Inside Recology’s garbage collection hub for San Francisco, located in nearby Brisbane, is a somewhat secret museum devoted to the history of the city’s trash. As modern garbage trucks lumbered by ...

Three mornings a week, a fleet of brand-new, $500,000 trucks descends on Harlem to hoist a thousand massive trash bins into the air. Sanitation worker Anthony Martin stood outside one of the trucks on ...

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 ...

Donald Trump spoke to reporters from the passenger seat of a branded garbage truck on Wednesday, capping off a week of controversial statements about "garbage" on the campaign trail. "How do you like ...

It’s a routine many Modesto residents know well. Once a week, residents roll their garbage bins to the curb for pickup. For some, the truck comes and goes without notice. However, the rumble of the ...

Dozens of Irondequoit residents packed a two-hour town board meeting this month with a seemingly simple question: Who's going to pick up our garbage? Waste Management suddenly canceled service for ...

PITTSBURGH — Trash is piling up in Oakland. As the school year approaches, many are moving out of houses. That means larger items like couches and mattresses are joining normal trash on sidewalks. The ...

The German city of Karlsruhe is setting an example for sustainability in waste management by deploying a fleet of 18 Mercedes-Benz eEconic electric garbage trucks that are helping make the streets ...

Long Beach will move forward with a plan to accelerate its transition to zero-emission vehicles for private and city-operated trash trucks to reach its climate action goals, officials said. The City ...