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City of Houston, Solid Waste Management unveil new recycling truck fleet to help with pickup delays

Mayor John Whitmire and Houston's Solid Waste Management Department unveiled nine new recycling trucks on Monday as part of a ...

'About time’: Houstonians react to long-awaited trash truck rollout

"About [damn] time," one commenter wrote on Mayor Whitmire's X post announcing the truck rollout. While another user attached ...

‘First step forward’ | Houston rolls out new recycling trucks after weeks of frustration

Houston rolled out nine new recycling trucks to ease service delays, and Mayor Whitmire is pushing for a recycling fee to ...

Nine new trucks hit Houston streets, but there’s more on the way

Houston rolled out nine new recycling trucks to ease service delays, and Mayor Whitmire is pushing for a recycling fee to ...
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Driver Perishes as Tanker Truck Ignites on Highway 90 in Southwest Houston, Firefighter Hospitalized

Tanker truck fire on Houston's SH-90 results in driver's death and closures; firefighter hospitalized with heat exhaustion.
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New Houston solid waste trucks going into service to improve pickups, city says

The City of Houston's newest recycling trucks are now out on the streets, about a month after the city council approved $12.4 million for the Solid Waste Department, following pickup delays.

Tanker explosion in southwest Houston kills driver and shuts down US-90

A tanker truck caught fire Saturday morning on the US-90 Alternate entrance ramp at Fondren, according to the Houston Fire ...