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Nearly two years in the making, we're beyond excited to announce today that our work now continues under a new parent company, Kanopy Technology. The move arrives as we celebrate two incredible milestones: 25 years as a company, and 10 years of the Recycle Coach app. With the shift, Kanopy will offer broader support across the waste and recycling stream by bringing together proven technologies and real industry expertise under one roof.

Waste and recycling has only continued to grow more complicated. Responsibility is increasingly fragmented, spread across cities, haulers, and agencies, and no single tool covers all of it. Kanopy is determined to work across the industry to better serve its partners, providing access to the capabilities they need without needing to source several different vendors independently.

What This Means for Recycle Coach Communities

For the communities and residents who use Recycle Coach every day, nothing changes about the app they know and rely on. The Recycle Coach product keeps its name and its place at the center of resident communication.

Jeff J. Galad, who has led Recycle Coach as President & CEO, will take on the role of CEO of Kanopy Technology, bringing continuity to the partners and communities currently using the platform.

Re-TRAC and Prairie Robotics

Since 2004, Re-TRAC has been the data collection and reporting backbone behind waste and recycling programs at 13 state agencies and dozens of local governments across North America. It gives Kanopy customers a proven system for compliance and performance reporting. Re-TRAC will continue to be led by its CEO, Josh Reid.

Prairie Robotics, led by Sam Dietrich and Stevan Mikha, joins as a strategic partner. Its truck-mounted cameras spot incorrect items in the cart at the time of collection and connect each event to the correct household. Through its integration with Recycle Coach, contamination alerts can reach residents directly via push notifications. The system flags items, not people, with privacy protections built in from the start.

Coming Soon: Curb Coach

Municipal teams are typically juggling garbage, organics, yard waste, household hazardous waste, as well as bulk pickup. Curb Coach, launching soon, is a resident communication app that serves communities no matter the stream: residents get a straight answer on what goes where, when it's collected, and what to do next.

"Waste and recycling has never been more complicated, and the people doing this work deserve technology that's just as capable as they are. Kanopy is how we bring the best of it together and keep building, for municipalities, haulers, and everyone responsible for this work, however their role changes. Recycle Coach isn't slowing down, and with Re-TRAC in the group, Prairie Robotics alongside us, and Curb Coach on the way, we have a lot more to offer to the communities we serve."

— Jeff J. Galad, Chief Executive Officer, Kanopy Technology

See Us at RCon

Kanopy will make its first public appearance under the new name at SWANA's RCon in St. Louis on September 29, 2026, where it will also give attendees a first look at Curb Coach at Booth #219. Learn more at kanopytechnology.com.

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Any media inquiries can be directed to Jessica Fantauzzo, Head of Marketing, at jfantauzzo@recyclecoach.com

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Recycle Coach is excited to announce its expansion into the UK through a strategic partnership with Bartec Municipal Technologies, the UK's leading provider of municipal waste management software. Under the agreement, Bartec will serve as Recycle Coach's distribution partner across the United Kingdom as they aim to drive positive impact across waste and recycling education together.

“This partnership marks a defining moment for Recycle Coach as we expand internationally and take the next step forward in our mission to make recycling education accessible to every household. By combining Bartec’s deep understanding of local challenges with our resident engagement platform, we’re building an ironclad connection between how councils manage waste and how residents can recycle better," says Recycle Coach CEO, Jeff Galad.

The partnership unites two complementary forces in the municipal waste sector. Bartec's Collective platform powers waste and recycling operations for a third of all UK councils, supporting collection operations, optimization and service analytics.

Recycle Coach brings a proven resident-facing engagement solution, delivering personalized recycling guidance, collection reminders, and behaviour-change tools that help residents participate more effectively in local programs.

Together, the companies aim to offer UK councils a more complete approach to waste services, combining powerful operational software with meaningful resident engagement, all working toward the UK government's target of a 65% recycling rate by 2035.

“The UK is entering a phase of great change in municipal recycling, collecting more materials in new ways. For councils to succeed in delivering these changes they need to inform and inspire residents and engage on whatever channels residents are using. Apps and online services are a huge part of that. Recycle Coach will be a nationally recognised source of information for citizens across the UK,” says Bartec Municipal Technologies CEO, Tim Hobbs.

UK councils interested in learning more about the partnership can contact their Bartec representative. ‍

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Press Only Inquiries, please contact:

Jeff Galad

CEO, Recycle Coach

jgalad@recyclecoach.com

recyclecoach.com/solutions

Tim Hobbs

CEO, Bartec Municipal Technologies

thobbs@bartecmunicipal.com

https://www.bartecmunicipal.com/

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As Recycle Coach continues to grow, so does our responsibility to safeguard the data entrusted to us by our partners across North America. We’re proud to share that Recycle Coach successfully completed a SOC 2 Type I audit, performed by independent auditors at Sensiba LLP (Sensiba).  

For waste management leaders navigating procurement, cybersecurity review, and public accountability, this milestone provides meaningful validation that our systems are designed with security and reliability in mind.

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What is SOC 2?

SOC 2 is an independent audit framework that reviews an organization’s internal controls to determine if they are suitably designed to meet the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Trust Services Criteria. Recycle Coach aims to demonstrate that we are an organization that can be trusted with our partners’ data and security needs.

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What’s Next

Now that we have successfully completed SOC 2 Type I certification, we are now actively preparing to complete Type II to further demonstrate that our security practices are not only well-designed, but are followed, measured, and continuously improved.

We are excited to proceed with this next step in improving our security measures  to continue serving our 1,700+ partners effectively, efficiently, and safely.  

“As we push the industry forward with modern digital tools for waste and recycling programs, we’ve been equally focused on building a strong foundation around security and compliance. Completing SOC 2 Type I reflects that commitment and underscores the responsibility we take on when supporting municipalities, haulers, states, and higher-education institutions.”

- Jeff J. Galad, President of Recycle Coach  

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