Automation

The plan needs approval from the city council.

The program will make use of advanced recycling trucks with an arm to lift and empty 64-gallon residential recycling carts.

Based on the number of exhibitors at WasteExpo, the new products on display and the conversations about investment and innovation, the solid waste business is sitting on strong footing...

In August, Lakeshore Recycling Systems will provide trash carts equipped with radio frequency chips to Highland Park, Ill., residents who pay for trash service by volume...

Making the decision to automate solid waste and recycling fleets isn’t a decision to be entered into lightly. Converting from a rear loader to an automated side-loader (ASL) or an automated front-loader (AFL) unit takes some consideration of...

There’s nothing simple about solid waste, and there’s very little that is simple about transforming solid waste collection in communities like Orange County, Fla. When looking to modernize collection systems, many governments have turned to...

Jon Morrison, WABCO’s president for the Americas, believes that autonomous trucks won’t become a “true” reality until there is more widespread adoption of the various advanced safety technologies now already in the marketplace that will give...

Lee County and Progressive Waste Solutions are talking money. The two sides are discussing how to resolve the fine that the county levied on the trash company last week.  ...