Assembly for collecting and removing waste, in particular household waste, in urban and suburban zones, with the unit comprising at least: - a tank for storing waste, with the tank having at least one opening for receiving this waste; - a first vehicle whereon the tank is removably arranged, characterised in that the unit further comprises: - a container able to simultaneously receive a plurality of tanks to be emptied, with the container comprising lateral walls (21, 22, 23, 24) and a bottom; - means for transferring the tank from the first vehicle into the container, and inversely; - means for locking, arranged on a wall of the container, in order to reversibly lock the tank to the container; - a second vehicle, heavier and more voluminous than the first vehicle, whereon is mounted the container in a removable manner, when it contains several full tanks, in order to then displace it to a zone for unloading waste; and - first means for tipping for tipping the tank, then locked to the container, in order to empty the tank outside of the container, either through the receiving opening, or via another opening of the tank, with the emptying being carried out via tipping: -- of the tank with regards to the container, -- and/or of the container, with the means for transferring comprising: - a support for the tank mounted mobile on the first vehicle between a position, forward on the vehicle, for filling the tank with waste via said opening for receiving and a position, pulled back and overhanging with respect to the first vehicle, for transferring the tank to the container, and - second means for tipping mounted partially on the first means for tipping and on the container, in order to tip the tank, in pulled back overhanging position. - a tank for storing waste, with the tank having at least one opening for receiving this waste; - a first vehicle whereon the tank is removably arranged, - a container able to simultaneously receive a plurality of tanks to be emptied, with the container comprising lateral walls (21, 22, 23, 24) and a bottom; - means for transferring the tank from the first vehicle into the container, and inversely; - means for locking, arranged on a wall of the container, in order to reversibly lock the tank to the container; - a second vehicle, heavier and more voluminous than the first vehicle, whereon is mounted the container in a removable manner, when it contains several full tanks, in order to then displace it to a zone for unloading waste; and - first means for tipping for tipping the tank, then locked to the container, in order to empty the tank outside of the container, either through the receiving opening, or via another opening of the tank, with the emptying being carried out via tipping: -- of the tank with regards to the container, -- and/or of the container, -- of the tank with regards to the container, -- and/or of the container, - a support for the tank mounted mobile on the first vehicle between a position, forward on the vehicle, for filling the tank with waste via said opening for receiving and a position, pulled back and overhanging with respect to the first vehicle, for transferring the tank to the container, and - second means for tipping mounted partially on the first means for tipping and on the container, in order to tip the tank, in pulled back overhanging position.