Garbage-Truck Margin Boost Shows the AI Profit Boom Has Begun
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When waste haulers are showing margin expansion from AI tools, the story has moved from narrative to P&L. If you’re not instrumenting low-glamour, high-frequency workflows with AI this year, expect your cost structure to drift out of line with peers who are.
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