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2. Waste picker - Wikipedia

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   Waste picker. 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.

3. Waste collector - Wikipedia

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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 ...

4. New York City Department of Sanitation - Wikipedia

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   As the garbage on the streets of New York City accumulated to over 100,000 tons, negotiations between Lindsay and union leaders went poorly. Finally, on February 10, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller stepped in, offering a $425 wage increase, double-time pay for working on Sundays, and a 2.5 percent increase in pension funds, [ 24 ] which ...

5. It's Earth Day. Here are 6 tips for keeping yourself — and ...

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   This will “reduce your carbon footprint and in turn increase your own activity level.”. “ Walking has so many health benefits for people of all ages and all fitness levels,” she says ...

6. History of waste management - Wikipedia

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   Similar municipal systems of waste disposal sprung up at the turn of the 20th century in other large cities of Europe and North America. In 1895, New York City became the first U.S. city with public-sector garbage management. [19] Early garbage removal trucks were simply open bodied dump trucks pulled by a team of horses.

7. List of Dirty Jobs episodes - Wikipedia

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   Revisit of jobs that are "eco-friendly": Garbage collector ("Chinatown Garbage Collector"), incinerator for trash from international flights ("Cave Digger"), garbage removal from sinkhole ("Wind Farm Technician"), recycling Mississippi River barge ("Steel Mill Worker"), cleaning up diesel spill ("Ice Salvage Crew"), removing underground fuel ...