An estimated 280 million metric tons of plastic waste will enter the air, water, soil, and human bodies every year by 2040, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A woman was decapitated by a garbage truck when she was crossing the street Wednesday in Orange County, according ...

A 69-year-old grandma who had just beaten cancer was decapitated by a garbage truck near horrified school kids and parents in California this week. Maria Rubalcava de Ruesga was crossing the street ...

Crews battled a garbage truck fire on Salisbury Road Tuesday morning. According to a Facebook post by the Salisbury Township Police Department, the garbage truck caught fire on Salisbury Road at ...

The German city of Karlsruhe is setting the bar for sustainability by deploying a fleet of 18 Mercedes-Benz eEconic electric garbage trucks.

Guam will soon have four new garbage trucks to help with trash pickup, while Layon landfill in Inalåhan is quickly filling up and will reach capacity by 2031, officials said. The Guam Solid Waste ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A driver was pulled from their truck and rushed to the hospital after a crash with a garbage truck in Portland on Friday morning, city fire and medical officials confirmed. According ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- A woman was hit and killed by a garbage truck in Orange County on Wednesday. Santa Ana police said the 50-year-old woman was decapitated and died at the scene. It happened ...

Three people, of which two were police officers and one a firefighter, were injured when a garbage truck exploded in a ...

A Bronx man who was clipped by a city garbage truck while crossing Bruckner Boulevard has won a whopping $50.7 million verdict from a jury. Video of the September 2021 incident shows construction ...

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A rumor that circulated online in November 2025 claimed a video authentically showed a sanitation worker named Samuel saving a crying newborn baby from being crushed in his garbage truck's compactor.