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From robotic trucks to smart bins: How technology is helping cities sort their waste problem

This would be an opportunity to build more sustainable waste management in the UK's second largest city and beyond. Advances in robotics and AI are making automated refuse collection a reality, for ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers

A Waste Management truck uses a mechanical arm to pick up a garbage container

A Waste Management truck uses a mechanical arm to pick up a garbage container July 13, 2023, south of Vero Beach, Florida, in Indian River County ...
The Herald-Mail

New Waste Management truck with mechanical arm on Hagerstown trash routes

A new Waste Management truck, with a mechanical arm, grabs new trash cans in Hagerstown's West End on Oct. 8, 2024.
abc13

Houston Solid Waste Management says it's adding new trucks in aim to improve trash pickup

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The city of Houston is expanding its solid waste department fleet, and they say the goal is to improve trash collection times for you. Houston Solid Waste Management Director ...
The Conversation

From robotic trucks to smart bins: how technology is helping cities sort their waste problem

Since early January 2025, residents of Birmingham in the UK have been caught in the dispute between the city council and the Unite union over pay, terms and conditions for waste and recycling ...