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0:00:23 > 0:00:26- Rubbish, refuse, - call it what you like.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30- One thing's for certain, - we produce too much of it.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34- We're now more aware - of the importance of recycling.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36- We use blue bags...
0:00:36 > 0:00:38- ..instead of black bags...
0:00:39 > 0:00:43- ..which are buried in landfill - sites, once known as rubbish tips.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47- We will meet some real characters - among the bin men.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49- You have to be fit in this job.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54- You can either go one of two ways - - you get fit or you get f....!
0:00:55 > 0:01:00- By law, every local authority - has a recycling directive.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- The target - set by the Welsh Government...
0:01:03 > 0:01:07- ..is for 52% of all refuse - to be recycled by the coming year.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- It's a great company. - I've been here 12 years.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13- They've looked after me.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15- It's good.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19- That's why - the bin man's job is so important.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- In Carmarthen, CWM is the company - whose responsibility is...
0:01:23 > 0:01:26- ..to collect, sort and recycle - rubbish in the south west...
0:01:26 > 0:01:30- ..and reduce the amount - that goes to the Nantycaws landfill.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- I'm the only woman - who works at the landfill.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- All the other employees - are boys and men.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44- 99% of them are fine but you - always get one who's unhappy.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- They look after me. It's nice.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- When was CWM established - and what does the job entail?
0:01:50 > 0:01:53- The company was founded - at the end of the 1990s...
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- ..to take over - the former site at Nantycaws.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03- I'm the manager, responsible for - the day-to-day running of the place.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08- I'm the foreman. I make sure that - the rubbish goes to the right place.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13- I make sure - the right loads leave the site...
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- ..and nobody's added - the wrong items.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20- Lots of cardboard - is exported to China.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25- There are 30 Polish men - and six Lithuanians working here...
0:02:25 > 0:02:28- ..and I supervise them all.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33- My name is Tomasz Zakowski - and I come from Poland.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37- I live in Llanelli with my wife - and 10-year-old daughter...
0:02:37 > 0:02:42- ..who goes to Penygaer School where - she's learning English and Welsh.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- I've been working - with CWM for four years.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- I'm the picking line supervisor.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- I like working here. It's - a great company. The staff are fun.
0:02:52 > 0:02:57- Though the county council set it up, - CWM is run as an independent firm.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14- John Rees was - a county council senior officer...
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- ..before he took on the role - of running CWM.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21- The company - employs 57 people at present.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23- Most of the staff...
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- ..are based...
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- ..at the four recycling plants.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33- Nantycaws, Trostre in Llanelli...
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- ..Whitland and - the Wern Ddu site in Ammanford.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- We've come to the Wern Ddu tip.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- We're tipping - all the blue bags here...
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- ..and a large artic - will come later...
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- ..to transport them - to Johnstown.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56- Another lorry will fetch the food - waste and take it to Nantycaws.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- The council collects - kerbside rubbish.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11- The blue bags are recycled, - the black bags go to landfill...
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- ..and the food and green waste - is composted.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- And there's plenty of it.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- This year, we'll be very close...
0:04:21 > 0:04:25- ..to recycling - 150,000 tonnes of rubbish...
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- ..which comes from - the private sector...
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- ..as well as - collections from the county.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- This is - the beginning of the process...
0:04:35 > 0:04:39- ..where 15,000 tonnes of blue bags - reach us in Carmarthen.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49- They go into this machine - which shreds the bags.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- The contents of these bags...
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- ..includes paper...
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- ..cardboard, cans...
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- ..plastic, - aluminium and steel cans.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05- All those items are allowed, - but what we don't want to see...
0:05:05 > 0:05:09- ..are things like pillows, - babies' nappies...
0:05:10 > 0:05:14- ..and foodstuffs that have rotted.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- As a business, - we try to encourage people...
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- ..to wash and dry - the contents of the bags...
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- ..as it makes things - easier for everybody.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- This is what comes out of - the machine's backside.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35- As you can see, the contents of - the bags enters the first process...
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- ..where the staff pick out - the items that cannot be recycled.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- Yes, this is our rubbish.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49- Once it's been sorted, - it goes through the trommel.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53- This is a giant sieve - with big holes...
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- ..where plastic bottles - and cans fall through.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- Small paper and plastic items...
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- ..pass through as well.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05- At the end of the sieve - is a tunnel...
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- ..leading to - the ballistic separator.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11- It's a floor - that moves back and forth.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- It's like a sort of hill.
