfill Runs and Junk Removal, split into today, late and tomorrow. - 2
#### 02. Dispatch
An Unassigned Tasks pool on the left and one lane per driver. Drag to assign; the driver gets a push and a text. - 3
#### 03. The map
Each route drawn with legs colored by destination, green for delivery, orange for pickup, brown for landfill, solid with a can on and dashed when the truck runs empty. - 4
#### 04. The cab
iOS and Android app, or a tablet in Truck Tablet Mode that any driver signs into with a 4 digit PIN. On My Way, I've Arrived, a stamped photo, slide to complete. Works without signal. - 5
#### 05. The landfill
A photo of the receipt; the app reads the net weight and the cost. Over the included allowance, the order raises an Overweight Alert with a suggested fee.
The board in detail: waste management dispatch software and dumpster dispatch software. The cab: dumpster driver app.
Overflow: the Dumpster Net Hub
A job you cannot cover this week does not have to be turned away. The Dumpster Net Hub is a marketplace board where a hauler lists overflow work and nearby companies take it. United States only for now.
The real Hub marketplace with a new job posted nearby, sample data.
The Free Forever Promise
Free means free. Forever.
Every module on this page is on the free plan, with unlimited orders, unlimited users and unlimited SMS, email and push notifications.
$0
Monthly fee
Ever. No surprise charges.
$0
Setup fee
No onboarding cost.
$0
Per-user fee
Unlimited admins, drivers, dispatchers.
$0
Annual contract
Cancel anytime. We never auto-charge.
How we make money: only when you opt in, and the numbers are public. The software is free with unlimited orders and no per-order software fee. If you choose to collect a customer’s card payment through Dumpster Controls, the processing fee is 2.99% + $3.99 per card transaction on the free plan, or 2.99% + $0.30 (the standard Stripe rate) on the optional $169/month Unlimited plan. Take payment by cash, check, Zelle or any other way and you pay nothing at all. Beyond that, our revenue comes from the optional Unlimited plan and from equipment partners and sponsors advertising in the app and on our public directory; our marketplace, the Dumpster Net Hub, charges zero marketplace fees. Run your own business your way and you never pay to use the software. It’s the only model that lets a 1-truck owner-operator run on the same software as a 50-truck fleet.
Waste management software companies
Fourteen names come up in the same searches. Twelve serve roll-off and junk work; two are enterprise suites. Listed without adjectives, in no particular order.
Roll-off, junk and scrap
iCANS, Docket, DRS, CurbWaste, Hauler Hero, Basestation, Box Tracker, CRO, Roll-Off Amigo, Reservety, Bin Boss and Dumpster Controls.
Municipal and large commercial collection
AMCS and Routeware.
Residential routes, scale tickets and contract billing. Not what this page is about.
The prices: dumpster rental software cost. Our two plans: pricing. The buyer's guide: software for dumpster companies.
Waste management app for haulers: roll-off, junk and scrap on one login
A hauler rarely does one thing. The account holds three kinds of work with three workflows, and all three close on the same Finances page.
Roll-off orders
Delivery, pickup, swap and landfill tasks, with the invoice written at booking and overweight and extra fees after.
Junk removal jobs
Priced by the load, with a crew and a scheduled, on site, loading, to landfill, completed workflow.
Guide: software for junk removal, linked below.
Scrap metal orders
Switched on in Settings. No invoice, because the yard pays; an optional rebate to the customer from the sale.
The real Finances page after an invoice is paid, sample data.
Junk: software for junk removal. Billing: waste management billing software and dumpster invoicing software.
A container staged at an active build. Each one is an order for a named customer, which is the unit this software is built on. Photo courtesy of Jettson Environmental 334-301-4414Used with permission.
Keep reading
- How to automate scheduling for a waste management business
- AI-powered workflow assistance for waste management
- How to improve driver support for a waste management company
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