This occupation was professionalized in Paris by Eugene Poubelle, now a French eponym in this field.  
The first quotation in the Oxford English Dictionary for the slang term "sparrows" defines it as the beer money customarily given to people in this profession.  Albert Fryer's namesake machines were used to reduce transportation costs for people in this profession in the late Victorian period.  Henry Dodd made his fortune in this business and likely inspired Noddy Boffin from Our Mutual Friend.  This occupation was professionalized in Paris by Eugene Poubelle, now a French eponym in this field.  In the 1950s, people with this job may have driven a front-loading (*) Dempster Dinosaur. Memphis mayor Henry Loeb declared that a 1968 strike of people in this profession was illegal.  A former baseball player working in this profession for Mr. Rand doesn't want his son Cory playing football in August Wilson's Fences.  For 10 points, name this occupation of people who go from curb to curb collecting bins.
The first quotation in the Oxford English Dictionary for the slang term "sparrows" defines it as the beer money customarily given to people in this profession.  
garbage man [or dustman; or garbage collector; or waste collector; or sanitation workers; or equivalents] 