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New Bedford's new trash collection system begins next month, but the trash carts needed for that program are being delivered to residents now. Ken Blanchard of the Department of Facilities and Fleet Management tells WBSM News, the cart deliveries began Monday in the far North End...

Increased recycling is one of the goals of the new trash collection system going into effect this summer in New Bedford.  New, environmentally-friendly trucks with automated arms will be used to lift trash carts containing garbage and recyclables into an on-board compactor...

Mayor Jon Mitchell and ABC Disposal are touting the new trash collection program to start this summer in New Bedford.   During a press briefing Friday in the North End, ABC Disposal demonstrated the new automated process where a trash truck with a mechanized arm picks up trash bins and empties them into the truck...

A new ten year, $47 million contract for ABC Disposal of New Bedford, to serve as the city's primary trash disposal firm.  As part of the deal, ABC will introduce a new automated trash collection system in July, 2014.  All residential properties will receive at least two, 65-gallon carts on wheels, one for trash and one for recyclables.  A...

A new technology turning trash into energy is being developed here on the Southcoast.