refuse collector

Example Sentences

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He signs that he's sad, but using a communicator, he says he wants to work as a refuse collector.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

State media editorials have encouraged young graduates to "roll up their sleeves" and by profiling a woman in her 20s who became a refuse collector after a brief stint as an accountant.

From Reuters • May 31, 2023

A refuse collector told BBC Scotland he had not seen the vandalism at 05:00 on Tuesday but he had seen it an hour later when he went past the pub again.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2022

When she was small she wanted to be a refuse collector.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2019

The dung beetle is the refuse collector of the natural system, and where would we be without them?

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2011