Fleetclear partners with SUEZ recycling and recovery UK for new integrated fleet safety system

In the UK, SUEZ operates across hundreds of sites and handles approximately 11 million tonnes of waste materials every year – a significant proportion of the UK’s total waste. Through collection, treatment, recycling and logistics, it operates 1700 vehicles across multiple locations.

Dave Shaw, Head of Fleet at SUEZ recycling and recovery UK said:

“We went out to tender and Fleetclear came out as the clear winner with their fully integrated system. It’s much easier now to pull together the information we need, which means we can properly analyse the performance of our vehicles and use the information to improve safety and enhance service delivery.”

The transition to the new system has been well managed as Dave explains:

“We didn’t go for the big bang approach and opted instead for a phased roll out. We selected certain vehicles we wanted to fit with the system first, including all new vehicles.”

One of the first tranche of vehicles to be equipped with the Fleetclear system was the new fleet that SUEZ manage on behalf of Milton Keynes City Council as part of their collections and street cleansing contract.

Dave commented:

“The transition at Milton Keynes has been executed very well with minimal disruption to operations. We received the new fleet of vehicles at the depot and Fleetclear came in en-masse to fit the equipment over a few weeks.”

The company is currently trialling other Fleetclear technologies, such as the Live Lane Information System (LLIS), which uses AI to detect oncoming traffic in the adjacent live-lane and alert operatives, reducing the risk of collisions.

Added Dave:

“The team at Fleetclear are easy to deal with and very collaborative. We want to work with them to engage with new technologies such as AI to help us further enhance our safety and our performance.”