Dive summary:
- Officials from the City of Palmdale, Calf. and Waste Management released a new app to correlate with the city’s waste service.
- The app, called “my-waste™” sends alerts to customers regarding trash/recycling collection days including holiday schedules, notifications for street sweeping and a forum for general questions.
- The app is the first of its kind developed for a city and is available for both iPhone and Droids.
From the press release:
“The City of Palmdale is always looking for ways to provide better services for our residents,” Ledford said. “Recently, our staff worked out a partnership with Waste Management to handle the City’s street sweeping duties, doubling our efforts from once to twice a month. As an added bonus, Waste Management came up with a handy smart phone app---the first of its kind ever developed for a City---that allows residents to get reminders of their street sweeping and trash and recycling collecting days.” ...