It's a job most of us loathe - the weekly chore of wheeling the bins to the curb late at night or at the crack of dawn.
But what if someone - or something - did it for you?
Inventor Thomas James, 15, has made a robot, or 'bin-bot', which does just that.
To find out more about how the wheels of change are turning on a suburban Christchurch street, click on the video above.
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