Garbage truck

A front-loading garbage truck in San Jose, California

A side-loading garbage truck in Aardenburg, The Netherlands

A back-loading garbage truck in Boinville-le-Gaillard, France

Garbage truck also known as dustcart, rubbish truck, dustbin lorry, bin lorry is a truck made to collect waste and then take it to a waste site such as a landfill. Garbage trucks can collect waste from the front, side or back of the truck.

Garbage trucks are usually considered noisy and dirty due to the size and the fact that they carry garbage, also known as rubbish, waste, trash, junk.