The city says, in order to meet the ongoing "service failures" caused by Waste Pro, it's leasing nine rear-loader garbage trucks. The city is also in the process of hiring people to operate those ...

A new company is taking over trash service earlier than expected in Kenner. Waste Pro will start pickups and take over for IV Waste.

What occurred is a resident did not realize that blue recycling bags are temporarily placed on the back of a rear-load garbage truck on garbage routes and then placed in a central location for ...

In 2018, Pecora noted that "rear-load trucks open from the rear to dump loads at a landfill." A seal prevents juice and other materials from coming out while the truck is moving.

A garbage truck accidentally dumped its load while on Interstate 10 in Leon County, but the mishap didn't cause any lane closures, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

City leaders said four rear-loader garbage trucks are actively picking up garbage in areas where verified collection is more than a week late.

Trash troubles could be coming to an end in Port St. Lucie. Beginning Monday, the city's new waste contractor, FCC Environmental Services, will officially take over for Waste Pro.

He said the same situation occurred in South Florida roughly three years ago with a Waste Pro front-loader garbage truck that picked up a dumpster filled with garbage and a human body.