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Dark Side of the Bin

by Dirty Murph & the Kerbside Sorters

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1.
Outside there’s a green box waiting Out by the familly domicile It’s full of dry recycling And it’s been sat there for a while I know the service schedule The missed collection policy Out by the kerbisde waiting Take it away and recycle it please There is a wait so long You shouldn’t wait so long CHORUS: Where’s your bin man? Big wait for the kerbside sorter Big wait and the rain starts falling down There’s a wind makes the waste start blowing A big, big mess, litter strewn around There is a wait so long You shouldn’t wait so long CHORUS
2.
RCV Driver 02:47
Dear Sir or Madam, will you read the sign? Your bin lid has to close or you’ll get a fine It’s on the say-so of the head of waste Don’t ask me why, I don’t know I’m just an RCV driver RCV driver! It’s a dirty job on a busy round I seem to visit every street in town Don’t believe what you read in the Daily Mail I try my best but it’s tough to be an RCV driver RCV driver! We pass 800 houses, give or take a few Lifting every bin every week or two We might leave it longer eventually We’ll change the rounds and go 3-weekly – RCV driver! RCV driver! If you like early mornings and early nights And don’t mind the smell of the landfill site A driver’s life could be the thing for you But now I’m on my break and I’m glad that I’m an RCV driver RCV driver!
3.
Two Streams 01:43
Two streams We want two streams Get the glass out Yeah, two streams Fibres and containers Two streams We want two streams Clean paper Less contamination Fibres and containers
4.
The Waste Regs have come TEEP tests must be done Fibres don’t fear the TEEPer Nor do metals, plastics or glass (we can be like they are) Come on LA (don’t fear the TEEPer) LA spend a few grand (don’t fear the TEEPer) Best that money can buy (don’t fear the TEEPer) LA I’m your man The TEEP test is done You can carry on Metal cans and glass bottles Are together in an RCV (in a rural authority) Many thousand tonnes of mixed waste every day (like metal cans and glass bottles) Many thousand tonnes of mixed waste every day (can’t define ‘practicable’) Another many thousand coming every day (not economically practicable) Come on LA (don’t fear the TEEPer) LA spend a few grand (don’t fear the TEEPer) Best that money can buy (don’t fear the TEEPer) LA I’m your man
5.
I saw you sitting on the ocean floor So small and round, better produce some more Ooh, ooh, the damage done I hit the ocean and I crashed my boat I watched the nurdle sink right down, not float Gone, gone, the damage done I sing the song because I love the sea And I work in marine consultancy Project budget keeps on running out I’ve seen the nurdle and the damage done A little part of it in everyone Who puts marine creatures into their tum
6.
Some people think a landfill is an enchanted place Where all the things they throw away Are magically erased There’s the people who’ll incinerate anything that burns And once it goes up the flue It’s none of their concern CHORUS: When you throw stuff in the bin It never really goes away Are we ever going to learn that recycling pays? Keeps material going round in circles forever A truckload of contaminated dry recycling May pass the MRF gate but lowers your rate And isn’t worth anything If you can accept cartons, and pots and tubs and trays And small WEEE at the kerbside You’re heading the right way CHORUS If you must write waste policies make sure you underline Preventing waste is always best With reuse not far behind Recycling is up above what happens to refuse Try to bin only the things that you must It’s up to you to choose CHORUS
7.
Roadsweeper 03:14
One-two-three-four-five-six! Roadsweeper, roadsweeper Going ‘bout three miles an hour Drive my Scarab past the high street shops With the suction fan on I maintain the local street scene Sweeping pavements in the afternoon Clean it up when it’s litter strewn Got the suction fan on Yeah I’m a roadsweeper Alright I had a handcart and a broomstick Used to sweep along the kerbsides Used to sweep up all the fag butts In the rain or the sun Then I got my compact sweeper With its nozzle jets and spray bars I’m in love with modern cleansing Don’t have to sweep, got the suction fan on Like a roadsweeper That’s right Said welcome to the Scarab M25H Hopper capacity of two point five metres cubed The pavement is much cleaner as you go by slow You need a fleet for urban streets And it smells like heaven, I say Roadsweeper once, Roadsweeper twice I’m in love with street cleansing and I’m on shift all night Well now Roadsweeper, roadsweeper Going ‘bout three miles an hour Drive my Scarab past the local shops With the suction fan on And me in love with modern sweeping Me in love with my compact sweeper Channel brush and belly brush Nozzle jets and spray bars Like the roadsweeper O.K. now you sing Kerbside Sorters (Suction fan on!) I got the sounds of modern sweeping I’ve got the world, got the pavement, got the I’ve got the engine, got the power

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Recorded and mixed by Phil Davies at Room 4 Studios, Bristol
19-20 Feb 2017. Produced erratically and parodically, using recycled material wherever practicable.

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released March 16, 2017

Operatives utilised on this recording are:
Ann Ballinger • Pete Bennett • Ian Cessford • Mark Corbin • Peter Jones • Steve Watson

Cover design - Peter Jones. Photos: Garry Knight (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr (cover), Peter Jones (back), Steven Lilley (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Flickr (inner 1) and Howard G (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) via Flickr (inner 2).

Waste hierarchy: Ad Lansink.

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