On Houston City Council approved more trucks for the department. This comes at a time when Solid Waste acknowledged delays with recycling pickup.

We've been reporting on delays and trash and recycling pickups for weeks. Today, the city did something about it.

The City of Houston’s Solid Waste Management Department is asking for $12.5 million to purchase 25 new garbage and recycling trucks, a move officials hope will finally get collection services back on ...

Houston's new Solid Waste director told council members that the department's fleet was breaking rapidly, with around 50 trucks experiencing problems daily.