binmen actually putting bins back to where they were

[Duncs]

I don't post often but this has irked me somewhat.

I've lived in a few places in London and across the UK and this is the only place I have ever lived where the bin men take the bins from the front of the house onto the street. EVERYWHERE else I have lived, it has been my obligation to take them out onto the street for emptying and take them back at the end of the day. Also, when I've had extra carboard boxes and things like that which won't fit into the bins I have been able to give them to them as extra items. Elsewhere, if it won't fit in the bin it doesn't get collected!

I think the bin service we have here is by a long way the best I have experienced anywhere I've lived. I'm not sure people appreciate that service levels here are way above what most people expect of their binmen.

[Mustard]

If I go away, I ask neighbours to put the bins back. If I come back and the bins are in the path, then I either push them with my foot to make space,if I am carrying something, or move them manually. If they tip over, then I would put in the house what I was carrying and then come back out and right them.

Sometimes the bin men even leave the lids open! No doubt there will be people who would complain about that. I am grateful to have wheelie bins at all, to keep the foxes out of the rubbish. If one disappears, then Southwark replaces it, free of charge, or if you need more another one they will also give it to you, again free of charge.