Southwark Rubbish Collections

[Mrs TP]

Our normal blue bin recycling was due Christmas Day. I checked out the Southwark website for the alternate date and it says next collection due 8 Jan - we are busting to the rafters with recycling and normal rubbish and food. I sort of imagined they might come tomorrow (Fri 27th) instead. Anyone in the know?

Thanks.

[ianr]

It will be tomorrow, surely? the lags are two days at most. http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200084/recycling_and_waste/3342/christmas_recycling

[Mrs TP]

Thanks. Hadn't spotted this page, was on the insert your postcode here one.

[Strawbs]

I am glad you posted this as we are the same, we were full before Xmas. I am going to pop up to sainburys tomorrow and use their recycling centre but I am hoping our bins will be emptied pronto!

[singalto]

They usually put a thing on the bins telling us about collection days but I didn't get one this year.

[mancity68]

Our usual collection day is Weds but had our blue bin emptied today instead.

[JohnL]

totally wrong that people should wait

Is there a dump to take it or are you stuck

[Strawbs]

Well sainsburys cardboard recycle centre is full but I had a glimmer of false hope when I saw the recycling truck come down my street this morning, I took out all my boxes but actually they just emptied the block of flats recycling directly opposite me and then drove away!! Now I am perplexed. Am going to give the council a ring on Monday and see when it is scheduled for.

[Penguin68]

totally wrong that people should wait

I am hoping this comment was ironic - There are in fact 3 bank holidays over the Christmas period - many households are now getting their collections on the same days as normal, most have only a 1 or 2 day slippage at most. And everything 'corrects' by the New Year. In previous years we have had up to 3 weeks of disrupted collection days.

The bin men have rights too, including, I would suggest, the right to Christmas day off. They are hardly an emergency (if always a valuable and indeed vital) service.

If you are over-flowing there are many deposit points around the borough, especially for recyclables.

At least a hold-up in Blue Bin collection (mine is also full, and my collections are unchanged) is neither noxious nor a health hazard.

[davidh]

recycling facility in car park at peckham rye park

[Bic Basher]

The rubbish collection was on Friday as normal here, recycling has been moved from Friday to Sunday.

[Callie]

Mrs TP Wrote:

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> Our normal blue bin recycling was due Christmas

> Day. I checked out the Southwark website for the

> alternate date and it says next collection due 8

> Jan - we are busting to the rafters with recycling

> and normal rubbish and food. I sort of imagined

> they might come tomorrow (Fri 27th) instead.

> Anyone in the know?

If they didn't come yesterday (sat) you need to fill in the form on southwark website re missed collection & they will come collect within the next couple of days. I've done this before myself a few times in the past. You shouldn't have to wait till the next collection day if they've not been.

>

> Thanks.

[PeckhamRose]

Ours was emptied today, Sunday 29th! :D

[Mrs TP]

They came Fri for the blue and food bin stuff - a huge relief but I find the whole fortnightly collection stressful at the best of times. Our normal bin is full to busting and due for collection on Weds so Fri again and I have two bags in the kitchen waiting to go in it as soon as it is emptied. We are a family of 5 and our neighbours, a family of 3 kindly let us put stuff in their bins from time to time. I am happy for bin men to have holidays. I just think there should be more bin men and collections for everything weekly or the option to pay more council tax for weekly collections or a discount for fortnightly. I hate David Cameron and I love that he said he would re-instate weekly collections and has done sod all about it - tosser.

[Mrs TP]

Oh and I put my leaflet about Christmas deliveries into the recycling bin by accident before the Christmas collections ...

[mikeb]

Does anyone have any suggestions for where to take bags of rubbish (non-recyclables)? Bin men emptied blue bin today (as they did last week) but haven't come for rubbish for over two weeks.

Thanks

[mikeb]

I take this back - they just arrived ! Well done Southwark!

[ricci]

Our usual collection day is Tuesday. They stuck to that and collected Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. No days slippage at all. thank you Southwark.