When John Pittman watches his new fleet of shiny garbage trucks roll out Monday, it will herald the dawn of a re-imagined citywide refuse collection. One person will operate the new “Columbus Blue” ...

THAT’S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. SACRAMENTO COUNTY IS WORKING TO GO GREEN WHEN IT PICKS UP GARBAGE, RECYCLABLES AND ORGANICS. TODAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING SHOWED OFF ITS FULLY ...

HAMBLEN COUNTY, Tenn. — Trash pickup in Hamblen County is changing, and some residents are concerned. The Hamblen County Highway and Garbage Department is converting trash collection equipment to ...

Is the prototype truck even worthy of the awkward politician pomp and circumstance? According to the New York Times, it's a European-style automated side-loading garbage truck. City officials have ...

The City of Sacramento expects to save as much as 6,000 gallons of fuel per year running the state’s first all-electric, automated left-side-loader garbage truck. The city expects to run the Electric ...

New Yorkers received a rude awakening this week after finding out that their newly-unveiled garbage system, one touted by city officials as a “historic win in the war on trash,” was old news even to ...

The Spencer Public Works Department rolled out its new automated side loader (ASL) trash truck last week. - Submitted SPENCER — The town of Spencer rolled out a new trash collection vehicle last week.

For the past month, a one-armed bandit has been roaming Moorhead's streets, digging through residents garbage cans. And nobody seems to mind. The Moorhead sanitation department is testing a new type ...

Two Gilbert garbage truck fires last month – one gutting an automated side loader worth $500,000 today – have town officials worried about what residents are throwing away. While the Fire Department ...