Routes that respect the physical world — and the gate fee
A tip that closes at 3pm. A vehicle whose tail lift is booked out. A site that won't accept that EWC code. Waste routing is full of constraints that generic fleet tools ignore — AxiWaste optimises against all of them, including the one that hits your margin hardest: the gate fee.
Key facts
Waste-specific constraints
Weight limits, container types, tip opening hours, accepted EWC codes and collection windows — optimised per vehicle.
Gate-fee aware
The optimiser picks the cheapest legal tip for each load, not just the nearest one — gate fees are part of the route maths.
Offline driver app
Navigation, one-tap confirmation and photo evidence keep working without signal, syncing when connectivity returns.
Live tracking
GPS-tracked progress stop by stop with live ETAs — visible to your office and, through the portal, your customers.
Why "shortest route" is the wrong answer in waste
Generic routing minimises miles. Waste routing minimises cost per tonne collected — and those are not the same thing. The nearest tip with a high gate fee can cost more than a longer drive to a cheaper one. A round sequenced without weight limits in mind means an unplanned mid-round tip run. AxiWaste plans with the real constraints:
The vehicle
Weight capacity, tail-lift capability, MOT and tacho dates — matched automatically against each job's requirements before it's ever assigned.
The tip
Permit numbers, opening hours, accepted EWC codes and gate fees held per disposal site — feeding straight into the optimiser, not left in someone's notebook.
The customer
Collection windows, bin-store access notes and What3Words locations — so the round works on the ground, not just on the map.
Dispatch to done, without the phone tree
Drag-and-drop dispatch
Jobs allocated to vehicles and drivers on one live board. Recurring commercial schedules generate themselves; same-day changes take seconds, not phone calls.
One-tap confirmation
Drivers confirm each lift in the app with photo evidence — the office knows the state of every round in real time.
Failed pickups, rebooked
A structured reason code and photo at the point of failure — and where the reason allows, an automatic same-day rebook.
Straight into the compliance engine
Every completed stop feeds the digital WTN and the DEFRA submission automatically. Routing and compliance aren't separate systems — see how the mandate is handled.
Route planning questions, answered
How is this different from general fleet routing?
Waste routes carry constraints generic tools ignore: weight limits that change as the round fills, container compatibility, tip hours and accepted EWC codes, collection windows — and gate fees, which change which tip is actually cheapest.
What is gate-fee optimisation?
Every disposal site charges to accept waste. AxiWaste holds gate fees per site and factors them into the route maths — the optimiser picks the cheapest legal tip for the load, not just the nearest.
Does the driver app work offline?
Yes — navigation, confirmations and photos all work without signal and sync when connectivity returns. Built for the cab, not the office.
Can customers see their collections?
Yes — the customer portal with live tracking is included in the Growth tier. See pricing.
Watch your own rounds re-optimised
Bring a week of real rounds to the walkthrough and we'll show you what gate-fee-aware optimisation does to them.