binmen
Curbside waste haulers
Binmen is the British term for garbage collectors—workers who empty household rubbish bins into collection trucks.
The singular binman is less common, as the job typically involves crews: The binmen come on Thursdays.
Americans say garbage men or sanitation workers.
Waste or nonsense
- garbageDiscarded waste material
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- wasteUnwanted discarded material
- refuseReject or garbage
bins · dumpsters · wheelie bins · black bags · kerbside · pickup · rounds · lorry
Practices maintaining cleanliness
- cleanlinessAbsence of dirt
- disposalAct of throwing away
- landfillWaste burial ground
- incinerationBurning waste to ash
waste management · public health · odour · vermin · contamination · hazardous · sanitary · pollution
Arranging into sequence
- plasticsMoldable petroleum-based materials
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- metalsLustrous conductive elements
- paperPressed pulp for writing
cardboard · compost · recyclables · separation · green bins · blue bins · sustainability · reuse
Working team aboard
- collectorsThose who systematically acquire
- uniformsStandardized institutional clothing
- hi-visReflective safety wear
- glovesHand coverings with fingers
early shift · rounds · wages · strikes · essential workers · manual labour · team · municipal employees
rubbish
Waste or nonsense
refuse · bins · dumpsters · wheelie bins · black bags · kerbside · pickup · rounds · lorry · truck
hygiene
Practices maintaining cleanliness
- cleanlinessAbsence of dirt
- disposalAct of throwing away
- landfillWaste burial ground
incineration · waste management · public health · odour · vermin · contamination · hazardous · sanitary · pollution · litter
sorting
Arranging into sequence
- plasticsMoldable petroleum-based materials
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- metalsLustrous conductive elements
paper · cardboard · compost · recyclables · separation · green bins · blue bins · sustainability · reuse · reduce
crew
Working team aboard
- collectorsThose who systematically acquire
- uniformsStandardized institutional clothing
- hi-visReflective safety wear
gloves · early shift · rounds · wages · strikes · essential workers · manual labour · team · municipal employees
binmenpostmen
Those who deliver letters
milkmen · couriers · suppliers · distributors · stockists
binmenlitterers
Those who dump refuse
fly-tippers · dumpers · polluters · vandals · litterbugs