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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TIFFIN, Ohio — Fire officials in Tiffin are urging the community not to dispose of certain items after trash inside a garbage truck caught fire Monday morning. According to the Tiffin Fire and Rescue ...

WYLIE, Texas — It’s not every day you see a mountain of smoldering garbage outside your local fire station — but that’s exactly what happened Monday afternoon at Wylie Fire Station 3. Wes Hart first ...

A quick-thinking driver definitely could not be accused of adding fuel to the fire, as he quickly tipped his garbage truck’s load when he spotted that the trash had started to burn.The driver of the ...