Our trash trucks are like that now, too...
A claw picks up the garbage can that's provided and only a driver is now needed, so the can is lifted and emptied with a claw and put back down again...
Our recycling trucks have I think certain compartments the different kinds of recycling is put in, there, too... I think only one driver is needed there, too... Though he lifts the can into a hopper, sorting from there...
The thing is people do like their trash compacted to make less bulky... Which is what I wish I could do...
On of the last good household compactors to improve upon others was the Genie Beast, which I haven't heard of or seen one for a long time..
Maybe never had never seen in person as much as seen in its own ads and appliance store advertising...
However, a google search has yielded a mostly commercial-looking thing, or maybe designed to be put in a utility room or a garage...
-- Dave
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