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  2. Dumpster - Wikipedia

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    A dumpster is unloaded by a front-loading garbage truck. The main purpose of a dumpster is to store garbage until it is emptied by a garbage truck for disposal. [12] Dumpsters can be used for all kinds of waste, or for recycling purposes. Most dumpsters are emptied by front-loading garbage trucks.

  3. Roll-off (dumpster) - Wikipedia

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    There are three parts to roll-off dumpster pricing: dump rate, haul rate, and overage fees. Dumpster rental companies pay the landfill, transfer station, recycling center, or other type of disposal facility a fee to dump the customer's waste. Fees fluctuate from area to area and facility to facility.

  4. Garbage truck - Wikipedia

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    Front loaders generally service commercial and industrial businesses using large waste containers with lids known as Dumpsters in the US. [3] The truck is equipped with powered forks on the front which the driver carefully aligns with sleeves on the waste container using a joystick or a set of levers. The waste container is then lifted over the ...

  5. Dump truck - Wikipedia

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    In the United States most standard dump trucks have one front steering axle and one (4x2 [a] 4-wheeler) or two (6x4 6-wheeler) rear axles which typically have dual wheels on each side. Tandem rear axles are almost always powered, [b] front steering axles are also sometimes powered (4x4, 6x6). Unpowered axles are sometimes used to support extra ...

  6. List of waste management acronyms - Wikipedia

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    WM2 Technical Guidance WM2 Hazardous Waste: Interpretation of the definition and classification of hazardous waste; WMF Waste Management Facility; WML Waste Management Licence (replaced by Environmental Permits) WMP Waste Management Plan; WMPEG Waste Minimisation Performance and Efficiency Grant; WMS Waste Management Strategy

  7. Skip (container) - Wikipedia

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    An overfilled skip Flyover of 3D modeled satellite photos of a skip hire, Porthmadog, Wales A cantilever skip truck loads a skip. A skip (British English, Australian English, Hiberno-English and New Zealand English) (or skip bin) is a large open-topped waste container designed for loading onto a special type of lorry called a skip loader.

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  9. Glossary of the American trucking industry - Wikipedia

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    The use of the term "semi" in the name comes from the semi-trailer, a vehicle whose load is carried partly by its own axles and partly by the pulling vehicle, which is commonly included in tractor-trailer rigs. Straight truck A single vehicle, with no articulation. Normally 2 or 3 axles, sometimes with lift axles. Tractor-trailer See semi-truck.