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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