A waste collector, also known as a garbageman, trashman, dustman or binman, is a person employed by a public or private enterprise to collect and dispose of municipal solid waste and recyclables from residential, commercial, industrial or other collection sites for further processing and waste disposal.

What do sanitation engineers do?

Sanitary engineers design and direct the construction and operation of hygienic projects such as waterworks, sewage, garbage, and trash disposal plants. ... Design and propose systems for disposal and treatment of waste products. They estimate the costs and manage the system construction by subcontractors.

Is a sanitation engineer a garbage man?

It's OK to call us garbage men.

Politically correct terms are "sanitation engineer" and “waste management professional,” but if you ask the men and women who actually do the work there's nothing to be ashamed of in a description that's less euphemistic.