Basestation is a cloud-native operations platform designed for waste haulers, covering solid and liquid waste, recycling, septic pumping, porta-potty services, and roll‑off dumpster businesses. It consolidates scheduling, dispatching, asset/inventory tracking, billing, driver communication, and reporting into a single unified system. It emphasizes automation, real-time visibility, and ease of use for smaller operators to compete on efficiency with larger firms.
Founded in 2020 by Alex Tushinski (CEO) and CTO Tim Etchells in Toronto, Canada
Began as a response to outdated field operations, growing rapidly to serve over 100 haulers across North America by 2025.
Basestation’s platform supports a comprehensive range of features:
Order & Customer Management: Centralized work-order creation, scheduling, and customer tracking
Routing & Dispatching: Agile route planning with real-time driver coordination via mobile app
Asset & Inventory Tracking: Real-time visibility into containers and equipment to avoid idle assets
Billing & Invoicing: Automated invoicing and faster payment collection, reducing admin time by nearly in half
Driver Mobile App: Enables dispatch communication, asset check-in/out, and field updates
Reporting & Analytics: Deep operational insights—billable time, dwell time, idle assets—exportable to Excel
Introduced advanced reporting capabilities tailored for future business valuation and operational analysis
Basestation was founded with the mission to empower smaller haulers with tech previously exclusive to national players.
Trusted by more than 100 small to mid-sized hauler businesses, including A‑1 Sanitation, Adam’s Disposal, Mr. Dumpster, etc.
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