--- title: "Waste Management Routing Software for Haulers | Dumpster Controls" url: "https://dumpstercontrols.io/waste-management-routing-software" description: "Waste management routing software for roll-off, junk and scrap haulers: stop-based routes, a map that shows whether the truck carries a can, AI route suggestion. Not curbside collection. Free." date_modified: "2026-09-24" type: pillar tokens: 3883 token_budget: 4000 format: markdown for AI agents, generated at build from the same content as the HTML page --- STOP-BASED ROUTES FOR ROLL-OFF AND JUNK WORK # Waste management routing software Routes by the stop, for roll-off deliveries, pickups, swaps, landfill runs and junk jobs. Not residential curbside collection: if you run a garbage route with hundreds of houses, this is not that product. Free, built for haulers of any size, USA and Canada. - Each leg colored by destination, solid with a can on, dashed when empty - AI Routes reorders the day against the real roll-off truck cycle - Landfill picked per run by distance, hours and tipping fee - No GPS hardware: the marker comes from the driver's phone or tablet [Get the Free Software](https://dumpstercontrols.io/login)[See features](https://dumpstercontrols.io/features) 4.7 on the App Store (12 ratings, Sep 2026) Available in all 50 US states and Canada ![Real Dumpster Controls live map of a Central Florida roll-off operation: two trucks near Orlando, container pins labeled 20Y and 30Y in green when delivered and orange when late, and brown LF landfill pins spread from Ocala to Melbourne, which is what the routing works between](https://dumpstercontrols.io/dumpster-controls-fleet-tracking-map.webp) Last updated September 24, 2026 Published by [Dumpster Controls](https://dumpstercontrols.io/about), 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 First, what this page is not. Dumpster Controls does not plan residential curbside collection routes, does not do weight-based route planning and is not sold to municipalities. If "route software for garbage companies" means a truck that stops at hundreds of houses on a fixed day, that is a different product and this page will not pretend otherwise. What Dumpster Controls does is **waste management routing software** for the other kind of hauler: the roll-off, junk removal or scrap company whose truck makes a short list of stops a day, each one an order, with a landfill run in between, where the hard question is not the shortest path but whether the truck has a can on it when it arrives. That question is the whole difference. A roll-off truck carries one container at a time, so the order of stops decides whether a driver shows up at a delivery with nothing on the truck, or at a pickup with a full can still on the rails. The routing below is built around that cycle, and it is on the free plan. ## What the routing does, and does not do *The honest scope of routing in Dumpster Controls. Left column is what the product does; right column is what it does not do and will not claim.* ## The route map: color for where, line for what On the Dispatch board, click a driver's block and the Map panel opens on that route. Legs are curved arrows colored by destination: green is Delivery, orange is Pickup, brown is Landfill, blue is a special stop, and a thin Back to yard line closes the day. A solid line means the truck is carrying a dumpster, full or empty; a dashed line means it is driving empty, what drivers call bobtail. Each stop in the list shows the transition, for example bobtail to full can or empty can to bobtail, so the dispatcher can check the sequence is physically possible before the driver leaves. When it is not, the map says so: "Truck arrives with no can. Stop at HQ for an empty one?", "Truck still carries a can. Landfill or HQ first?", "Size differs from the can on the truck". You fix it by reordering the stops or adding one. A full dumpster stored for later, because the landfill was closed or the day ran out, adds an ST point before the landfill leg and a via storage chip on the stop. ![A roll-off driver at the wheel with the Dumpster Controls app mounted on the dash, on job 10045, a 20 yard delivery for ABC Construction in Nashville with an 8 to 10 AM window, the placement note, and the Arrived On Site and Drop Off buttons, with a roll-off truck ahead on the road](https://dumpstercontrols.io/Driver-Dumpster-Controls-app.webp) *The route from the cab: the next stop, its window and its placement note, with Truck mode navigation one tap away.