A Louisiana man sleeping in a dumpster while seeking shelter from the cold was crushed to death when a garbage truck loaded the container into its compactor. Jermaine Watts, 42, of Hammond, was found ...

Firefighters in Buena Park in the US state of California had to rescue a woman from a garbage truck. The woman had been sleeping in a dumpster and was taken by surprise.

This is the harrowing moment an oxygen tank explodes inside a garbage truck as a bin collector makes a narrow escape. The worker had a very close call when the oxygen tank, which was illegally placed ...

When it comes to managing kitchen waste, the garbage disposal often seems like a miraculous assistant. However, treating it as a catch-all for every leftover or scrap can lead to some expensive ...

Many of us take our garbage disposal for granted, but when it stops working, it can shut down most kitchen tasks. We depend on this contraption to help break down a variety of soft food items when ...

Trash is piling up in Garden Grove, California - one of the communities affected by the strikes Garbage bags overflowing in dumpsters. Flies buzzing in the air. Malodorous fumes wafting in the summer ...

Learning to clean a garbage disposal was a rite of passage for me. I graduated high school, moved away from home and was suddenly faced with this grimy, potentially dangerous kitchen appliance at the ...

A homeless man thought to be keeping warm inside a dumpster was crushed to death inside a garbage truck which investigators believe he was emptied out into. The body of Lee Roy Stewart, 58, was found ...