Hi Phil,
Many thanks for your helpful ideas and suggestions. Much appreciated.
"Rescues right at the end" are difficult, but not impossible, to write. They have to have either a) someone who knows you are in the bag / wheelie bin / dumpster etc. and they rescue you; or b) someone who notices you before the compactor eats you (i.e. they hear your screams, sees movement etc.).
The reason why I say I find writing it difficult, is because in real life trash collection is a swift affair. The bins for an entire road can get collected in just a few minutes, and the garbagemen simply don't have the time to check the contents of each bin. Trash is simply treated as trash, regardless of who is inside.
For me, the fantasy is about enjoying the experience, so I would have to keep quiet. However, in real life, you would not be there in the first place, or if accidentally collected, you would scream like hell regardless of the consequences of being found naked in polythene, with the trash.
Welcome to the group, Phil. Thanks for posting.
Daffy