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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

You can see garbage trucks rolling through just about every neighborhood - huge, heavy, going slow. But highly skilled drivers are behind their wheels. Do you think parallel parking a Silverado is ...

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

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Imagine waking up to a pile of trash sitting in your street. That’s what happened in one Chesapeake neighborhood last week when a garbage truck’s load caught fire. Chesapeake ...