Man asleep in recycling bin narrowly avoids death

One of the country’s largest household waste collectors has called for new safety protocols after a homeless man narrowly escaped death after falling asleep in a large recycling bin.

Following the near-fatal incident, Greyhound Recycling yesterday issued the appeal for the waste-collection industry to agree on measures to check large bins.

The company’s chief executive, Michael Buckley, said a homeless man who had fallen asleep in a recycling bin narrowly escaped being crushed to death after the bin — and the man — was tipped into a rubbish compactor.