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 ...

Little Rock officials plan to add over two dozen new trucks to the city's solid waste fleet while phasing out older, high-mileage vehicles with maintenance issues.

DENVER — A Waste Management garbage truck rolled onto the campus of Escalante-Biggs Academy in northeast Denver this week, giving preschool and kindergarten students a hands-on lesson in recycling, ...

The humble garbage run is getting a high-tech overhaul. From robot trash haulers that arrive on demand to electric trucks designed to silence the morning clatter of diesel engines, waste collection is ...