Crews battled a garbage truck fire on Salisbury Road Tuesday morning. According to a Facebook post by the Salisbury Township Police Department, the garbage truck caught fire on Salisbury Road at ...

A garbage truck fire Thursday morning has prompted officials to warn residents about the dangers of throwing lithium batteries in household trash. The Department of Public Works crew alerted ...

A sanitation worked stepped out to empty a dumpster into his garbage truck on Lake Avenue in Metairie early Thursday morning when he overheard the sounds of someone screaming and banging. Firefighters ...

A homeless Alabama man apparently trying to stay warm miraculously survived being emptied into the mouth of a garbage truck after he took an ill-timed snooze in a dumpster. A garbage truck driver was ...

The drivers are beginning collection routes at 10 p.m. to minimize traffic disruptions. Recology driver Ulises Gonzalez empties public litter cans on Market Street in San Francisco at 5 a.m. on Feb. 2 ...

Jamal Lavallier drives the Recology garbage truck down Dolores Street on Jan. 27, 2026. Lavallier makes around 500 stops on his Tuesday route, collecting compost and trash, meaning he collects from ...

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — An 81-year-old woman has died after she was hit by a garbage truck in Palm Beach Gardens earlier this week, police said. The woman was hit by a Waste Management truck ...

In all of Fire Chief John Brown’s years serving Jackson, he said this incident was a first. “I’ve been associated with the fire department for 40 years. We’ve never had a situation like this come up,” ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Missoula Fire Department was dispatched at 11:09 a.m. Tuesday to a report of a Republic Services garbage truck on fire at Waverly Street and Cooper Street in Missoula. Officials ...

The Department of Public Works announced that four new garbage trucks have arrived for the Village of Great Neck at the board of trustees meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 20. These garbage trucks will replace ...

Officials are warning about proper disposal habits after a Rumpke recycling truck caught fire in Mason on Monday morning. Rumpke didn’t say where the fire occurred but said it happened in a ...