On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 16:57:38 GMT, Janet Baraclough
wrote:

Some areas of the UK do have the kind of trucks that grab a wheely-bin
and empty it, but the ones I've seen are never operated by one person
alone. There's a driver, plus a team of fetchers who move the bins to
the grab and remove them afterwards.

Ah. That's what we had 'til a few years ago.

Not than anyone cares, but here's a picture of the local arrangement.

http://www.hampton.va.us/publicworks...r_garbage.html