The sound of a motor and hydraulics, the rattle and thump of the bins being loaded and emptied – it’s back to a routine early morning Friday. The recycling services are back to their regular Thursday and Friday pattern in Abingdon, having caught up after the bank holidays over Christmas and New Year. The lorry is in the middle of West St Helen Street, while cars, along with the occasional cyclist, pass or attempt to pass on the far side. A worker in a Hi-Viz vest waits as the lorry tips in two green recycling wheely bins. He then wheels them away, one in each hand. The food waste lorry has already been. Some houses have placed out their brown bins, with Christmas trees alongside, ready for the garden waste recycling lorry.
Sometimes I only have the hum-drum to report.
I love what you call your hum-drum reports. They are the true feeling of what it is like living in Abingdon.
Thank you, Alastair.
Some places in South Abingdon have become overrun with litter and fly tipping. Especially around the shops. It is disgraceful.
Yes, thank you for this report. I think we are very fortunate with our regular recycling services in Abingdon. I often pity the workers, especially in the winter, who must leave home at some unearthly hour to join the team and clear all the bins. I salute them.
As Sade sung
🎶What night is bins?
Got to know right now
What night is bins?
Never want to doubt
What night is bins?
Round&round&round my head
Touching the very part of me
It’s making my soul sing
Tearing the very heart of me
I’m crying out for news
What night is bins?