0:06:14 > 0:06:20- The paper and two-dimensional items - creep to the top...
0:06:20 > 0:06:24- ..and the three-dimensional items - like cans and bottles...
0:06:25 > 0:06:26- ..fall to the bottom.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- The people of Carmarthenshire - obviously work up a thirst!
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- Operating in the hall - where the men work...
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- ..sifting through the rubbish...
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- ..are three belts.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- The first line - is for bottles and cans.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- The steel gravitates to the magnet.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- Once the steel has been sorted...
0:06:53 > 0:06:57- ..aluminium is the only metal left.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- The Eddy Current Separator...
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- ..gets rid of the aluminium.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- All this to dispose of our rubbish.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- The third line - is where the paper is sorted.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15- It's the most important line - and requires 15 members of staff...
0:07:15 > 0:07:20- ..to pick out - whatever's in the paper...
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- ..to make sure it's just paper that - makes it to the end of the line.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- And that's just the blue bags.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- Back at the landfill site...
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- ..black bags need to be buried...
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- ..while food and green waste - must be turned into compost.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42- It's like another world, with one - machine condensing the rubbish...
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- ..into a small cell in the ground.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- It's no wonder the government - wants to reduce landfill waste.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- In amongst all the rubbish - is machine driver, Rhodri Reynolds.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07- I'm pushing all the rubbish together - to compact it into a hard mass...
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- ..to make more room in the cell.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- Hopefully, - the cell will last for longer.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17- If people recycled more...
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- ..there would be less rubbish.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- Landfill sites don't last forever.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- Reducing the amount of buried waste - makes sense.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- This type of material - rarely rots in the ground.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35- This is a Bomag, a machine - referred to as a compactor.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- It has 300 horsepower.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- It weighs 32 tons.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- People can also bring - their own waste to Nantycaws.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55- It's Darren Sanders' job - to deal with them.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- He sees some strange things.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- I've been working here - for just over two years.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- It's good. - You're out in all weathers.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- If you like that sort of thing, - of course.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- I like being outdoors - and I like driving machines.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17- Lots of people come here wanting to - recycle, and they're happy to do it.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20- Often they've already sorted it.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25- But then you get trailers in - that are filled with all kinds.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30- Grass at the bottom, then wood, then - metal, a little bit of asbestos...
0:09:30 > 0:09:32- ..which hasn't been bagged.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34- I have to sort through it all.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- Round the corner, sir, - by the electricals.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40- Someone came here - with 20 sacks of dog poo.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- I said, - "How many dogs have you got, pal?"
0:09:45 > 0:09:49- "I'm a dog breeder." We can't - take it because it's hazardous.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51- He wasn't happy leaving here.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56- This is household waste because - it's made of different materials.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00- One man came in - with car tyres one day.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- You have to pay for car tyres.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08- He cut them, folded them up - and turned them into planters.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- He said, - "Where can I put these flowerpots?"
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- I said, - "You've got to pay for tyres."
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- "They're not tyres, - they're flowerpots."
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- I said, "They're still tyres." - He went berserk.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- "I'm not paying to get rid - of my bloody flowerpots."
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- People often try it on, - but working in such a big place...
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- ..Darren's feet - could do with some tyres!
0:10:37 > 0:10:40- I bought a new phone - with a pedometer.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- I'd walked 12.5 miles one day.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- And that wasn't even a busy day!
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- It is mostly men who work here...
0:10:52 > 0:10:57- ..but behind every great man, - there's a great woman, as they say.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- This is a goldfish bowl. - I see everything.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05- On an average day, roughly - 100 lorries come through here.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- It can be very busy.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12- I weigh them when they come in - and weigh them on their way out...
0:11:12 > 0:11:16- ..so that we know - their tare weight and net weight.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- They have to pay...
0:11:18 > 0:11:23- ..for every tonne of rubbish - or whatever they're transporting.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25- Hello, Wyn.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- Hello, Wyn.- - Sue likes to go home at four.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- On time. Don't you, Sue?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32- On time. Don't you, Sue?- - Yes, four o'clock on the dot.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- There we go. See you later.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35- There we go. See you later.- - Great. Thanks. Ta-ra.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38- After work, I dress up...
0:11:38 > 0:11:42- ..as Peppa Pig, Mickey Mouse...
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- ..or Hello Kitty - and do children's parties.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- It's a bit of fun.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- I enjoy it. It's nice.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55- Everyone deserves - to have some fun after work.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- But working with men all day - and then children?
0:12:00 > 0:12:01- Hmm...!
