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The Department of Sanitation rolled out a prototype of a new garbage truck on Thursday. It will use side-loading to lift large, on-street containers that businesses are required to use.

Sacramento County is working on going green with fully electric automated side loaders. The county received $2 million dollars in grant to help pay for these trucks. See more in the video above.

Justin Turner and Danny Honor collect and toss garbage into a Racine garbage truck on Jan. 14, 2016, in the 1200 block of an alley between Blaine and Arthur avenues.

The trash is then compacted towards the rear of the truck. A Side Loader has only one operator who can lift the garbage can with the trucks automated lift.

The quick-thinking driver quickly dumped the load, in part, because the truck operates on compressed natural gas, which is potentially explosive. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The contract also calls for automated, side-loading garbage trucks. They are similar to the current recycling trucks, which only work with these 65-gallon bins.