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Eddie, a smiling man with swept-back brown hair and dark rectangular glasses, a hi-vis vest over a navy top, navy work trousers with reflective stripes, green gloves and black boots.

Recycling lorry driver · the depot

Eddie

His pals call him Big Eddie. He drives the recycling lorry, knows everyone on his round and remembers who likes what. When someone is confused, he explains without making them feel foolish, then finds the friend who really knows.

“Aye, let’s ask the person who actually runs the place.”

What he’s known for

Making a confident wee prediction, then inviting the expert to check it. His jokes usually finish with a practical tip.

His tip for home

Not sure where something goes? Check your council’s own rules before you guess.

Where you’ll find himAt the depot, and on his round through Gullbrae.Visit the collection depot

How is Eddie feeling?

Eddie’s face tells you a lot. Can you make the same faces?

Hello!
Wondering
Listening
Explaining
Laughing
Job done

Eddie on the round

A wave from the cab, parked up safely
Explaining
Having a think
A wave goodbye
Ready for the round

Eddie from every side

From the front
From the side
From the back

Eddie’s stories

Hamish’s short menuAmina and Hamish help Eddie explain gas, fertiliser and grass.Read nowThe wee visitors at the windowA friendly wave introduces Malik and the work behind collection day.Read nowThe island bottleEddie starts the weekly crossing with reuse, before a tour of where waste goes.Read now

Eddie is also in these stories: The castle newcomers, The cupboard with a new chapter, The visitor who used to be a child, An Italian Scot gets the joke first, Two Tommys and two shops, What can we do today, Welcome by name, A proper lunch for the hens, One useful answer, The lorry looks different today, The biggest wave, Two crew members and one big wave, Crates with another trip, Wee Bin and the saved supper, The hens’ lunch, A changed plan, The weekly island run, The secure load, The blocked path, The mystery material, The other uniform, The tall arrival, The smallest crew, Two useful branches, The two arrows, The question everyone had, Give the field time, The grass lunch, The field is not the feed trough, Hamish’s second breakfast, The short menu, A different compartment, The paper’s next chapter, Timber with another job, The shore after the rain, A seal having a rest, A box and a fish, The stream at the castle, The grain with another job, Heat for the stills, Three useful paths, The washing machine with another job.

His friends

Eddie is a made-up character in a made-up town. The real people who collect your bins follow your own council’s rules. Check your bin day.