Docking £1000 after the front of recycling bin's smashed (8)
I believe the answer is:
berthing
'docking' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'ps1000 after the front of recycling bin's smashed' is the wordplay.
'psi000' becomes 'ing' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'front of' indicates taking the first letters.
'smashed' indicates anagramming the letters.
The initial letters of 'recycling bins' is 'rb'.
'the'+'rb'='therb'
'therb' is an anagram of 'berth'.
'ing' put after 'berth' is 'BERTHING'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for berthing that I've seen before include "Tying up a boat at a dock" , "Coming into dock" .)