Thanks to the HGV driver shortage, many refuse collectors are quitting to earn up to £30,000 more driving lorries. But what does this mean for our streets, as the rubbish and recycling piles ever higher?

But over the course of the year, a crisis, fuelled by the decision to leave the European Union, has been steadily, stealthily, stretching its tentacles around many of the services and products we expect and rely on.

Covid, Brexit and a shortage of lorry drivers has been blamed for delays in collecting people's household rubbish. Ceredigion, Powys, Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan councils said they were already facing delays or expected further delays. Residents said their household or garden waste had been left on the kerbside for weeks.

Former Brexit Party candidate Peter Dawe has come under fire after suggesting attaching bins together to give homeless people a place to sleep. The plan has been widely panned

Peter Dawe says his 'sleep pod' will keep rough sleepers dry at night but admits his 'genius' idea of putting the homeless in rubbish bins has horrified some people.

So what would Brexit mean for that most mundane, but most important, of household items – your bin?