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Landfill

March 17, 2025 11 Comments

By Jeff Taylor

Whoa! There’s a dead body in my recycling bin. Someone has stuffed a middle-aged, naked, male cadaver in there without consent!

The collector guy has refused to take it. “Dead humans are not recyclable, mate,” he pointed out. “They go in landfill.”

“Bugger!” I conceded, and wheeled my yellow bin back inside.

I always have my refuse sorted with green-loving attention too. Plastic thoroughly cleaned. Glass sparkling. Tin cans scrubbed spotless. Bundles of newspapers checked for foreign detritus. Cardboard boxes flattened.

Landfill isn’t until next week, and I’m now having to make room in my freezer.

Some people are so inconsiderate.

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  1. Stella says

    March 17, 2025 at 7:44 am

    Love this, it did make me smile. I’m a fan of dark humour!

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  2. Rosemary Johnson says

    March 17, 2025 at 2:52 pm

    Love this story too. What a nuisance to have to keep the body for another week!!! Dustmen nowadays, eh?

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  3. David says

    March 18, 2025 at 4:08 am

    Enjoyed it a lot. Thanks for the laugh.

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  4. Faith says

    March 19, 2025 at 8:06 am

    Whoa! Aftershock – it made me laugh. So Inconvenient – that dead body!

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  5. Charlotte E Bennardo says

    March 19, 2025 at 9:20 am

    Ha ha! The scary part is that I sound like this guy… I wash my recyclables, sort them… and having to go to the landfill, well, the freezer may be an option…

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  6. Nina Miller says

    March 19, 2025 at 9:49 am

    Darkly funny!! Love it!

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  7. Pamela Cartlidge says

    March 19, 2025 at 11:22 am

    Deep but amusing!

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  8. Lauren Stoker says

    March 19, 2025 at 1:49 pm

    Adore this! Thanks for a good laugh.

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  9. Ed Kratz says

    March 19, 2025 at 3:43 pm

    Great. Made me smile.

    Reply
  10. Bud says

    March 21, 2025 at 8:38 am

    Very dark and very funny!

    Reply
  11. Michael W King says

    March 21, 2025 at 5:25 pm

    That last line sells it

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