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 ...

HAMBLEN COUNTY, Tenn. — The Hamblen County Highway and Garbage Department announced Thursday that it is switching to an automated side loader truck for trash collection. The county said the switch was ...

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 ...

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 sanitation department collects trash from about 160,000 curbside locations. According to the staff’s presentation, those areas are predominately serviced by “automated side load trucks” — which ...

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 ...

It’ll be a little later in the summer than anticipated before Itawamba County’s new semi-automated garbage trucks are picking up local trash bins. Last week, Itawamba County Solid Waste Director Mark ...