0:12:06 > 0:12:10- The county council is responsible - for kerbside collections...
0:12:10 > 0:12:16- ..whether they are black bags - or blue bags for recycling.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- Come rain or shine, - the men work in all weathers.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- No one likes being in the rain.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- The men are out in the rain - - I'm lucky I'm in the van.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- I've been out - in all weathers in my time...
0:12:29 > 0:12:35- ..but I stay dry now whereas - the lads are out in snow and so on.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- We work in the- (BLEEP!)- lot.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- All weathers - - rain, shine, snow, ice.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46- They've reduced my wages - by 20 a week too.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- They give us the clothes...
0:12:49 > 0:12:52- ..but it's a sweaty job...
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- ..and in an hour's time - the lads will be soaking.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- There you go - - something for your tea.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06- Very nice!
0:13:06 > 0:13:07- VAN BEEPS
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- VAN BEEPS- - You've hit the emergency stop.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- They've done that on purpose.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19- Fair play, they deserve - some fun on such a miserable day.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21- I prefer black bags.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26- There are fewer bags to collect - but the blue bags have taken over.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30- There are far more blue bags - than when we first started.
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0:13:46 > 0:13:49- Another early start - for the bin men.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53- The weather's better today - and so are the lads' spirits.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55- These men work for the council...
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- ..but the waste - goes to the CWM company...
0:13:58 > 0:14:02- ..that recycles as much of our waste - as possible in south-west Wales.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07- There's more grass to collect - in weather like this. You can't win.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- We might find a few bodies - in these bags!
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Today, - they're collecting blue bags...
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- ..and the food waste caddies.
0:14:17 > 0:14:22- There are always more blue bags. The - idea is for more people to recycle.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- But if you look inside the bags...
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- ..you'll find a few things - that shouldn't be in there.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- We're trying - to educate the public...
0:14:32 > 0:14:35- ..so that - fewer black bags go to landfill.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39- These are in the wrong bags, - so we leave these.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42- These aren't biodegradable bags.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Here's the correct bag.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- Do you understand?
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- The public has to try - and help Thomos John and me...
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- ..otherwise we'll be leaving - many more behind.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55- Good boy, Nev.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56- Good boy, Nev.- - The stuff stinks too!
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- You tell them, lads.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01- Look how much food people waste.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05- Look at this woman over here. - She comes out every week.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- She wants a job with us.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11- This is what you call service - with a smile and plenty of ribbing.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- Which barber did you go to - for me and Tom to know?
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- Who does your hair - for me and Tom to do the same?
0:15:18 > 0:15:19- I do.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21- I do.- - We'll have to call in with you.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22- OK.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30- And the lads - are always ready to help.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- They call this back-door collection.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- The woman is disabled, - so she can't bring the bags out...
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- ..so we go round the back - to fetch them.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- Do you want a spoonful of this?
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- Collecting food waste - is a relatively new concept.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- It's not always pleasant work.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- We have to put up with maggots - and all kinds.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59- That should be in a bag - so that it's cleaner for us...
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- ..and cleaner for the people, - but not everyone does it.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- Tom has a weak stomach.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- These eggs have gone to waste.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15- Nothing wrong with these.
0:16:20 > 0:16:25- We're like one big family - rather than workmates on this lorry.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- If my partner cuts himself, - then I bleed.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- That's how much - these men mean to me.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- Heavens above!
0:16:39 > 0:16:44- You're probably thinking, - what happens to all that food waste?
0:16:46 > 0:16:50- This part of the site - is the composting facility...
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- ..where green waste is blended...
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- ..with the food waste - collected in Carmarthenshire.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- Once it's been finely shredded...
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- ..it's then blended...
0:17:02 > 0:17:07- ..with the food waste and is heated - in two large furnaces on site....
0:17:07 > 0:17:12- ..to make sure it reaches - a heat of 70 degrees Celsius...
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- ..to kill the bacteria - and viruses that are present.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20- It's then transported to windrows...
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- ..where it's left to rot - for two to three months.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- The windrows are turned - at least once a week.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- Sometimes the waste...
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- ..emits a nasty smell...
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- ..when we turn the compost, - especially in the morning.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- The compost itself radiates heat...
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- ..and gives off steam.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- We often receive complaints...
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- ..about the smells - emanating from the compost...
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- ..rather than - the landfill site itself.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- At the end of this process...
0:17:59 > 0:18:03- ..we produce about - 9,000 tonnes of compost a year.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- We utilize the majority of it...
