Also known as refuse trucks, waste management garbage trucks are enclosed trucks designed for the simultaneous handling of multiple types of trash. Trucks for garbage can be a side loader, rear loader or front loader garbage truck depending on where the entrance is for trash. Read MoreTrucks of these types always have hydraulic rams/packers to compress the waste, which increases the carrying capacity in return. Side loaders are for residential areas and have 15 to 30 cubic yards of capacity, rear loaders are also residential and have a capacity of 20 to 30 cubic yards, and a front loader garbage truck is for commercial purposes and can have anywhere from 30 to 40 cubic yards of capacity. A recycling truck is specially made for handling newspapers, glass, metal cans, and other salvageable refuse.Read Less