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Garbage truck facts for kids

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US Garbage Truck
A front-loading garbage truck in San Jose, California
Refuse truck collecting refuse in Aardenburg April 2009
A side-loading garbage truck in Aardenburg, The Netherlands
Collecte des ordures à Boinville-le-Gaillard 2 (cropped)
A back-loading garbage truck in Boinville-le-Gaillard, France

Garbage truck also known as dustcart, rubbish truck, dustbin lorry, bin lorry is a truck made to collect waste and then take it to a waste site such as a landfill. Garbage trucks can collect waste from the front, side or back of the truck.

Images for kids

  • Scaniafrontloader

    A Scania front loader

  • SteamDust-Cart1897

    Thornycroft Steam Dust-Cart of 1897 with tipper body

  • Rear steer waste collection vehicle photo

    RS-3 Lightning Rear Steer truck

  • Tømning af vippecontainer

    14.5 m3 rear load container serviced in Copenhagen

  • Recology Lodal Garbage Truck 14425 in San Francisco

    A Lōdal Evo T-28 manual side loader

  • Mountain View Waste Collection 1

    A WhiteGMC WXLL/Heil Python automated side loader. Note the collection of two containers, as opposed to one.

  • EDCO1side loader

    An EDCO McNeilus automated side loader collecting trash in Vista, California.

  • Skraldesuger

    Volvo pneumatic collector used for "waste suction"

  • Grapple truck

    Grapple truck

  • Canberra ASL-08

    An automated side loader garbage truck in Canberra, Australia

  • Pojazd specjalny odbierajacy odpady zmieszane w 60-tysięcznym Tomaszowie Mazowieckim, w województwie łódzkim

    Garbage truck in a medium-sized city Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland

  • EDCO1side loader

    An EDCO Heil automated side loader collecting trash in Vista, California, US.

  • Garbage truck KAMAZ on the streets of Ulan-Ude

    Garbage truck KAMAZ on the streets of Ulan-Ude

  • KolkataTrash

    A garbage truck in Kolkata intricately decorated with Indian truck art

See also

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