Trash collectors collect garbage and transport it to dumps or landfills.

Trash collectors drive a regularly scheduled route for picking up waste materials. They gather trash and recyclables from homes, schools, and businesses.

Trash collectors lift and empty small garbage cans by hand. They operate lifts to pick up and empty dumpsters and heavy cans. They unload these materials at dumps.

Some trash collectors work alone and drive the truck as well as pick up garbage.

Other collectors pick up recyclable materials, such as glass bottles and newspapers. They sort these items and put them in the proper bins on the trucks.

They transport these materials to processing centers. They make special pickups of certain recyclable items. These include:

• Computers
• Containers of used oil
• Old paint