Trash Cans With Wheels
HERMEQ trash cans with wheels come in two-wheel and four-wheel formats in 21, 32, 64, 174 and 290 gallon sizes. They are molded in UV-resistant HDPE and supplied in several colors, with custom labeling available. The range covers commercial, industrial and residential collection, from jobsites and facilities to apartment buildings. For the heaviest duty, a 290 gallon cart is built from hot-dip galvanized steel, with internal seam welds that keep water out and protect the body against corrosion. A forklift cart tipper lifts, moves and empties the 174 and 290 gallon carts on site.
Rolling trash cans, rollout carts and steel waste carts
The choice comes down to how much waste a collection point produces, how the cart is moved and emptied, and whether the body needs steel or a lock.
Compact two-wheel trash cans (21 and 32 gallon)
The 21 gallon trash can with wheels and the 32 gallon rolling trash can serve low-volume collection points where floor space is short, such as jobsite trailers, break rooms, workshops, apartment buildings and the rear entrances of shops. The 21 gallon can is the one for the tightest corners, and the 32 gallon can carries the steady everyday waste of a small office or kitchen.
64 gallon rollout carts
The 64 gallon trash can with wheels is the standard curbside rollout cart, sized for the waste of an office floor, a school wing or a busy retail unit between pickups. It is the largest two-wheel cart in the range, so it is the step up when 32 gallon cans fill too quickly and the cart still has to be tilted and rolled to the curb by hand.
Four-wheel plastic waste carts (174 and 290 gallon)
The 174 gallon four-wheel waste cart and the 290 gallon plastic waste cart are large trash cans with wheels that ride on casters, for loading docks, trash enclosures, commercial kitchens and jobsites that would otherwise fill several smaller cans a day. The 174 gallon cart has a narrower footprint, so it is the one to choose behind shops, along narrow alleys and in tight enclosures where a 290 gallon cart will not pass. Where there is room, the 290 gallon cart holds the most per lift and leaves fewer carts to manage.
Galvanized steel waste cart
The galvanized steel 290 gallon cart is built for rounds where carts are dropped, knocked against docks and filled with hard-edged waste, and for yards exposed to the weather all year. Choose steel over HDPE when dents and rough handling would shorten a plastic cart's service life, as on industrial and municipal collection. HDPE carts are lighter to push, resist UV and come in a choice of colors, so they remain the better fit where carts are moved by hand many times a day or sorted by color.
Lockable trash cans with wheels
Two lockable formats keep waste from being scavenged, picked through or tampered with in public areas, healthcare facilities, schools and private compounds. Lockable trash cans with wheels close with a fitted Allen key lock, and trash cans with key locks open only with the supplied key, so access stays with whoever holds it. Both come in several capacities and colors, which lets a locked cart match the size and color of the unlocked carts around it.
Two wheels or four casters
Two-wheel carts are tipped back onto their axle and rolled by one person, while four-caster carts stay level and are pushed, so a full load moves without anyone taking its weight. Large wheels on a fixed axle roll up curbs, along sidewalks and over gravel or broken ground, which suits carts that travel from a building to the street for curbside pickup. Swivel casters turn a full cart in any direction on smooth, firm surfaces such as dock floors, concrete slabs, asphalt and service corridors, where large carts are filled and stored.
On a slope or a loading dock, the braked casters on a four-wheel cart lock it in place, while a two-wheel cart rests on its base and wheels once it is set upright.
Outdoor trash cans with wheels on jobsites and facilities
Construction jobsites
On a jobsite, four-wheel carts with braked casters stand still on sloping slabs and ramps, and a forklift empties them into a dumpster so nobody lifts a full cart by hand. Compact cans in jobsite trailers and break areas collect food and packaging waste. Heavy loose debris such as broken concrete, masonry and block belongs in self-dumping hoppers, which a forklift picks up and tips, and the rest of the waste and spill equipment covers concrete washout and spill response on the same sites.
Offices, schools and healthcare facilities
Indoors and around occupied buildings, carts move along corridors and service areas during working hours, so quiet handling and a small footprint matter more than volume. The 64 gallon cart is designed to run quietly, and compact cans fit cleaners' closets and service rooms between rounds.
