You might barely hear them coming, but Republic Services’ electric garbage trucks are making a big impact in Central Oregon.

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 ...

Today, several inches of snow are expected to cover Kansas and Missouri in the first winter storm of the season. A number of area schools canceled classes as roads turned slippery. The storm comes ...

We are accustomed to expecting the mundane on our weekly grocery store trips. We mull around the aisles, checking things off our list and occasionally wandering our way into something new. But when ...

Officials expressed concerns about government monopoly and resident choice despite environmental benefits that would reduce truck traffic and emissions.

The initiative began last year in South Philly and Center City.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A woman was decapitated by a garbage truck when she was crossing the street Wednesday in Orange County, according ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- Santa Ana police have identified the 69-year-old woman who was struck and killed by a trash truck driver. The crash happened just before 8 a.m. Wednesday in a residential ...

He’s relied on city trash pickup since 1998. Now new rules have cut him off, and the alternative could cost him $400 a week.

A rumor that circulated online in November 2025 claimed a video authentically showed a sanitation worker named Samuel saving a crying newborn baby from being crushed in his garbage truck's compactor.

Maria Rubalcava was involved in a fatal collision at around 7:56 a.m. in the 600 block of S. Shelton Street, Santa Ana, on Wednesday, Nov. 19 Getty A 69-year-old woman was fatally struck by a trash ...

Seven recycling trucks were destroyed by fire last year when residents made the mistake of putting lithium-ion batteries and other dangerous materials into their curbside recycling containers for ...