>I take it that Wheelie Bins are modestly sized outdoor rubbish/trash holders, generally of moulded plastic with wheels, to facilitate their being easily moved to the curbside for collection. My confusion arises with the emptying bit ... there are trucks that lift the entire container and tip it into a truck? Is that right?
Dead right. I don't know anything about Herbie Kerbies (I think we just call the big industrial sized ones, skips, as Rubrick says) but the whole point about wheelie bins is that is saves a fortune in litigation. There are many less back strains and cuts as the machine does all the work. All the worker has to do it wheel the bin over to the lorry as in the picture below.
http://www.sutton.gov.uk/el/environ/recycle/wheelie/wbreason.htmNow for the sad (in the Uk sense of the word) bit:
Just look here and you will see why:
http://www.wheelie-bin-covers.co.uk/wheeliebincovera.html. No, I do
not want one as a Christmas present!
