I think we can safely say the police know he left before 8am, reasons unknown to us but they must have this confirmed, hence the time frame of the CCTV. Which would of course bring the family to be almost adamant he never left on foot, as they have continued to state over and over again on the FB page, without insinuating they know more. This leaves the leaving in a vehicle willingly or unwillingly theory, at the moment it's eliminating and finding out exactly why the other 3 vehicles were in the vicinity. It does seem a long time to identify these vehicles but again for all we know they have or are close to identifying same and are keeping a watchful eye on those person(s).
I think his phone went in the bin lorry by accident or on purpose and is now lost within all the rubbish / squashed at landfill, I do not think this will ever be recovered (IMO) either that or the bin lorry is a huge red herring here and it's a distraction from something else (a vehicle) I do not know. The bin lorry has always bothered me, and I don't know why. Maybe because SO much emphasise has from the beginning been pointed toward it. Hmmmmmm.
Tony's comment again about 'dark coloured clothing' stood out for me on the recent update. It's kind of like talking to a perp...we know you had dark clothing on. Or maybe not, I am kind of losing the will.
This case has me so utterly baffled, as I can imagine everyone else also.