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Years ago I tried to sneak some old wheels and tyres into the big communal bins we have here by dropping them to the bottom of the bin* after they had been emptied. The following week the bin men emptied the bin but left the wheels etc behind. I disposed of them properly eventually.
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People are still trying to get away with it today - e.g. one large tin of white gloss paint.
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Soil, unwanted gravel, bags of sand: things the bin men shun. Unwelcome in a bin of any colour, but they often find their way in there hereabouts, in small and concealable quantities, in black bags, in black bins.