A local NSW council has urged residents to stop disposing of batteries inside their red-lid bins after a garbage truck erupted in flames during its route last week. Truck drivers were completing their ...

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 ...

The humble garbage run is getting a high-tech overhaul. From robot trash haulers that arrive on demand to electric trucks designed to silence the morning clatter of diesel engines, waste collection is ...

The NSW government will halve the maximum e-bike power output allowed in the state, with the announcement coming as another rider died in a collision with a garbage truck in Sydney's CBD. Emergency ...