street cleaners

Municipal sanitation workers

Street cleaners are workers or machines that clean public roads and sidewalks, removing litter, debris, and dirt.

The term covers both municipal employees who sweep and collect trash and the specialized vehicles that brush and vacuum streets: The street cleaners come through every Tuesday morning.

In cities, street cleaning often requires moving parked cars on scheduled days.

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litter · wastes · trash · debris · leaf litter · broom · early morning · dawn patrol · garbage collectors · maintenance crews · debris removal · water trucks · public works · gutters · storm drains · public sanitation · public services · municipal workers

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cleanliness function

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Those who dump refuse

litterbugs · polluters · fly-tippers · vandals · graffiti artists

public order maintenance

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Willful property destroyers

rioters · looters

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