Approximately 180 students learned the ins and outs of residential solid waste collection and automated pickup. Multiple sanitation trucks were brought out, with tutorials on garbage packing and various truck components and operations; longtime sanitation supervisor Bobby Black, sanitation driver Donterrell Parker, and senior maintenance mechanic Jacob Hood were on hand, across morning and afternoon sessions. The City's Sanitation Division does public outreach for a number of other schools in the area, as well.

Zephyrhills Sanitation Division supervisor Bobby Black answers questions from Jordan Vallee, an 11th grader at The Broach School in Zephyrhills. A demonstration is given on automated garbage truck pickup. Zephyrhills Sanitation driver Donterrell Parker navigates behind the wheel. Zephyrhills Sanitation Division Supervisor Bobby Black explains the use and purpose of an automated garbage truck, for students at The Broach School in Zephyrhills.

Zephyrhills Sanitation Division Supervisor Bobby Black and The Broach School students take an up-close look at a rear-load garbage truck. A demonstration is given on a Curotto-Can automated front load garbage truck. Zephyrhills Sanitation driver Donterrell Parker is behind the wheel. Jordan Vallee, an 11th grader at The Broach School, readies to honk the horn of a Zephyrhills Sanitation truck. Photos and story by Kevin Weiss, Public Information Officer, City of Zephyrhills.