PATERSON — City officials are planning to go through another year with a garbage collection contract that will not cover pickups of bulk waste items such as discarded furniture. Starting in 2024, in a ...

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 ...

City trash collectors Trenton Jeffress, left, and Richard Dickenson throw garbage into a truck on Kelton Avenue in Schenectady in 2024. The City Council will soon vote on whether to pause its ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — As of Jan. 5, Toledo residents can start placing up to five bulk items on the curb with their weekly trash, a move the city said it hopes will reduce blight and help residents. This ...