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- ..to plough back into - the landfill site.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13- As a company, - we've marketed the best of it...
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- ..as Merlin's Magic Compost.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- It's been - a very successful exercise.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24- Giving waste a new life - - recycling at its best!
0:18:24 > 0:18:28- Welcome to you all to the CWM - Recycling Centre in Carmarthen.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33- Educating the public - is an important part of CWM's work.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35- Schools, Merched Y Wawr....
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- ..and other institutions - visit the site.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42- Today, Andrew welcomes visitors - from Bancyfelin.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47- The one thing that surprises people - is how much waste we produce.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- How many tonnes of paper - do you think is there?
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- I'd say there's about 50-60 tonnes.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01- We receive - a lot of waste paper in a week.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- There are two types of cardboard - - this one is corrugated.
0:19:07 > 0:19:12- There are long fibres in there.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17- Each time the cardboard is recycled, - they get smaller and smaller.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- This can be recycled 10 times.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- Those are the aluminium cages.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24- Are you going to crush them?
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- Are you going to crush them?- - Yes.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- Two full cages make one bale.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34- How many aluminium cans do you think - are contained in one of those cages?
0:19:35 > 0:19:35- A thousand?
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- A thousand?- - Thousands.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- Thousands and thousands, probably.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- 30,000 cans...
0:19:43 > 0:19:45- ..in one bale.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- One bale weighs around half a ton.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54- In the near future...
0:19:55 > 0:20:00- ..the CWM company will have to sort - and recycle waste from black bags...
0:20:00 > 0:20:02- ..that are usually buried.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- This involves spending money.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06- We're at the site...
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- ..where we intend building - a gigantic shed...
0:20:11 > 0:20:13- ..to house the rubbish...
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- ..that is brought to the site.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19- The law is going to change - in the near future...
0:20:20 > 0:20:24- ..preventing waste - from being buried in landfill...
0:20:24 > 0:20:29- ..until we've sifted through items - that can be recycled.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- The first phase of the shed...
0:20:32 > 0:20:36- ..will take up about 45 metres - by 50 metres of land.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- It's a considerable size.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- That's the first phase - of building work.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- We're hoping to expand - in the coming years...
0:20:47 > 0:20:53- ..due to the extra work - the company will have to deal with.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01- Though it is a profit-making - company, some of that profit...
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- ..is ploughed back - into communities...
0:21:05 > 0:21:09- ..so that people realize - that it pays to recycle.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- Children and young people - benefited in this area.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17- There was nowhere for - the children of Bancyfelin to play.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21- We started raising funds - and one of the biggest sponsors...
0:21:21 > 0:21:24- ..was the CWM company.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27- Everybody has benefited...
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- ..from the money - we received from CWM Environmental.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33- Hooray!
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- Back at the landfill site...
0:21:36 > 0:21:42- ..something precious has been - created from the old rubbish tip.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- We've reached - a part of the site...
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- ..where gases that are emitted...
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- ..from the decaying contents - of the landfill...
0:21:51 > 0:21:55- ..are producing methane.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59- Instead of escaping, the gases - are sucked from the landfill...
0:21:59 > 0:22:03- ..and deposited here - where these two huge engines...
0:22:04 > 0:22:09- ..produce enough electricity - to power at least 2,000 homes.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13- These two engines will continue - for another 10 years...
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- ..after the site's closure.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- Back to the bin men on the street...
0:22:20 > 0:22:23- ..and humour - is an essential part of the job...
0:22:23 > 0:22:28- ..as is sharing a few secrets - about the contents of certain bags.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- We have a lot of fun but - we make sure the job's done first.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- That's the most important thing.
0:22:35 > 0:22:36- That's better.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- That's better.- - You lot carry on and fetch me later.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- It's made my head itch!
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- It's made my head itch!- - Look, Nev, there's a tiger here.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- Awful things fall out of some bags.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- Personal things that women use.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- Women's toys, - if you know what I mean.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- Tom has taken a few devices home.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01- Some of them could cut concrete - - that's how big they were...
0:23:01 > 0:23:03- ..for you to have some idea.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- I could never show you - the homes they came from...
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- ..because one or two of them - are ministers' wives.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12- If you say so!
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- What does the future hold?
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- When I started this job...
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- ..the money the company was making - from the landfill site...
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- ..helped the recycling facility.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30- It's the complete opposite now - - the recycling...
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- ..is financially supporting - the landfill.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- Until society brings about change...
0:23:37 > 0:23:41- ..for this region's landfill site...
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- ..it will continue.
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