sanitation department
City waste bureau
A sanitation department is the municipal agency responsible for waste collection and disposal—garbage pickup, recycling programs, street cleaning, and sewage management.
In American cities, sanitation workers are the ones who empty your trash cans: The sanitation department comes on Tuesdays.
Also called the department of sanitation.
- garbage collectionScheduled waste removal service
- garbage truckVehicle collecting household waste
- disease preventionMeasures blocking illness onset
- recycling programsOrganized material recovery efforts
- sewer systemsUnderground waste conveyance networks
dumpsters · composting · maintenance crews · epidemic control · pest control · refuse trucks · sewage treatment · clean water access · public health · dirty jobs · health inspections · hazardous waste disposal · public restrooms · incineration · drainage systems · street cleaning · back alley · curb appeal
- government bodiesagency, bureau, legislature, ministry, judiciary
- NYC Governmentmayor, city council, comptroller, public advocate, city clerk
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- government workerscivil servants, federal workers, civil servant, bureaucrat, federal employees
- public facilitiespark, public park, fire station, police station, library
- government agenciesFBI, CIA, NASA, IRS, EPA
sanitation departmentwater department
Municipal utility bureau
water utility · fire department · police department · parks department · public works
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