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