100 years of the garbage truck

The garbage truck. Durable, strong - sometimes loud - but always true. Much like the people that make up this industry, the trash truck has stood the test of time.

Join Waste & Recycling News as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of this mechanical marvel. "100 Years of the Garbage Truck" publishes Oct. 15, 2012. This coffee-table edition will journey from its start as a flatbed vehicle to the invention of the compactor to today's automated sideloader.

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Some of the stories include:

• THE HELPER –
  Hanging onto the back of a rear loader is what most people think of when they think of a garbage man. A look at the helper job and how it may be vanishing as more trucks are automated and semi-automated.
• UNDER THE HOOD –
  Veteran mechanics talk about the guts of trucks, how they’ve changed, how reliability has changed and what they do to keep this vehicles on the road.
• CNG –
  What’s the percentage of CNG trash trucks on the road today? What will it be in 25 years? What cities have the largest CNG trash truck fleets?
• DEALERS –
  Who are the largest trash truck dealers in the U.S.? What’s the secret to their success? What do their customers like and dislike about today’s trash trucks?
• SAFETY –
  A look at the safety innovations of the trash truck. What are the biggest dangers on the road?
• WOMEN ON THE TRUCK –
  Women on the trash truck are still a rarity, but they bring a different perspective and approach to the still-tough job. What’s it like to be a woman in a what is still essentially a man’s world?
• THE INNOVATORS –
  Interviews with the patent holders of trash trucks and the devices that made them what they are today.
• WEDDING –
  A trash truck route supervisor in Arizona loves garbage trucks so much that he got married on one.
• MUSEUM –
  Waste Pro plans to open a museum for trash trucks in 2013. A similar museum already exists in Germany.
• THE MANUFACTURERS –
  Profiles of today’s and yesterday’s truck makers.

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