Can you imagine a world without proper waste management? We mean the sparkling clean countryside or skyscraper we swear by won't look anything like they actually do without the proper waste dumping and in this regards garbage trucks need special recognition. Basically, a trash truck is a vehicle that collects municipal solid waste and transports it to a solid waste treatment facility, such as a landfill, recycling centre, or transfer station. In the United States, this type of truck is known as a trash truck, whereas in other countries , it is known as a waste truck, dustcart, rubbish truck, junk truck, bin waggon, bin lorry, dustbin lorry, or bin van. Waste collection vehicles and garbage collection vehicles are two technical terms for the same thing (RCV). In most urban areas, these vehicles are a familiar sight.

Types of garbage trucks

● Side loaded garbage trucks

These trucks may be manually or mechanically loaded from the side. An automated side loader is a trash truck with a mechanical boom and an automatic crane that reaches the truck's side and scoops up the domestic waste bin. Remove the trash container from the front of the garbage truck and dispose of it. The trash is then pushed into the body of the vehicle through the opening and forced toward the back.

● Front loader

Front-loaders often handle commercial and industrial organisations that use Dumpsters, which are big rubbish bins with lids. The truck has front-mounted powered forks that the driver carefully aligns with waste container sleeves using a joystick or a set of levers. After that, the garbage container is hoisted onto the truck. When the container reaches the top, it is tipped over and the rubbish or recyclables are poured into the vehicle's hopper.

● Rear Lodder

The trash collector may dispose of rubbish bags and empty containers through a big hatch in the back of the vehicle, as the name suggests. Some trucks contain a lifting mechanism that allows the operator to dump heavy carts without having to raise the rubbish physically.

How important are garbage trucks

It can assist reduce carbon dioxide emissions by diverting energy away from fossil fuels while both creating energy and using trash as fuel. It can also help reduce landfill fossil fuel emissions by diverting waste away from landfills.

Garbage trucks have been an important part of helping to dispose of the rubbish we create since the 1890s. Garbage was frequently disposed of in close proximity to daily life before the development of motor vehicles: it was deposited into sewers, stacked in the streets, and flowed down rivers. As a result, we can estimate how essential they were in establishing a clean and sanitary society.