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| Body found among recycling waste | Body found among recycling waste |
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| A man's body may have been carried for about 100 miles - hidden inside a truckload of waste for recycling. | |
| The body was found on Tuesday afternoon at a waste management company in Crayford, south-east London. | |
| But a Metropolitan Police spokesman said inquiries had led them to discover the body had been among rubbish which had arrived from Worcestershire. | |
| The Crossgates waste depot in Redditch has now been closed while inquiries are made. | |
| A post-mortem examination has proved inconclusive and further tests are being carried out. | A post-mortem examination has proved inconclusive and further tests are being carried out. |
| The death of the man, whose age and ethnicity are not yet known, is being treated as "unexplained". | |
| Redditch Borough Council confirmed its Crossgates depot was closed on Wednesday due to a police investigation. | Redditch Borough Council confirmed its Crossgates depot was closed on Wednesday due to a police investigation. |
| Some waste collections were disrupted as a result. | Some waste collections were disrupted as a result. |
| Recycling from homes across Redditch, which are all issued with wheelie bins, is taken to the centre by refuse lorries before it is removed to be processed elsewhere. | Recycling from homes across Redditch, which are all issued with wheelie bins, is taken to the centre by refuse lorries before it is removed to be processed elsewhere. |