Bins, Cromwell Road
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Bins, Cromwell Road
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 20 Jul 2009
The wheelie bins on the left are getting phased out in favour of the communal bins on the right, the council having got to about this point travelling west replacing them. Waste disposal companies found it slow going emptying many of the bins for these former town houses which have usually been converted into a number of flats, consequently, the communal bin will be shared amongst a number of residences on a street leading to a more efficient and cost effective method of disposal. One side effect of the new communal bin is that they offer a dry shelter to those who sleep out on the street at night and there have been reports of a number of near misses involving tramps screaming for help as their bin is about to be emptied into the back of a dustcart. Unfortunately, the weekend before last a man was found crushed to death having decided to sleep off a night out in a communal bin and then emptied into the back of a dustcart. Taken from the junction of Wilbury Road with Cromwell Road, the B2120
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50.83307
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