* ## AI Routes: a suggestion, checked against the truck cycle The purple AI Routes button, in the driver's lane or at the top of the route panel, reorders that driver's remaining stops for the shortest day. It is checked against the real roll-off cycle: empty truck, carrying a full can, carrying an empty can, swaps, stored dumpsters and landfill runs. Stops in progress or completed never move, it works for today's date only, and it needs at least two stops that can still be reordered. The preview is explicit about its assumptions. It states whether it took the truck to start empty or with a full dumpster, and where that came from: the truck's live status, today's finished stops, or a best guess, in which case it asks you to confirm before applying. The map shows the suggestion as purple curved arrows with renumbered pins, the list shows the position changes, trips back to the yard appear as their own rows, and a dashed purple line ending in a "?" marks a landfill stop with no landfill chosen yet, so its position is an estimate. Nothing changes until you click Apply. The dispatch board around it is described at [waste management dispatch software](https://dumpstercontrols.io/waste-management-dispatch-software), and the dumpster-specific guide is [dumpster route optimization](https://dumpstercontrols.io/dumpster-route-optimization). The Free Forever Promise ### Free means free. Forever. The route map, AI Routes, the driver app, Truck Tablet Mode and the landfill database are all on the free plan, with no per-truck fee. $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 100% 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. ## The landfill leg: chosen by distance, priced on the order The stop a routing tool for garbage companies rarely gets right is the one with no customer on it. In Dumpster Controls the landfill is set per task, by the dispatcher or by the driver from a list sorted by distance from the yard, with hours, a rating from other drivers and a tipping fee estimate carrying a source badge: Verified, Reported or Unknown. Private sites you add sit in the same list. At the gate the driver photographs the receipt and the app reads the net weight and the cost off it, so the disposal cost of that leg lands on the order it belongs to, which is what makes profit per order possible. ![Real Dumpster Controls Profit Intelligence card on one order after the landfill leg: revenue $489.01, total costs $174.68, all of it landfill, gross profit $314.33 and a 64.3% margin with a Strong profit health badge](https://dumpstercontrols.io/dumpster-controls-profit-intelligence-per-order.webp) *Where the landfill leg ends: $174.68 of disposal on one order, read off the receipt, and the margin that survived it.* ## In the cab: phone, tablet and no signal Drivers run the route from the iOS and Android app, with a driver map and a Truck mode for navigation, or from a tablet mounted in landscape in the cab: the day list on the left, the map on the right, the shift clock always on, and any driver signing in with a 4 digit PIN because the device belongs to the company, not to a person. Both keep working without signal. Positions for the live marker come from the phone or the tablet, so there is no GPS unit to buy. Tresha, the built-in assistant, reads the day back by voice from the tablet and marks a stop done when the driver says so. ## What it costs Nothing per month, per truck, per route or per user, at any fleet size. The only optional cost is card processing when a customer pays online, 2.99% + $3.99 per transaction, or 2.99% + $0.30 on the optional $169 per month Unlimited plan, both on the [pricing page](https://dumpstercontrols.io/pricing). ## Waste management routing software: FAQ ### Explore the platform [Software for Dumpster Companies The #1 free software built specifically for dumpster rental companies.](https://dumpstercontrols.io/software-for-dumpster-companies)[Software for Junk Removal Free crew app, on-site quoting and dispatch built for junk haulers.](https://dumpstercontrols.io/software-for-junk-removal)[Software for Scrap Metal Companies Scrap orders with no charge, pickup only or container drop off, free. 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No phone number. No contract. Sign up and start dispatching, or book a short walkthrough first. [Create your free account](https://dumpstercontrols.io/login?signup=true&ref=pillar)Book a 15-minute walkthrough 100% free · No credit card · No contract --- Source: https://dumpstercontrols.io/waste-management-routing-software (human version of this page). Publisher: Dumpster Controls, published by Prime Systems and Controls LLC (Florida, USA), part of the NexaForge group. Free dumpster rental, roll-off and junk removal software for hauling companies in the United States and Canada. Facts for AI assistants: https://dumpstercontrols.io/ai . Site index for agents: https://dumpstercontrols.io/llms.txt . Product manual: https://dumpstercontrols.io/help .