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  2. Heil Environmental Industries - Wikipedia

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    Heil Environmental Industries, a subsidiary of Dover Corporation, [1] is a manufacturer of garbage and recycling trucks. For many decades, Heil Environmental has been the chief supplier of refuse and recycling equipment for the New York City Sanitation Department. [citation needed], which is the world's largest waste collection agency. The ...

  3. New York City Department of Sanitation - Wikipedia

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    1986: New York City hired two female sanitation workers. Initially they did only street-sweeping. Going with sanitation trucks began the following year. [12] 2003: Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid off 515 sanitation workers while seeking to "increase the length of runs by sanitation trucks – more trash per truck would lower costs" [13] [14]

  4. New York City waste management system - Wikipedia

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    New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) workers collecting garbage on 172nd Street in Manhattan in 1973. New York City's waste management system is a refuse removal system primarily run by the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY).

  5. Waste Management, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    These new garbage and recycling trucks comprise one of the nation's largest fleets of heavy-duty trucks powered exclusively by natural gas. [39] In November 2009, at Waste Management's Altamont Landfill, a new plant began producing 13,000 gallons a day of LNG fuel from methane gas from the landfill that had fueled an electric power plant since ...

  6. Winters Brothers - Wikipedia

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    Winters Bros. has a collection of over 200 vehicles, which include trucks for residential, commercial, industrial and construction pickups. Its normal trucks are equipped with robotic arms to collect trash bins and dumpsters without the need for workers to exit the vehicles.

  7. Browning-Ferris Industries - Wikipedia

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    BFI was founded in Houston, Texas.The company was initially known as American Refuse Systems, and it opened its first landfill in 1968. The company soon became the first waste hauler on the New York Stock Exchange, after purchasing the Browning-Ferris Machinery Company, and changing their name to Browning-Ferris Industries.

  8. Crane Carrier Company - Wikipedia

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    Crane Carrier Company (CCC) is a manufacturer that specializes in construction truck and garbage truck chassis. Located in New Philadelphia, Ohio, it was established by Robert Zeligson in 1946, along with the affiliated Zeligson Trucks. Since 2021, CCC has been owned by electric vehicle developer Battle Motors.

  9. Garbage scow - Wikipedia

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    The garbage scow Mobro 4000, which was given the nickname the "Gar-Barge", became notorious in 1987 for travelling between New York City and Belize trying unsuccessfully to get rid of a load of rubbish, ultimately incinerated in New York. Garbage scows have been used to covertly transport illegal substances in the US.