A former bin man has shared the biggest difference he noticed when collecting rich people’s rubbish versus collecting poorer people’s rubbish. Being a refuse worker isn’t for the faint of heart, it’s a physically gruelling job with early starts in all manner of weather conditions. Waste collectors are responsible for sorting and collecting household rubbish , as well as commercial and business waste, then loading it onto a large lorry where it can be dragged along and crushed by a compactor