Don’t know whether you can place an item in the City of Manteca’s blue cart?

No worries.

There’s now an app for that.
In a bid to further improve service and reduce contamination in various solid waste carts that undermines recycling and landfill diversion goals, the city has released a new solid waste app.

It is available of Google Play or the Apple App Store with the name, City of Manteca Solid Waste App.

Through this app, residents are able to:

*Search by address for collection days.

*Sign up for notification reminders about your weekly collection, notification is customizable to a time of your choosing.

*Use "Waste Wizard" to type in a waste material and see how it can be recycled, composted, or disposed of.

*Schedule bulky item pickups (request is sent to office and you will be contacted by the office for confirmation).

*Play a sorting game by placing materials in the correct bins.

*Report a missed pick up, illegal dumping, or additional issues

It is tied into the Routeware digital-based platform that is beneficial for the solid waste division for a number of reasons.

Some examples include:

*Real-time service updates while on route.

*Digital mapping systems with efficiency based routing.

*Service verification for residents and businesses with RFID scanners.

*Minimize account errors.

*Digital camera system to maintain driver and customer accountability

*GPS locations for customer bin placement

With the incorporation of the system, solid waste will be able to reach customers through emails for events and important Solid Waste Division information.