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  2. Skip (container) - Wikipedia

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    An overfilled skip Flyover of 3D modeled satellite photos of a skip hire, Porthmadog, Wales A cantilever skip truck loads a skip. A skip (British English, Australian English, Hiberno-English and New Zealand English) (or skip bin) is a large open-topped waste container designed for loading onto a special type of lorry called a skip truck Typically skip bins have a distinctive shape: the ...

  3. Dumpster - Wikipedia

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    A dumpster is sometimes considered synonymous with a skip. [4] However, there are functional differences between them. A skip is intended to be loaded onto a vehicle and transported to another location. Dumpsters, in contrast, have their contents emptied into a special vehicle, and are seldom moved from their locations. [12]

  4. Waste collection - Wikipedia

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    Waste collection considerations of waste during different types of waste and size of bins, positioning of the bins, and how often bins are to be serviced. Overfilled bins result in rubbish falling out while being tipped. Hazardous rubbish like empty petrol cans can cause fires igniting other trash when the truck compactor is operating.

  5. List of waste management acronyms - Wikipedia

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    WM2 Technical Guidance WM2 Hazardous Waste: Interpretation of the definition and classification of hazardous waste; WMF Waste Management Facility; WML Waste Management Licence (replaced by Environmental Permits) WMP Waste Management Plan; WMPEG Waste Minimisation Performance and Efficiency Grant; WMS Waste Management Strategy

  6. Cleanaway - Wikipedia

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    Cleanaway's UK subsidiary was the first company ordered to pay compensation to a worker under the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003, after a gay manager quit following persistent harassment from his seniors because of his sexuality. [29]

  7. Waste sorting - Wikipedia

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    Recycling bins in Singapore Manual waste sorting for recycling Emptying of segregated rubbish containers in Polish medium-sized city Tomaszów Mazowiecki. Waste sorting is the process by which waste is separated into different elements. [1]

  8. Waste container - Wikipedia

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    Japan's trash containers are divided into combustibles, cans/bottles/pet bottles and newspapers and magazines. Recycling trash can in Natal, Brazil. A waste container, also known as a dustbin, [1] rubbish bin, trash can, garbage can, wastepaper basket, and wastebasket, among other names, is a type of container intended to store waste that is usually made out of metal or plastic.

  9. Dumpster diving - Wikipedia

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    A person dumpster diving Video of impoverished individuals "dumpster diving" at a neighborhood trash dump in Kabul. Dumpster diving (also totting, [1] skipping, [2] skip diving or skip salvage [3] [4]) is salvaging from large commercial, residential, industrial and construction containers for unused items discarded by their owners but deemed useful to the picker.