dustcarts

Garbage collection vehicles

Dustcarts are British garbage trucks—vehicles that collect household waste.

The term comes from an older sense of dust meaning refuse or ash.

Americans say garbage truck or trash truck; Britons say dustcart or bin lorry.

The dustcarts come round on Tuesday mornings.

vehicle

bin lorry

Waste collection vehicle

trash compactor · street cleaner · dump truck · waste collector · garbage collector · compactor · tipper · flatbed · cab · chassis

sanitation

refuse

Reject or garbage

trash · collection · disposal · binmen · cleansing · landfill · incineration · detritus · litter · muck

municipal

council

Advisory deliberative group

depots · crews · workers · uniforms · early morning · weekly · curbside · neighborhoods · residential · commercial

urban

alleyways

Narrow urban passages

pedestrians · commuters · bustle · kerbs · back lanes · high streets · estates · terraces · cul-de-sacs · driveways

Opposites
waste management function

dustcartsdelivery trucks

Vehicles transporting shipped goods

delivery vans · supply trucks · moving vans · ice cream vans · mail trucks

cleanliness/order

dustcartsdump trucks

Vehicles with tipping beds

cement mixers

Family

dustcart

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G