1.   This was demonstrated in the resettlement of Vila Planetario, a squatter settlement of refuse collectors in the centre of the city.

2.   Many were formed from the grouping together of small refuse collectors.

3.   Mr Carus said there was strike action and Gavin was hounded by refuse collectors to make on-the-spot hardship payments in pubs and clubs.

4.   The fallen refuse collector began to stir slightly.

5.   The refuse collector probably is a better person today for his close brush with death.

6.   The refuse collectors had clashed with police in a city-centre demonstration on Wednesday, although nobody was injured.

7.   Thousands of tonnes of rotting garbage cluttered the streets of Athens Friday as a strike by refuse collectors -- the second in three months -- entered its fourth day.

8.   Refuse collectors in Bordeaux voted early Monday to go on strike.