Dumpster

A dumpster is a movable waste container made to be moved away by a special vehicle, or to a bin that a special garbage truck lifts, empties, and puts back quickly.[1][2] The word is a generic trademark of Dumpster, an American brand name for a specific design. Generic usage of skip, or wheelie bin may be used in other English-speaking countries.[3][4]

History

The word "dumpster" was first used by a company in 1936.[5] The word came from the Dempster-Dumpster system of putting the contents of a type of container onto garbage trucks, which was patented by Dempster Brothers in 1935.[6][7] The containers were called Dumpsters, a combination of the company's name with the word dump. The Dempster Dumpmaster, which became the first popular front-loading garbage truck that used this system, popularized the word.

  • Three dumpsters in various sizes
  • Colorful dumpsters painted with slogans

References

  1. ↑ "Dumpster Meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary". dictionary.cambridge.org. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "the definition of dumpster". Dictionary.com, LLC.
  3. ↑ Stevenson, A. (2010). Oxford Dictionary of English. OUP Oxford. p. 544. ISBN 978-0-19-957112-3. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Ortiz Zezzatti, C.A.O. (2012). Logistics Management and Optimization through Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Systems. Premier Reference Source. Information Science Reference. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-4666-0298-4. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Dumpster", U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, trademark registration 0743745, filed Feb. 6, 1962, registered Jan. 15, 1963.
  6. ↑ Dempster, George R. "US Patent #2150821". Google Patents. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  7. ↑ "Beginnings: The Dempster Dumpster". Classic Refuse Trucks DEMPSTER. 6 January 2006. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
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