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Many terms are used to refer to people who salvage recyclables from the waste stream for sale or personal consumption. In English, these terms include rag picker, reclaimer, informal resource recoverer, binner, recycler, poacher, salvager, scavenger, and waste picker; in Spanish cartonero, chatarrero, pepenador, clasificador, minador and reciclador; and in Portuguese catador de materiais ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 December 2024. Classified advertisements website Craigslist Inc. Logo used since 1995 Screenshot of the main page on January 26, 2008 Type of business Private Type of site Classifieds, forums Available in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese Founded 1995 ; 29 years ago (1995 ...
Municipal solid waste (MSW), commonly known as trash or garbage in the United States and rubbish in Britain, is a waste type consisting of everyday items that are discarded by the public. "Garbage" can also refer specifically to food waste, as in a garbage disposal; the two are sometimes collected separately. In the European Union, the semantic ...
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.
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 ...
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The penultimate College Football Playoff rankings will be released Tuesday. Our projection of how the top 10 will look ahead of championship weekend.