Talk:Garbage truck

Biffa bins
"...large waste containers with lids (Dumpsters (US), or Biffa bins (UK)[1]"

I'm not aware of "Biffa bins" being a generic term in the UK, and the cited source makes no mention of the term. "Biffa" is a commercial entity (see http://www.biffa.co.uk/) that provides these receptacles, so this phrase reads more like a commercial than an encyclopedia. 87.194.215.181 (talk) 09:39, 14 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Completely agree and as no one else has commented in the past 8 months I have taken the initiative to change it. Fraggle81 (talk) 22:22, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Cleanup, citations, and localized information
The article is full of irrelevant information, completely lacking in citations, and often generalizes information applicable to only one geographic location as being "popular", "widely used", etc. A bit too many photos as well. --Georgewuzheer (talk) 13:45, 16 August 2009 (UTC) Started adding citations, correcting information.--Georgewuzheer (talk) 15:30, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced?
I noticed the "unreferenced" tag in the article. I'd like to know what kind of references are needed? My contributions to the WCV related articles comes mainly from own experience, but I never wrote or taped it, so there are no references on those things - well, at least not from me, that is. G®iffen 21:28, 21 July 2007 (UTC) what is the back of a dump truck called its the thing that dumps the trash from the truck in a landfill???97.96.54.4 (talk) 00:20, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Moving front walls
I noticed this line in the last paragraph before "History": ''Most rear loaders lift the rear section so that the garbage will spill out. Front loaders more commonly have a moving wall that pushes the garbage out.''

All the rear loaders I have driven have moving walls as well. When collecting, they hold the waste in order to compact it all from the beginning. The wall automaticly moves forward according to the pressure from the waste. At the waste facility the driver moves the wall back by pressing a button or a handle. G®iffen 16:11, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Terminology
I find this statement curious: colloqually called a 'Garbage Truck', more correctly called a 'Dustbin lorry' Why is 'Dustbin Lorry' more correct? I had never even heard that term before today (for me, they've always been 'garbage trucks'). I think it would read better as 'colloquially called a 'Garbage Truck' or'Dustbin lorry'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pyroechidna1 (talk • contribs) 21:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

I challenge the use of "Dumpster" or "Junk Truck" to refer to a garbage truck in any English-speaking country. A "Dumpster" is a brand name for a type of bin lifted onto a garbage truck, not the truck itself. If no source for this is provided I propose we edit out these terms.Sedimentary (talk) 22:37, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Regarding the recent terminology edit war, "refuse truck" is a very common term within thew waste industry in the US as a cursory Google search will show. "Dustcart" is a term, perhaps outdated, in the UK, but certainly valid as one of many alternative terms (see https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/dustcart). "Dumpster" does not refer to a truck at all but rather a container which is picked up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumpster Sedimentary (talk) 18:54, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Random text?
I removed some random arabic text, I don't know who put it there but it doesn't have to do with the article. Below is an excerpt.

"کمپانی بزرگ فان در سال 2006 نمایندگی انحصاری خود را در کشور ایران دایر نمود. مدیریت این شرکت را مهندس مهدی وکیلی به عهده دارد . فان در تولید محصولات خدمات شهری در جهان بی نظیر بوده و بیش از 66 درصد فروش جهان را به عهده دارد.." 97.96.54.4 (talk) 00:21, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

How are these trucks unloaded?
Quinacrine (talk) 03:29, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Loudspeakers
Please add a section on different customs by country. E.g., in Taiwan garbage trucks are outfitted with big loudspeakers broadcasting a standard melody that means come quickly to bring your trash to the truck.

Whereas in the United States just the opposite, the trucks secretly ply the alleys in the middle of the night... Jidanni (talk) 00:01, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Feel free to find a source and add it. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 00:06, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Waste_management_in_Taiwan. Jidanni (talk) 02:08, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

More citations for the 'History' section
The History section of this article seems like it's lacking some much needed sources. I think it'd be improved if we could tell where this information was sourced from. Thunderstorm 787 (talk) 02:47, 24 August 2018 (UTC)