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  1. Overview

    A garbage truck is a truck specially designed to collect municipal solid waste and transport it to a See more

    Garbage truck - Wikipedia

    • Other common names for this type of truck include trash truck in the United States, and refuse truck, dustcart, junk truck, bin wagon or bin van elsewhere. Technical names include waste collection vehicle and refuse collection vehicle (RCV). See more

    History

    Wagons and other means had been used for centuries to haul away solid waste. Among the first self-propelled garbage trucks were those ordered by Chiswick District Council from the Thornycroft Steam Wagon an… See more

    Types

    Front loaders generally service commercial and industrial businesses using large waste containers with lids known as Dumpsters in the US. The truck is equipped with powered forks on the front which the driver carefully aligns with … See more

    Image gallery

    • An automated side loader garbage truck in Canberra, Australia
    • Automated garbage collection in Aardenbrg, Netherlands
    • Automated side loader in operation on an Autocar truck chassis … See more

    Specialized garbage trucks

    Split body trucks are garbage trucks that have two collection compartments, one on the left side of the truck and the other on the right side of the truck. This is used to separate the materials that are not supposed t… See more

    Bin tipper

    A bin tipper is a machine which mechanically lifts and inverts bins for the purpose of emptying them. They are often components of larger machines such as garbage trucks, or can be 'standalone' or mobile units. Bin tippers usu… See more

     
  1. Dictionary
    dust·cart
    [ˈdʌs(t)kɑːt]
    noun
    BRITISH ENGLISH
    dustcart (noun) · dustcarts (plural noun) · dust-cart (noun) · dust-carts (plural noun)
    1. a vehicle used for collecting household refuse.
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