Tacoma residents with contaminated recycling will be notified of the exact mistake with a personalized postcard, according to the city. Tacoma officials will use an artificial intelligence-powered ...

An explosion in the back of a garbage truck left the vehicle smoldering in Tacoma on Wednesday. Firefighters were dispatched at 8:57 a.m. to the 3900 block of South 74th Street for a garbage truck on ...

The pilot program is over. Now it’s the real deal in Tacoma. Every other week garbage collection begins March 11. The city has been testing the idea for nearly two years, and now it’s going to roll it ...

The city of Tacoma, Washington, has launched a two-year pilot project in partnership with Prairie Robotics, Regina, Saskatchewan, to help reduce contamination in the residential recycling stream.

Tacoma officials will use an artificial intelligence-powered camera in a new pilot program that will identify contaminated items in the city’s curbside recycling program to educate residents about ...