A few weeks ago, I put out my black sacks 4 hours early (not supposed to do it until 7pm) as going out overnight and had I left it, festering black sacks full of rubbish that cannot be recycled would have hung around for a month-although I DO recycle using their recycling bags. Fast forward a week or so and a letter arrives saying that 'evidence' had been found that I had done so. They'd actually gone through black sacks! The letter was not a polite reminder but full of legalese and threat of 100 fine if it happened again. Even this was not totally clear and until I rang them to find out, I was scared that I had actually been fined. I am livid about this. This is the VERY first time I've been in trouble with bin police. AIBU to be so annoyed?