REINING IN EXPENSES while increasing profitability can be challenging for public and private waste haulers. Salt Lake County, Utah, however, is recovering almost 70 percent of what it spends on refuse collection vehicles by selling them after just...
Ronnie Keshishian knows a thing or two about garbage trucks. After 23 years in the waste industry, he's amassed a wealth of knowledge about them — not to mention a large collection of toy versions of them...
ALTHOUGH THE NINE winners of Waste Age's 26th annual Truck and Container Design Contest can't sing and dance, they certainly deserve to be in the spotlight. From a giant, purple garbage eater to neon flames, this year's winners have taken the...
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...
Washington, D.C. — The Waste Equipment Technology Association, Washington, D.C., has announced that, as of July, refuse vehicle manufacturers that participate in the organization’s Product Production Statistics Program will report their sales data...
TRUCK TIRE MAKERS HAVE RAISED prices across the board this year, but many waste fleets are weathering the storm...
IF YOU'RE SENDING TRASH to Pennsylvania, be careful. The Keystone State's eight-year-old TrashNet is inspecting thousands of trash trucks each year. Some say the effort aims to restrict trash imports...