AIBU - bin lorry nightmare

To be fair, if the official rule is to put them out for 7, and then somebody takes theirs out just before 7, without realising that the bin men have already been and gone half an hour ago, I don't think it's their fault in any way - and the council have been negligent in their duties.

If they expect them out by midnight the day before, if they have difficulty with setting and keeping to schedules - so the can send the bin men out at 3am if they must - they need to specify this to householders.

I know that your council tax pays for a lot more than just bin collections, but it's the most visible and regular service and one that, unlike many others, every single person uses. They can't just treat it like they do it as a favour and then say "tough, you missed it" when people followed their instructions and they failed to keep to them.

They will only be working part of the week this week so will have had to change their schedules. Something to look out for next Christmas!

obsession about car parking is familiar with my dh!

Many councils advise putting the bins out the night before so that the collection can begin early. Ours does, both on leaflets and on their website.

I get that bins blowing over in windy conditions is a problem, but that occurs on people's driveways too and the rubbish can still fly off down the street if it is loose rather than in bin bags.

God some men are boring about bins. Out bin was swallowed up by the bin lorry a couple of weeks ago.
I informed the council. Took two weeks for them to send a new one out.
Every Single Day DH would wonder in the morning if the bin would come and then ask as soon as he got home if it had.
Is this what happens to middle aged men? He can also obsess about parking outside of our house on the street.
He works in a really high stress environment job so maybe this is his downtime 😁
I just ignore him and his old man rants.

no harm in trying
i always put mine out when i come back from work, the night before
but i forget my monday, garden waste quite regularly,
it is not being collected over christmas it turns out

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Same here! Except it says 7am for us, and the lorries keep coming before this!! Lots of missed bins and we can't do anything about it. (I'm up so always run out but I do chuckle at the neighbours confusion when they bring them out later.)

Of course, bin collections are going to change - different days/times - over Christmas week, unless it falls at the weekend.

Who wants to spend Christmas Day or Boxing Day emptying bins that could have been so easily done on another day, rather than spending the day with their own families?

Our council have mentioned the changed collection days on their website but haven't sent out leaflets (that would then be collected in the recycling bins!) as they have in previous years.

I think the changes are all a day or two afterwards (including Saturday), so they probably just assume that those without online access will put them out late on Boxing Day and know that they'll come at some stage - or just watch out for their street's binfluencers and follow them.

Better than coming a day or two earlier, so that if you aren't aware, you miss out. Plus, you can't roll bin capacity over, so if they collect a half-empty bin early, you've still only got one bin-worth left for all your Christmas waste and extra days.

We don't even have collections this week or next - everything is already fortnightly so it's a month between. Fun times.

You'd be the only one on pur entire street putting the bin out in the morning.

@Sirzy yes, we are usually a Wednesday but they are only working one day behind this year!

Ours is 6!

Will it be collected on Boxing Day? We are a Thursday collection normally but this week it’s Friday.

As with most others, our council has "bins to be out by 7am" on the websites and occasional leaflets that we get.

I hate when people put their bins out the night before though - the amount that get blown over and you end up with their shit flying round the street is infuriating!

I also hate those bin strap things that hold the lids closed - working from home and they're all blowing about in the wind banging off the sides of the bins all day making a bloody racket! Should be banned

Our council says all bins out by 7am every week. Your DH will have lots of time over Christmas to repent and see the error if his ways, he'll be a new man by NY

Oh no! I wouldn’t be happy either. Bins out the night before here, they will often come at 7am to collect. We have fortnightly collection in my area, so I wouldn’t want to miss one.

Local councillor here. Report the missed collection online.

You won't be alone

Ours is due to be emptied on Boxing Day and I am contemplating putting it out tonight so I don't forget on Christmas Day, the bin rules are so strict now, I just hope the woman with her clipboard and "refuse to empty" stickers isn't out on Boxing Day!

Tip run?

this doesn't help you now, but I think our council guidelines say bins must be out by 7am as the truck could come any time after that. I always put mine out the night before

Always put them out the night before as that's what our local council advise. I can't say that we have never almost forgotten and had any close calls though and I do have to be pretty vigilant with it around Christmas and New Year.

Until recently ours were coming around midday but they do start work at something like 7am. So best to be ready. About a couple of months ago they suddenly started coming at 7.30am! Which caught some people out.

Your collection wasn't missed, it hadn't been put out. So you might not be able to report a missed bin, and even if they do accept that they still quite probably won't be able to return before Christmas now.

Maybe your DH will need to try and get a slot at the dump (you have to book them at ours, and good luck with that at this time of year) and drive the bin there. 🤣

Our council has started fining people for ‘fly tipping’ if anything is left outside their homes. So no more neighbourhood swopping of furniture or toys, by putting them out on the pavement.

By the letter of the law this includes bins, apparently we’re meant to all get up at 6.00 to put them out, and they shouldn’t be done the night before. I can’t see this working…

Your council rep is your bins must be out it 7am.
Now you have you sick it up and take them to recycling centre yourselves.

Call the council for what???? 🤬