Opinion

Writer October 28, 2026 — 7:00pm

October 28, 2026 — 7:00pm

I used to fancy myself as a binfluencer, the first mover on bin night, leading the way and signalling to the neighbourhood what colour bin they should be wheeling out this week.

But all that changed one morning a few years back as I left for work and went to pop an empty cereal box into my yellow-lidded recycle bin. I was shocked to see a half-drunk bottle of chardonnay (who wastes good wine?) and a shopping bag containing a shoebox with worn stilettos. Sneaked into my bin in the dead of night.

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I soon landed on a list of suspects.…