Man shot dead in Brooklyn had learned to walk again as boy after foot severed by trash compactor

Thomas Little’s life story was once one of triumphant persistence only to be replaced by the too-common tale of imprisonment ...

Man Inside Recycling Dumpster Got Tossed into a Garbage Truck. He Was Rescued After Screaming for Help from the Compactor

The reason the man was inside the dumpster is still unknown and under investigation ...

Broken trash compactor leaves GA neighborhood with smelly garbage pile

A broken trash compactor has left one Georgia neighborhood piled under garbage - One resident claimed that the community has ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

Man found trapped in a garbage truck compactor

MADISON COUNTY, Ill. – A man was rescued early Wednesday morning after being trapped inside the compactor of a garbage truck in Madison County. According to a social media post from the Hartford Fire ...

Trash compactor catches fire in unincorporated Plainfield: Oswego FD

A report of an explosion brought Oswego firefighters out to a Groot plant Tuesday in unincorporated Plainfield, officials ...
Kitsap Sun

Aging compactor at county's transfer station continues to force closures

Kitsap County's Olympic View Transfer Station is getting some upgrades this August after issues with a garbage compactor has led to closures and garbage overflow, and even caused the facility to ...