waste collection
Trash removal service
Waste collection is the organized removal of garbage, recycling, and other refuse from homes and businesses.
The term appears in municipal contexts and service contracts: The city handles waste collection on Tuesdays.
Also called garbage collection or trash pickup.
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- rubbishWaste or nonsense
- garbage dayScheduled waste collection time
- garbage truckVehicle collecting household waste
- dump truckHinged-bed hauling vehicle
garbage man · sanitation workers · dustmen · landfill · refuse disposal · dustcart · bin lorry · litter · street sweeper · refuse · wheelie bin · green bin · dumpster · bags · pickup · hauling · trucks · early morning
- sanitationsewage, sewers, cleaning, sewer, disinfecting
- waste managementtrash, garbage, rubbish, refuse, litter
- municipal servicescity services, municipal services, municipal workers, city departments, street lighting
- council servicesrecycling, street cleaning, housing, social care, planning
- municipal supplywater, electricity, gas, sewage, trash
- UK Public SectorNHS, Home Office, MOD, DWP, Foreign Office
waste collectiondelivery
Conveyance of goods
distribution · mail delivery · package delivery · supply · goods delivery
waste collectionproduction
Making or generating something
manufacturing · resource extraction · fabrication · creation
waste collectionrecycling
Reprocessing used materials
waste prevention · reuse · upcycling · conservation · waste reduction
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