garbage truck

British  

noun

1. Also called (in Britain): dustcart.  a road vehicle for collecting domestic refuse

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Example Sentences

Around 33 billion pounds of plastic enter the ocean every year, "the equivalent of two large garbage trucks filled with plastic being dumped into the ocean every minute."

From Barron's

According to the release, Tackett had a “negative interaction with the driver of a garbage truck” and the incident was filmed by another driver.

From Los Angeles Times

City of Los Angeles ruling bars property owners from calling in garbage trucks to dispose of people’s belongings in Skid Row.

From Los Angeles Times

Kiker earned his nickname because he sang while working his day job, hanging off the back of a garbage truck in Mobile, Ala.

From Los Angeles Times

This facility would accommodate over 500 garbage trucks a day beginning at 6 a.m., plus self-haulers on weekends.

From Seattle Times