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 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 to ...

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 ...