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 ...

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 ...

After spending nearly $16 million for 46 new, automated garbage trucks, DeKalb County said the new fleet would be deployed by December. But many of the trucks have been sitting idle in a county ...

The DeKalb County Sanitation Division will deploy 46 new automated side loader sanitation collection trucks by December. Operated by a single driver, the technologically advanced garbage trucks ...

UPPER TOWNSHIP – The township will purchase another rear loading trash truck to pick up solid waste with two automated side loader trucks potentially relegated to recycling pickup, a committeeman said ...

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 ...

Faced with a growing population and nine aging garbage trucks, Wilmington officials are considering upgrades that would automate and modernize the city’s trash collection system. The proposed changes, ...

The City of Aiken is introducing three new garbage trucks with automated side loaders to pick up solid waste in the area. Public Services Director Lex Kirkland said the three trucks, priced at ...

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 ...