The city commission will also consider purchasing a $425,000 side loader garbage truck, a cost that would come in the 2024 fiscal year that begins July 1, 2023.

Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a prototype of a new side-loading garbage truck that will be used to lift large trash containers in an effort to get bags off the streets.

Sacramento County is working on going green with fully electric automated side loaders. The county received $2 million dollars in grant to help pay for these trucks.See more in the video above.

But to collect and empty larger trash bins, the city needs trucks with side-loaders, according to a report the sanitation department published last year.

What kind of garbage truck are you driving? Bryan Chamblin operates the mechanical arm on the Pride Disposal side-loader garbage truck from outside the vehicle.

Columbus’ 40 new side-loader trucks are hitting streets to usher in an automated era in trash and refuse collection. Here’s the plan.

A bar manager faces attempted murder charges after chasing and shooting a garbage truck driver in Zephyrhills.

A large pile of garbage from a Waste Management truck is burning on the side of the Parkway West near the Squirrel Hill Tunnel, causing traffic issues.

A garbage truck driver from Commerce City is the best small container truck driver in the country after winning the 2025 ROAD-EO National Championship.