The fancy robot arm that your neighborhood's garbage truck is likely to use has a name other than "the claw," which is what I've called it for years. These robot arms are actually called automated ...

The county said the new trucks will save money because they are more technologically advanced and use “automated side loaders.” The old trucks require a driver and two people that ride on the ...

The first vehicle to be announced today is the McNeilus Volterra ZFL, an all-electric front-loader garbage truck with an AI-powered detection system for refuse bins.

The city has unveiled a prototype for new side-loading garbage trucks it plans to use to collect trash from large apartment buildings. The trucks, which are still undergoing testing, will be able ...

Side loadersare the garbage trucks you see in front of your house. These trucks can be loaded from either side, manually, or with the automated lift. The trash is then compacted towards the rear ...

Garbage truck drivers conduct pre-trip safety checks in the fog at 5:30 a.m. at Pride Disposal on Feb. 28, 2025, in Sherwood, Ore. The early start is part of the business — the earlier the large ...

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.

The garbage truck I remember watching out our window as a child—big lumbering hulk, single hungry grabber claw—is known in the waste-management industry as an “automated side loader ...