An intelligent and information multi-vehicle collaboratively operating municipal refuse collection and transfer system and method are provided. The system comprises an automated system with multiple-degree of freedom intelligent dustbin grabbing, an operating system with two types of refuse vehicles collaborating, a multi-vehicle collaborative operation information system, and a fixed-point refuse collection operation confirmation and remote monitoring information management system for coordinating overall operation of the systems. The automated system with multiple-degree of freedom intelligent dustbin grabbing system is used for the refuse vehicles to automatically collect dustbins; the operating system with two types of refuse vehicles collaborating comprises a plurality of small- and medium-sized refuse vehicles and large capacity refuse vehicles. The small- and medium-sized refuse vehicles collect refuse in the dustbins according to multi-vehicle collaborative operation information with the support of the multi-vehicle collaborative operation information system, and the large capacity refuse vehicles are used to dock with the collected refuse and transport the refuse out of town with the support of the multi-vehicle collaborative operation information system. The method is the implementation of the above system. The system and method have good operability and high degree of intelligence and provide good results of refuse disposal.