page_title: Waste collector
hierarchical_section_title: Waste collector
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Éboueurs officiant sur la Place des Prêcheurs à Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, France).
context_page_description: A waste collector, also known as a dustman, binman, garbageman or trashman, is a person employed by a public or private enterprise to collect and dispose of municipal solid waste and recyclables from residential, commercial, industrial or other collection sites for further processing and waste disposal. The first known waste collectors were said to come from Britain in the 1350s, coinciding with the Black Plague and were called "rakers." Specialized waste collection vehicles featuring an array of automated functions are often deployed to assist waste collectors in reducing collection and transport time and for protection from exposure. Waste and recycling pickup work is physically demanding and usually exposes workers to an occupational hazard.
  A related occupation is that of a sanitation worker who operates and maintains sanitation technology.
context_section_description: A waste collector, also known as a dustman, binman (in the UK), garbageman or trashman (in the United States), is a person employed by a public or private enterprise to collect and dispose of municipal solid waste (refuse) and recyclables from residential, commercial, industrial or other collection sites for further processing and waste disposal. The first known waste collectors were said to come from Britain in the 1350s, coinciding with the Black Plague and were called "rakers." Specialized waste collection vehicles (also known as garbage trucks in the US, dustbin lorries in the UK) featuring an array of automated functions are often deployed to assist waste collectors in reducing collection and transport time and for protection from exposure. Waste and recycling pickup work is physically demanding and usually exposes workers to an occupational hazard.
  A related occupation is that of a sanitation worker who operates and maintains sanitation technology.
caption: Waste collectors in Aix-en-Provence, France
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