Clavin & Town Board Preview NYC Department of Sanitation’s Mack LR Electric Garbage Truck. Photo: Town of Hempstead. Long Islanders know the sound well. Garbage trucks rumbling down the road to pick up the trash usually twice a week. The day is coming when these sanitation vehicles will silently slide up to your house to remove your garbage, all with zero emissions and actually reducing air pollution. That day is closer than you think thanks to a pilot program in Hempstead Town, which touts theirs as the first on Long Island to use electric garbage trucks in their fleet. It is a part ...