What type of driving experience are garbage companies looking for?

I applied for a position at Waste Management as a residential driver, but I was turned down because of my lack of commercial driving experience. I had no problem with being turned down for the position. I'll get my experience somewhere else if I have to. I'll likely be getting hired at a distribution company as a straight truck driver. My question is do garbage companies look favorably upon straight truck experience? This is the only company that would hired me without experience, so I really have no other choice. What kind of driving experience (besides a garbage truck) do they usually prefer?

 

I applied for a waste management job yrs ago,they pay real well.I would call them up and see why they did'nt hire you.I would say it's because no exp.

 

Lack of experience is the reason they gave me. Did they end up hiring you? I have no problem putting my time in somewhere else, I just want to have it count towards getting a position with one of the local garbage companies. Every garbage company around here requires at least 1 year of verifiable experience.