Garbage trucks don't just haul away our rubbish — they break it up and compress it, making room for the huge volumes they collect every day. To do this, they sometimes use a blade that rotates quickly ...

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Some garbage trucks are getting a fuel made from waste, but the story behind their renewable natural gas gets a lot messier ...

If you’ve ever had trouble with a footpath, bus stop, or other piece of urban infrastructure, you probably know the hassles of dealing with a local council. It can be incredibly difficult just to ...

A: Private carters, or commercial waste haulers, do collect trash overnight across the city. But the city’s noise code places ...

Properly disposing of used car batteries is important. Whether lead-acid or newfangled lithium-ion, batteries contain toxic and potentially flammable chemicals that can leak if not handled properly.

Two new Volvo hybrid refuse trucks will be tested in regular daily operations in Sweden by refuse collection firms Renova and Ragn-Sells. "This test phase is the last stage in the evaluation of our ...

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 ...

A 6-year-old boy in Chico is so obsessed with garbage trucks that he moves between his mom's and grandma's houses just to ...