Municipal and contract collection
Municipalities and waste contractors empty the same carts many times a week, so carts must stand up to repeated mechanical lifting and to the weather. Using one cart size per route keeps truck operations and spare stock simple.
Garbage can sizes, colors and capacity
Capacity and pickup frequency
Size carts to the volume a collection point produces between pickups, with spare room for the busiest week, since an overfilled cart cannot close and is harder to move and lift. Compact two-wheel cans suit points that produce a bag or two a day, and where several 64 gallon carts fill between pickups, one four-wheel cart takes the same waste in fewer movements and fewer lifts.
Collection truck and forklift compatibility
Before ordering, confirm how each cart will be emptied. The two-wheel carts and the four-wheel plastic carts take the comb lift on a standard garbage truck, and the steel cart has a welded comb bar for the same lifters, so the list of cart sizes a hauler accepts is the starting point. Carts emptied on site need a forklift attachment matched to their size, and the tipper for large carts lifts by side trunnions, so check that the carts have them before choosing it.
Color coding by waste stream
Standard colors across the range are black, blue, green, red, yellow and brown, with other colors made on request, and the colors available differ by size. Match them to the scheme the hauler or municipality already uses, commonly blue for recycling and green or brown for organics, so that crews and the public read each cart the same way at every collection point.
Space, access and storage
Measure the narrowest point on the route between where a cart is filled and where it is emptied, including gates, doorways and enclosure openings, and the turning room at each corner. Spare 64 gallon carts nest inside one another, which saves storage space and lowers shipping volume when a whole fleet is ordered at once.
Forklift tippers, cart lifters and trash can shelters
The forklift attachments differ in the cart sizes they handle and in whether they tip, and the shelter houses carts at the collection point.
Forklift cart tipper
The forklift cart tipper fits standard forklift forks and lifts, carries and empties 174 and 290 gallon carts that have side trunnions, with the tipping controlled from the ground. A site needs one when large carts are emptied into a dumpster, compactor or hopper on site, with no truck lift available.
Fork-mounted cart stacker
The fork-mounted cart stacker lifts two stacks of 32 or 64 gallon carts, or a single 290 gallon cart, for moving carts in batches around a yard, depot or warehouse and loading them onto trucks. It is built for vertical lifting only, so a site that also empties carts by forklift pairs it with the tipper or the hand-crank lifter.
Hand-crank forklift cart lifter
The hand-crank forklift cart lifter mounts on the forks and tips the smaller two-wheel carts, with a hand crank controlling the tilt and a mechanical stop holding the cart at the tipping point. It suits sites that empty many small carts into a dumpster or a larger cart and want manual tipping taken out of the job.
Trash can shelters
A trash can shelter is a galvanized steel structure with a curved roof that keeps carts out of wind and rain, deters tampering and keeps the collection point tidy. It bolts down to concrete or asphalt, and extra bays extend it as the number of carts grows on jobsites, logistics yards, schools, retail centers and housing developments.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A trash can on wheels is called a rolling trash can, rollout cart, wheeled garbage can or curbside cart, and haulers often call the smaller sizes collection carts. Larger four-wheel models are known as waste carts, trash carts or commercial carts.
The price depends on capacity, material and whether the cart locks. Two-wheel plastic cans are the least expensive, lockable versions cost somewhat more, four-wheel plastic carts cost several times as much, and the galvanized steel cart is the most expensive. Each product page shows the current price for every size and color.
Yes. The plastic carts are molded in UV-resistant, cadmium-free HDPE that resists fading and cracking in sunlight, and they are rated for temperatures from -22°F to 176°F. They stay in service outdoors through winter freezes and summer heat.
The plastic carts are transponder-ready, so an RFID tag can be fitted to each cart and its collections logged for digital waste tracking. The lockable carts can also be supplied with transponders already fitted.
The galvanized steel 290 gallon cart, both lockable models (Allen key lock and key lock) and the 21 gallon trash can are listed as ANSI compliant. Each product page states the standard for its model, so a buyer who has to specify ANSI compliant carts for a contract can confirm it there.