Device, system and method for the monitoring, control and optimization of a waste pickup service

A waste measurement device for use with a garbage truck comprising:

• (a) a case generally enclosing within:
• one or more visible light cameras;
• one or more volume sensors;
• and
• a controller,
• (b) an anchor suited to attach said device upon a wall of said garbage truck, above the hopper of said garbage truck;
• (c) a positioning arm bridging said anchor to said casing, said positioning arm extending said case away from said anchor;
• wherein the length of said arm deploys said visible light camera and said volume sensor, to a position above the content of a hopper and extended away from a wall of said garbage truck;
• wherein the waste measurement device is deployed externally relative to a hopper of the garbage truck,
• and wherein at least one field of view of said visible light cameras is directed from above said hopper, to view one or more waste containers during loading of said hopper with waste,
• and at least one fields of view of said volume sensors is directed from above said hopper, to view the waste in said garbage truck hopper,
• and wherein the controller is configured to measure the waste volume in the hopper using the volume sensors, and said controller measures the waste volume in the hopper before and after one or more waste containers are loaded to said hopper, wherein the controller calculates the waste volume emptied in each waste container by subtracting the hopper volume measurement taken before the waste containers is loaded to the hopper, from the hopper volume measurement taken after the waste containers is loaded into the hopper, and wherein the controller uses at least one of the visible light cameras to identify the capacity of the waste containers.