| There was quite a commotion going on today outside | | | | Although I did notice this morning that after all our |
| our house. As it is normally so quiet you can hear an | | | | forensic sifting the guys just chucked the whole lot into |
| Ant's footsteps I thought perhaps it would be a good | | | | the back of their lorry and drove off at high speed! |
| idea to see what all the fuss was about, just in case | | | | All this reminds me of just how far we are lagging |
| there was some kind of apocalyptic alien invasion or | | | | behind our European neighbours when it comes to |
| such like. Nope, it was just the bin men who had | | | | addressing environmental issues. Take the Germans |
| decided to turn up early and surprise everybody; well I | | | | for instance who are renowned for their efficiency, |
| guess they have to amuse themselves somehow. I | | | | they are streets ahead when it comes to dealing with |
| read the other day that refuse collectors have been | | | | their waste. They have recycling centres in their |
| told that they are no longer allowed to tie cuddly toys | | | | underground railway system and I read that even |
| to the front of their lorries (a quaint British tradition) due | | | | German troops currently deployed in Afghanistan are |
| to some crazy interpretation of health and safety | | | | required to sort their rubbish imagine doing that whilst |
| regulations. | | | | dodging bullets! |
| Maybe as a protest they thought right we'll turn up | | | | It probably won't come as a surprise then that the |
| early and laugh as half naked people with towels | | | | German car industry is leading the way when it comes |
| around their heads clutching bin bags and half eaten | | | | to addressing the challenges that our worldwide |
| slices of toast pursue us down the street. Just to add | | | | reliance on the internal combustion engine has created |
| to the chaos, today is a new collection day as it is | | | | with regards to climate change and pollution. |
| normally on a Thursday. Will our lives ever be the | | | | Volkswagen has risen to become the third largest car |
| same again I wonder? | | | | manufacturer in the world by sales and although |
| Actually joking apart the whole refuse and recycling | | | | Porsche seems to have some kind of intentions |
| system is in disarray in our area at present because | | | | towards VW (the full story is unclear as to why) this |
| the District Council are under pressure from the | | | | hasn't distracted VW. The humble Polo rolls on and is |
| County Council, who in turn are under pressure from | | | | still in the current top ten best sellers list, due largely to |
| the Government who are under pressure from the | | | | a loyal home market. It has been overtaken by some |
| European Union to improve Britain's awful reputation | | | | of its rivals in recent years but the Polo's reputation of |
| when it comes to recycling. | | | | rock solid construction and enduring reliability means |
| We are now going to have an attractive collection of | | | | that you are likely to see them around for many years |
| no less than three large wheelie bins outside the house | | | | to come. |
| to carefully sort and deposit all our rubbish into. | | | | |