garbageman
Weekly curbside visitor
A garbageman is a worker who collects and hauls away household trash.
The term is giving way to more formal alternatives like sanitation worker or waste collector: The garbagemen come on Tuesdays.
Also spelled as two words: garbage man.
One who removes waste
- binmanRubbish collection worker
- sanitation workerWaste removal employee
- waste collectorPerson collecting refuse
- haulerOne who transports cargo
sanitary engineer · route driver · junk remover · street cleaner
Small open-bed truck
- collectionGathered set of items
- routePath from A to B
- curbsideAdjacent to the street
- early morningFirst hours of day
weekly · schedule · rounds · haul · lift · dump · sort · residential
Discarded worthless material
- refuseReject or garbage
- rubbishWaste or nonsense
- litterScattered waste or debris
- debrisScattered broken fragments
junk · recyclables · compost · yard waste · organic waste · landfill · disposal · discards
Commercial refuse container
- binStorage or disposal vessel
- trash canContainer for refuse
- compactorMachine that compresses materials
- glovesHand coverings with fingers
uniform · safety vest · boots · recycling bin · hydraulic lift · hopper · tongs · grabber
Vital occupation holder
- blue collarManual labor workforce
- unsung heroOne whose contributions go unnoticed
- tippingPaying beyond the bill
- holiday bonusSeasonal employer payment
weather conditions · Oscar the Grouch · early riser · uniform · work ethic · public health · community service
trash collector
One who removes waste
- binmanRubbish collection worker
- sanitation workerWaste removal employee
- waste collectorPerson collecting refuse
hauler · sanitary engineer · route driver · junk remover · street cleaner
pickup
Small open-bed truck
- collectionGathered set of items
- routePath from A to B
- curbsideAdjacent to the street
early morning · weekly · schedule · rounds · haul · lift · dump · sort · residential · commercial
trash
Discarded worthless material
debris · junk · recyclables · compost · yard waste · organic waste · landfill · disposal · discards · scraps
dumpster
Commercial refuse container
- binStorage or disposal vessel
- trash canContainer for refuse
- compactorMachine that compresses materials
gloves · uniform · safety vest · boots · recycling bin · hydraulic lift · hopper · tongs · grabber · front loader
essential worker
Vital occupation holder
- blue collarManual labor workforce
- unsung heroOne whose contributions go unnoticed
- tippingPaying beyond the bill
holiday bonus · weather conditions · Oscar the Grouch · early riser · uniform · work ethic · public health · community service
- garbage workersroute driver, helper, binman, refuse collector, sanitation engineer
- job slangcop, doc, medic, cabbie, barista
- sanitation jobssanitation worker, refuse collector, trash collector, waste collector, rubbish collector
garbagemandelivery driver
One who transports goods
mailman · postman · deliveryman · courier · UPS driver
garbagemanmanufacturer
One who produces goods
producer · factory worker · craftsman · maker · artisan