Area residents will have to wait four to six weeks for their recycling collection to resume, and artificial intelligence and a new baler could help the city avoid a repeat, officials said.

Sidney Wildes has a long history in the baling equipment industry. “I’ve always built balers or sold them,” he says of his career, which began in 1977. Wildes was the owner of IPS Balers, Baxley, ...

Morgan County’s landfill has a new building housing a huge baler that will compact solid waste literally by the ton. The baler will put out bales weighing at least 2,000 pounds, possibly more, said ...