Ever wondered about the people who keep our streets clean and take away our rubbish? What is it like to work as a refuse collector? In this book you will meet our refuse collector - Tex - and travel with him on his rubbish truck to see what he does at work every day. Find out about the different equipment and vehicles refuse collectors use, how they stay safe at work and what happens to our rubbish once it has been collected.

The Here to Help series of books are for very young readers aged 5 and upwards. The books follow real professionals around their place of work to give a flavour of what it means to work in a particular job.

This book is part of a book series called Here To Help .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Hachette Children's Group .

Rachel Blount was born and grew up in Worcestershire. She has worked in children's publishing for over a decade as an author and editor of children's books.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: I am a refuse collector
• 1: My uniform
• 1: My refuse truck
• 1: Safety first
• 1: Time to go
• 1: Too much rubbish!
• 1: Dropping off the rubbish
• 1: Street cleaning
• 1: End of the day
• 1: Helping people
• 1: When you grow up. and Answers
• 1: Glossary
• 1: Index