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Garbage truck
Truck designed to transport municipal solid waste / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Dump truck.
"Trash truck" redirects here. For the Netflix streaming television series, see Trash Truck (TV series).
A garbage truck is a truck specially designed to collect municipal solid waste and transport it to a solid waste treatment facility, such as a landfill, recycling center or transfer station. In Australia they are commonly called rubbish trucks, or garbage trucks, while in the U.K. dustbin lorry, rubbish lorry or bin lorry is commonly used. Other common names for this type of truck include trash truck in the United States, and refuse truck, dustcart, junk truck, bin wagon or bin van elsewhere. Technical names include waste collection vehicle and refuse collection vehicle (RCV). These trucks are a common sight in most urban areas.
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