We tend to think of kerbside recycling as a new thing but that's far from the truth. In fact it was back in 1921 that the British Waste Paper Association was established, in order to develop a trade in waste paper for recycling.
I'm not sure what suburb this photo was taken in, but what I can tell you is that the Thorneycroft dustcart was first registered in Kent in 1937.The picture was taken two years later.