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A waste picker also known as waste collector or garbage collector is a person who salvages reusable or recyclable materials thrown away by others to sell or for personal consumption. [1] There are millions of waste pickers worldwide, predominantly in developing countries , but increasingly in post-industrial countries as well.
A garbage truck is a truck specially designed to collect municipal solid waste and transport it to a solid waste treatment facility, such as a landfill, recycling center or transfer station. In Australia they are commonly called rubbish trucks , or garbage trucks, while in the U.K. dustbin lorry , rubbish lorry or bin lorry is commonly used.
Waste collectors in Aix-en-Provence, France. A waste collector, also known as a garbage man, garbage collector, trashman (in the U.S), binman or dustman (in the UK), is a person employed by a public or private enterprise to collect and dispose of municipal solid waste (refuse) and recyclables from residential, commercial, industrial or other collection sites for further processing and waste ...
A specialized trash collection truck providing regular municipal trash collection in a neighborhood in Stockholm, Sweden Waste pickers burning e-waste in Agbogbloshie, a site near Accra in Ghana that processes large volumes of international electronic waste. The pickers burn the plastics off of materials and collect the metals for recycling ...
A typical Canadian 1-800-GOT-JUNK? vehicle in Ontario. RBDS Rubbish Boys Disposal Service Inc. (doing business as 1-800-GOT-JUNK?) is a Canadian franchised residential and commercial junk removal company operating in the United States, Canada, and Australia. [2]
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Waste pickers at a landfill in Jakarta, Indonesia. The ragpicker's trade was known in Europe, particularly in France and Italy, until the 1960s. [2] There are municipalities, for example Gambettola in northern Italy, where the inhabitants have made a fortune from the recovery of old things and perpetuate this ancient profession by recovering metals for the steel industry.
Allied Waste Industries: 1988-2008 Arizona USA: 6.230 (2007) Biffa: 1912 High Wycombe United Kingdom: 2.794 1.163 (2020) Bingo Industries: 2017 Sydney Australia: 340 36 (2019) Biogen UK: 2005 Milton Ernest United Kingdom: 25.8 (2020) Browning-Ferris Industries: 1968-1999 Texas USA: Casella Waste Systems: 1975 Rutland USA: 660 (2018) Cleanaway ...