THE emotion on Jean Reed's face told the story.

Three days after Sunraysia Daily highlighted her family's struggles with their overflowing red bin each fortnight, a "wonderful", family-run Mildura business – Interlink Sprayers – stepped forward with a $500 cheque to help Jean and her husband John pay for a new bin "and anything else Jean needs with the leftovers".

"You don't know how much I ...