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 ...

Day in and day out, the waste management business relies on roll-off trucks and dumpster trucks to get the job done. While both play important roles in the job, these two types of trucks have entirely ...

An estimated 280 million metric tons of plastic waste will enter the air, water, soil, and human bodies every year by 2040, ...

Chicago's streets are getting cleaner and quieter thanks to a new fleet of electric garbage trucks. Electrek reported that Republic Services has deployed two fully electric Mack LR garbage trucks in ...

Snowy and icy streets are hampering efforts by the company that provides trash and recycling services in Fort Wayne. The city’s Solid Waste Department issued a ...