Device for or in garbage trucks

A device for or in a garbage vehicle for receiving and transporting garbage, particularly organic garbage, the vehicle having a hold, the device comprising tilting arrangements at an end of the vehicle for tilting a garbage can each containing garbage upwardly into a tilted position for emptying the can into the hold of the vehicle and for tilting the can backwardly into an initial position after the can has been emptied, a spraying device for spraying with disinfecting agent the garbage dropped into the hold of the vehicle and for treating the garbage and cleaning the can, the spraying device comprising a spray nozzle configured to be movable between a first spray position for spraying in a first spray direction toward the garbage in the hold of the vehicle and a second spray position for spraying in a second spray direction in which a spray jet is directed in an interior of the can when the can is in the upwardly tilted position, and control means configured to start spraying of the garbage in the first spray position after the can has been emptied, and, subsequently and before tilting the can back into the initial position, to move the spray nozzle into the second spray position for carrying out spraying of the interior of the emptied can.