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Disposable sanitary pads are the most commonly used period product - they stick into your underwear, absorb blood externally and are wrapped and binned after use.

Thousands of people have gathered in Birmingham in support of striking bin workers.

But, like other forms of waste, it is often put in the wrong bin.

Among the achievements of the round-the-clock unit have been finding a £10,000 stolen watch and a suspect trying to hide from them in a bin.

Right now, though, I've lost him to the record store's vinyl bins, picking out old favourites by the Stone Roses, Brand New Heavies and Cypress Hill - and prompting a moment of introspection.