Equipment for the collection and discharge of material, comprising: - a vehicle movable on wheels and having a bearing frame which has a front portion, turned towards the side of advancement direction of the vehicle itself along its running direction, two lateral portions, next to said front portion, and a rear portion opposed to the front portion itself; - at least a container for the collection of material which can be positioned on said frame; - sliding means of said container with respect to said frame on the side of at least one of said lateral portions, where said sliding means are able to displace the container itself to a load/discharge position arranged outside of the lateral space defined by said frame and comprise at least two guide elements (7a, 7b) associated with said frame at said front portion and said rear portion, respectively and which extend at least along a sliding direction and at least two gripping elements able to engage with said container and associated in a sliding manner with a respective guide element (7a, 7b); - actuator means which can be operated to support independently the container itself in said load/discharge position; where each of said guide elements (7a, 7b) comprises a respective fixed first section, which extends along said sliding direction, and a pair of second sections associated with said first section on opposite sides of the same and movable in rotation between a rest position, in which they are arranged transversally to the first section itself, and a work position, in which they are aligned to said first section along said sliding direction, the second sections of each of said guide elements (7a, 7b) being able to allow the displacement of said gripping elements along both ways of said sliding direction, where said sliding means comprise activation means of the displacement of said gripping element along the respective guide element (7a, 7b) and characterized in that said activation means comprise motor means associated with said gripping element and able to operate in rotation a respective gear wheel which engages with a corresponding rack extending along said guide element (7a, 7b). - a vehicle movable on wheels and having a bearing frame which has a front portion, turned towards the side of advancement direction of the vehicle itself along its running direction, two lateral portions, next to said front portion, and a rear portion opposed to the front portion itself; - at least a container for the collection of material which can be positioned on said frame; - sliding means of said container with respect to said frame on the side of at least one of said lateral portions, where said sliding means are able to displace the container itself to a load/discharge position arranged outside of the lateral space defined by said frame and comprise at least two guide elements (7a, 7b) associated with said frame at said front portion and said rear portion, respectively and which extend at least along a sliding direction and at least two gripping elements able to engage with said container and associated in a sliding manner with a respective guide element (7a, 7b); - actuator means which can be operated to support independently the container itself in said load/discharge position;