Abstract: A method of collecting mixed trash and recyclable waste separated from the mixed trash from several pick up locations and transporting the same to their respective delivery destinations. A conventional garbage truck and a recyclable waste collection vehicle are parked at a central location. A motorized satellite vehicle with a mixed trash bin and a recyclable waste bin is driven from one pick up location to another, and mixed trash and recyclable waste at the pick up locations are loaded manually into appropriate bins on the satellite vehicle. The satellite vehicle is driven to the parked garbage truck and the parked recyclable waste collection vehicle where the bins are unloaded. The garbage truck and the recyclable waste collection vehicle can be driven to final delivery destinations for the mixed trash and the recyclable waste, respectively. The method also contemplates using the bins of the satellite vehicle for collecting two segregated waste types.

Abstract: A collection system of recyclable waste includes one or more central vehicles loaded by one or more satellite vehicles all which segregate recyclable materials from non-recyclable materials. The central vehicles are loaded through openings matched to the bins on the satellite vehicles, the latter which may dump their contents along different axes, permitting the bins to be sized flexibly to the openings of the central vehicle and allowing the waste to be loaded and unloaded with a minimum of labor and with reduced risk of commingling. The axis of dumping of the bins and the placement of the receiving openings of the collecting vehicles allow efficient unloading of the segregated material without interference from traffic or unnecessary manual operation.