Our local council has changed the way re-cycling operates . Before the items were placed in plastic bags and the refuse collectors threw them into a cart segregated into compartments for glass,plastic/cans paper etc.Now we have to use re-usable bags and they are tipped by the collectors into segregated areas in the lorry.They could throw a plastic bag about 10 to 12 feet upwards and fill the cage , now , they can only tip a bag a maximum of about 3 feet above their heads.The new collection vehicle have cages about 10 foot above the bed of the lorry but can never be filled . By the way the contractors spent £14 million on the new vehicles.