A waste collector is a person employed by a public or private enterprise to collect and remove discarded refuse and recyclables from residential, commercial, industrial or other collection site for further processing and disposal. Specialised 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.

Hazards

Waste collectors are exposed to many on-the-job hazards, such as chemical burns, disposable needles, broken glass, falling objects from overloaded containers, diseases that may accompany solid waste, asbestos, dog-attacks, pests (ants, flies), dust, inclement weather, traffic and foul odours.

Regional colloquialisms

Australia

• Garbo
• Garbologist

British Isles

• Dustbin man
• Bin man
• Dustman
• Refuse collector

North America

• Garbage man
• Garbage collector
• Trash collector
• Sanitation engineer (illegal)

Notable waste collectors

Former waste collectors

• Oscar "garbageface" Johnson - Vocalist
• Michael Carroll - National Lottery winner
• Mike Droese - Wrestler
• Richard Leiterman - Cinematographer
• Steve Hutchins - Politician
• Nathan Rees - Politician, Premier of New South WalesFictional waste collectors
• Carl (Charlie Sheen) & James (Emilio Estevez) from the 1990 film Men At Work
• Louie Wilson (Scatman Crothers) of Chico and the Man
• Garbageman - From Dilbert
• Garbageman - From Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Nicodemus (Noddy) Boffin, aka the Golden Dustman, in Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend, probably based on Henry Dodd, a ploughboy who made his fortune removing London's rubbish.
• The children's song/nursery rhyme - "My old mans a dustman, he wears a dustmans hat. he wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat"
• The films Blood Feast, Scanners III: The Takeover and Child's Play 3 all feature minor characters being murdered with refuse trucks.

See also

• Beach cleaner
• Litter
• Waste
• Waste management
• Memphis Sanitation Strike

References

• Labor Market Information Division California Occupational Guide Number 460: Mechanical - Skilled Occupations: Refuse Collectors. State of California, Employment Development Department. Retrieved on 2008-05-28..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_top_prize_winners_in_Who_Wants_to_Be_a_Millionaire%3F#United_Kingdom

A waste collector is a person employed by a public or private enterprise to collect and remove discarded refuse and recyclables from residential, commercial, industrial or other collection site for further processing and disposal. Specialised 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.

Hazards

Waste collectors are exposed to many on-the-job hazards, such as chemical burns, disposable needles, broken glass, falling objects from overloaded containers, diseases that may accompany solid waste, asbestos, dog-attacks, pests (ants, flies), dust, inclement weather, traffic and foul odours.

Regional colloquialisms

Australia

• Garbo
• Garbologist

British Isles

• Dustbin man
• Bin man
• Dustman
• Refuse collector

North America

• Garbage man
• Garbage collector
• Trash collector
• Sanitation engineer (illegal)

Notable waste collectors

Former waste collectors

• Oscar "garbageface" Johnson - Vocalist
• Michael Carroll - National Lottery winner
• Mike Droese - Wrestler
• Richard Leiterman - Cinematographer
• Steve Hutchins - Politician
• Nathan Rees - Politician, Premier of New South WalesFictional waste collectors
• Carl (Charlie Sheen) & James (Emilio Estevez) from the 1990 film Men At Work
• Louie Wilson (Scatman Crothers) of Chico and the Man
• Garbageman - From Dilbert
• Garbageman - From Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Nicodemus (Noddy) Boffin, aka the Golden Dustman, in Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend, probably based on Henry Dodd, a ploughboy who made his fortune removing London's rubbish.
• The children's song/nursery rhyme - "My old mans a dustman, he wears a dustmans hat. he wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat"
• The films Blood Feast, Scanners III: The Takeover and Child's Play 3 all feature minor characters being murdered with refuse trucks.

See also

• Beach cleaner
• Litter
• Waste
• Waste management
• Memphis Sanitation Strike

References

• Labor Market Information Division California Occupational Guide Number 460: Mechanical - Skilled Occupations: Refuse Collectors. State of California, Employment Development Department. Retrieved on 2008-05-28..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_top_prize_winners_in_Who_Wants_to_Be_a_Millionaire%3F#United_Kingdom