Cart-Based Automated and Semi-Automated Residential Refuse Collection
Donald F. Norris · Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium) · 1983
A relatively few years ago, a new technology for residential refuse collection was introduced in urban America. This was the automated collection of residential refuse using standardized roll-out containers, or carts and it occurred in 1969-1970 in Scottsdale, Arizona. In the years since, just over 300 communities in the United States--and I understand some in Canada as well--have implemented automated or semi-automated, cart-based residential refuse collection systems.