City of Roses Disposal & Recycling and Portland General Electric set to publicly unveil the state's first all-electric garbage truck. July 18, 2025.

With just a few squeaks, the Peterbilt 520 EV – Oregon’s first fully electric garbage truck – glided onto the streets of outer Northeast Portland to make a test run on a night route.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's first all-electric garbage truck will hit the streets this month. According to COR Disposal and Recycling, the truck will bring quieter collections, cleaner air, and ...

James Conner, a driver with COR Disposal & Recycling, makes final checks in the cabin of the Peterbilt 520 EV Oregon s first fully electric garbage truck before taking it out on a test run in ...

When you’re ready to bid adieu to food waste, run cold water, turn on the garbage disposal, slowly feed in small food scraps and then let the water continue to run until the whirring slows to a ...

You wouldn't expect a 29,000lb truck to feel "smooth" or "fast", but with a 400kWh battery and 570 electric horsepower, here we are.

Forty of the new electric refuse trucks are expected to be deployed by the end of November, with the balance expected to be delivered over the course of 2025. Electrek’s Take Mitsubishi Fuso ...

One surprising food you shouldn’t put down the garbage disposal is oatmeal. Although the chunky breakfast food may seem to go through the disposal process easily enough when it’s wet, it can damage ...

Horsepower. A garbage disposal’s job is to grind food waste into pieces small enough to pass through your plumbing. The most important choice you will make is the motor’s horsepower (hp).