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Bin men ‘left without basic protection’ are terrified they will catch coronavirus
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Bin men across the UK say they are terrified they will catch coronavirus as they haven’t been provided with basic protective equipment.
Refuse collectors face mounting piles of waste left behind as fresh goods get panic bought then thrown away, but claim they haven’t even been given sanitiser.
Rubbish could soon pile up in Britain’s streets as 30 per cent of the work force is off sick. Workers also say social distancing is impossible in a refuse lorry. “The biggest problem we’ve had is social distancing – trying to keep two metres apart,” one bin man told The Daily Star. “When you’re a bin man you tend to sit in the wagon with three guys, so obviously you can’t have a two- metre gap.” The worker, from the East Midlands, says their
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