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 ...

Called a front loader, the machine lifts and dumps larger trash containers used at businesses and apartment buildings over the front of truck using automated forks. The new system is meant to be safer ...

A large pile of garbage from a Waste Management truck was burning on the side of the inbound lanes of the Parkway East near the Squirrel Hill Tunnel, causing traffic issues. It appears that the ...

Traffic on Highway 17 at Interstate 280 was disrupted on Monday after a garbage truck was forced to dump its load onto the freeway due to a fire, the California Highway Patrol said. The far-right lane ...

A garbage truck accidentally dumped its load while on Interstate 10 in Leon County, but the mishap didn't cause any lane closures, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The Waste Pro vehicle lost its ...

FLINT, MI -- Priority Waste is putting new automated service trucks on Flint’s streets, a move the city and the company say will improve the efficiency, safety and reliability of waste collection.

Sanitation trucks play a vital role in municipal waste management around the world. They matter especially in China. The ...