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Time to Automate
May 01, 2005
IT CAN TAKE YEARS TO FIGURE OUT the best way to implement a new technology. While desktop computer technology was invented in 1947, it took 30 years to build practical devices and another decade before the technology was put to profitable use...
Pumps and Quiet
Apr 01, 2005
WHILE IT CAN'T DO ANYTHING about the brisk city breezes, National Waste Services, a Chicago-based division of Allied Waste Industries, is helping Windy City residents sleep a little more soundly by reducing diesel engine noise associated with...
FOR THE LONG HAUL
Aug 01, 2004
WHEN CONTEMPLATING what tarping system to buy, think of your purchase as a potential marriage. The goal is to have the tarping system for as long as you own the vehicle, so you definitely want to play the field and see what's out there before...
N.C. Seeks Solution to Litter Problem
Mar 25, 2004
Wake County, N.C. – North Carolina’s 79,000 miles of road have spurred the state to find innovative solutions to the state’s roadside trash woes, but its 1998 purchase of the $47,000 Litter Picker machine is apparently not the solution. After...
Aging Gracefully
Feb 01, 2004
AS AUTOMATED COLLECTION RAPIDLY approaches its 30th birthday, it's no longer necessary to argue about the feasibility of using one-armed trucks. Over the years, better lift systems, durable hydraulics and improvements relating to fuel efficiency...
The Invisible Can
Jan 01, 2004
It was not a mad scientist's brew that recently caused the strange appearance and then disappearance of 3,600 96-gallon trash cans in South Miami-Dade County, Fla. The lime-green cans were placed on the curb by the solid waste department early one...