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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 ...
Garbage Man may refer to: a waste collector, a person who goes to houses and businesses to collect waste and take it to a landfill, incinerator, ...
Scavenging in Jakarta, Indonesia. A waste picker 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.
In his 14 years working as a garbage man, Don Gardner never thought he’d find himself in the spotlight for a simple act of respect. (Scripps News Salt Lake City)
Deacon Ross used to wait outside every Friday for his neighborhood garbage collector, who he calls O'Dee, to swing by.
Rag-and-bone man in Paris in 1899 (Photo Eugène Atget). In the UK, 19th-century rag-and-bone men scavenged unwanted rags, bones, metal and other waste from the towns and cities in which they lived. [8]
Sean was just hours old when he was left inside a dirty garbage dumpster to die. "I was a mistake that wasn't supposed to be here," said Sean. "I was somebody's unwanted, garbage."
Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986) [1] was an American actor and musician. He is known for playing Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man, and Dick Hallorann in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980).