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Mrs TP

Mrs TP

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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?


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Strawbs

Strawbs

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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

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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.

Callie

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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.

Mrs TP

Mrs TP

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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.

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