Ailz Says I'm Obsessive...

[poliphilo]

But you can't mess with the bin-men.

These are powerful individuals- and if you pile things in your bin so the lid won't shut they're perfectly within their rights not to empty it.

So imagine my dismay when I looked out this morning and found that Samina- who doesn't have a clue about the rules and etiquette of waste disposal- had loaded her surplus junk into my bin- there was a lot of it because some weeks she'll miss a collection-  with the result that there were two bins- hers and mine- side by side- both over flowing- and with extra grot piled up on the pavement.

I could see the binmen turning up their noses at us- refusing to shift either bin- leaving the rubbish to fester- and festering rubbish means rats.

So I did something a little desperate. I borrowed Renee's bin- she's not at home, she rarely is these days- and redistributed the surplus. Now there were three bins deployed on our stretch- all full, but with lids that would shut.

The binmen turned up shortly afterwards. I had acted just in time. A crisis in public health has been averted. 

Comments

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

The problem of individual bins doesn't exist here as we have large "dumpsters" at strategic points around the neighbourhood.
When those are full we are allowed to leave black bags next to them and as we have daily garbage collection, it all disappears overnight. The only problem that arises is when a handicapped or elderly person can't walk or get to the bins. That is the one drawback.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Daily garbage collections- how splendid!

What about recycling? Do you have different dumpsters for different categories of rubbish?

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Yes, there is a whole collection of dumpsters, ie one for paper, one for glass, one for tins, plastic and a final one "for all other stuff".

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We have three bins. In this borough they mix glass and metals.