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Onboard weighing for waste collection vehicles.

Dynamic weighing during lifting, legal-for-trade billing, load optimization and overload protection for side, front and rear loaders.

 
 
 

Recycling incentives and landfill penalties have changed waste collection.

Collection vehicles have always needed to lift bins and compact the load. Today, operators also need to charge differently for different materials, quickly and accurately. As the world's longest established specialist in on-vehicle systems for the waste market, VPG Onboard Weighing has a solution for each of those needs.

 
Side, Front and Rear Loaders

Accurate weighing protects refuse truck profit.

Whatever the loader type, accuracy is the baseline for any waste collection weighing system. Precise, reliable weight data has a direct effect on profit, both when maximizing payload within legal limits and when billing each material correctly and on time.

System accuracy also has a direct payload equivalent. On a refuse truck, that difference can add up to several tons.

Three levels of on-vehicle weighing
1
Overload protection

Keeps the vehicle operating safely within legal limits and avoids overload fines.

2
Load cell accuracy across the payload

Supports route management and day-to-day collection efficiency.

3
Legal-for-trade pay-by-weight

The highest accuracy level, with trade certification, over-the-air billing and telematics for pay-by-weight services.

Pay-by-Weight Collection

Certified weight data for pay-by-weight billing.

Our waste vehicle systems capture weight while each bin is lifted and send certified data for billing and credit checks.

Dynamic weighing during lifting

Weight is captured in motion as each bin is loaded, without slowing down the collection round.

Real-time billing and credit checks

Legal-for-trade certified data supports charging differently for different materials, directly from the vehicle.

Load optimization and overload protection

Run each truck close to its legal maximum without exceeding it, so each route carries more and the fleet avoids overload fines.

Onboard scales for refuse and recycling trucks

Choose the system that matches the accuracy level your fleet needs.

 

WasteWeigh

Bespoke onboard weighing for waste and refuse collection vehicles. Accurate to ±0.5% FSD or better on trucks from 17 tonnes, with individual axle monitoring, packer plate shutdown, camera support and continuous data for payload control.

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BinWeigh 03

Dynamic bin weighing approved to Class Y(b) for wheelie bin collection. Combines in-motion weights with time, date and client data for real-time pay-by-weight, with over-the-air billing, failure alerts and touchscreens in the cab and at the rear.

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LFT 1500

Trade-approved pay-by-weight invoicing from the cab. Calculates payload in real time during loading, using load cell and inclinometer for accuracy to 20 kg in 15,000 kg and 22,000 kg capacity per cell.

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TruckWeigh®

Overload protection and load optimization for all commercial vehicles over 7.5 tonnes, built on our inclinometer technology. Monitors individual axles and GVW to better than ±2.5% (90-100% GVW), on every suspension type.

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Find the right system for your waste fleet.

Tell us about your fleet and billing model, and we will help you choose between WasteWeigh, BinWeigh 03, LFT 1500 and TruckWeigh.