A garbage truck driver from Commerce City is the best small container truck driver in the country after winning the 2025 ROAD-EO National Championship.

The competition consisted of navigating a timed course requiring parallel parking, alley backing and a serpentine course.

A garbage truck driver from Commerce City is the best small container truck driver in the country after winning the 2025 ROAD-EO National Championship.

Re “Facing sticker shock from residents, San Diego council members defend trash pickup pricing plan” (Feb. 14): I am confused. Every week a trash truck comes by to take our trash to the dump.

Ron Torrez, a garbage truck driver who patrols Commerce City ... Commerce City, Colo. — small container CJ Hines, Sandusky, Ohio. — rear-lord Eduardo Lopez, Chula Vista, Calif.

(AP Photo/Jack Brook) Waves of trash that included cans ... into the piles and dump them into trucks capable of bearing 40,000 pounds of waste at a time. Small teams on foot armed with brooms ...

“It is not reasonable to compare our costs to small, compact cities,” said ... noting that San Diego had recently bought dozens of trash trucks and hired many new drivers to comply with ...

It put a strain on the small city’s resources ... Imagine you’re driving a garbage truck for Forest Acres. You’re driving down a residential street and the three houses on your left are ...

North Royalton’s garbage collector ... Also, council heard that the mechanical arms on recycling trucks were crushing lighter cans used by some residents. The arms are designed to lift heavier ...