New Horizons

摘要

Throughout the market, municipal solid waste (MSW) collection vehicle manufacturers are offering various cutting-edge technologies and hint at possible changes that may translate from "science fiction" to reality. Bill Steiner, director of the Portage County (Ohio) Solid Waste Management District, believes changes in collection vehicles need to be based on input from the people driving the trucks. "At the director level, it's my job to make sure we get the trucks, they work well, and they're the best value for the money we've spent. But I don't drive them," he points out. "I get to know what they like and don't like, and what we can do to make their jobs at lot easier."