Systems for and methods of asset management in a waste management service environment

A computer-implemented and user assisted method for tracking and monitoring a plurality of waste containers in a waste collection environment, comprising:

• providing an identification mechanism, associated with each waste container of the plurality of waste containers, comprising a waste container identifier;
• providing a vehicle comprising:
• a reader for reading the identification mechanism associated with the waste container and determining the waste container identifier,
• a global positioning device for determining position data associated with the waste container, the global positioning device determining the position data when the waste container is at least one of deployed and services, and
• a first computer receiving and storing the waste container identifier from the reader, and further receiving and storing the position data associated with the waste container;
• and
• receiving via wireless transmission and storing at a second computer, the waste container identifier and the position data transmitted to the second computer by the first computer.

A computer-implemented and user assisted method for deployment of a plurality of waste containers in a waste collection environment, comprising:

• providing an identification mechanism, associated with each waste container of the plurality of waste containers, comprising a waste container identifier;
• deploying at least one waste container of the plurality of waste containers at a predetermined location in the waste collection environment;
• reading the identification mechanism associated with the deployed waste container and determining the deployed waste container identifier;
• determining global positioning data of the location at which the waste container is deployed;
• receiving and storing at a first computer the waste container identifier and the position data associated with the deployed waste container;
• transmitting form the first computer to a second computer the waste container identifier and the position data associated with the deployed waste container;
• and
• storing and associating at the second computer, the waste container identifier with at least one of a waste container purchase date, the global positioning data at which the waste container is deployed, a name of the customer, an asset manufacturer, an asset model number, and an asset value.