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 ...

Teri Peterson's recycling bin sat on the side of her quiet Houston street for one extra day. Then two. Two weeks. Four. On June 24 - 29 days since she'd rolled out her 96-gallon bin for its biweekly ...

Centerville is testing a new program where recycling trucks use artificial intelligence to spot and report items that do not belong in the bin. As each cart is emptied, the AI scans its contents and ...