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.

There may be some light at the end of the tunnel for Hamblen County Highway and Garbage Department’s attempt to get an automatic side-loaded garbage truck.

The city says that as part of the new contract, the bins will be picked up by automated, side-loading garbage trucks, which ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — 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.

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 ...