DUSTMEN and women are finally getting the credit they richly deserve.
Working from home in isolation is no option for Britain’s waste workers who brave Covid-19 on a daily basis.
I joined a local crew to find out how the job has changed in recent weeks.
But before I got a word out of them they quickly set me to work.
Kitted up in a hi-vis jacket and heavy-duty gloves – and keeping my social distance – I met Richard and Liam outside a block of flats in Chingford, north-east London.
I was ordered to man the automatic lift that raises, empties then lowers bins at the back of the truck.
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