Bin men marking wheelies with door numbers

[Callie]

Last week after collection day, I noticed my door number had been scribbled on the wheelie bin lids in black marker pen. Bin already has large number on the front & road on the side. A bit strange I thought & scrubbed it off. Last night I noticed the numbers were back on the lids? Just wondered if anyone else has had their bins numbered or if it's just me? lol

[TheArtfulDogger]

Tempted to say it's just you but I have the same on my bin

No idea why I have to add

[Ladygooner]

I expect it is so they take the bin back to the correct address after emptying?

[Ridgley]

Or sometimes you just don?t get your bins back.:(

[Roundabout]

Is it easier for the refuse operatives ? If No: on lid:

[DulwichFox]

No number on my bin ..

Foxy

[ruffers]

Sounds good to me, I've spent too much time trying to find my bins after they've put them back seemingly at random in the past.

[Callie]

Ladygooner Wrote:

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> I expect it is so they take the bin back to the

> correct address after emptying?

I thought that too but no other bin has been numbered. That's why I think it's strange. The marker pen doesn't come off easily but I found nail varnish works & I've now wasted 2 of my new washing up sponges getting it off. I'm quite tempted to do a stake out to catch the culprit.

[TheArtfulDogger]

Interesting, looking around I have the same, no other bin marked with a number

Maybe it's a bad bin thing as I noticed my number appeared after a touch of Autumn cleaning with the bin stuffed fuller than Mr Creosol

[rabbitears]

Callie Wrote:

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> Ladygooner Wrote:

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> > I expect it is so they take the bin back to the

> > correct address after emptying?

>

> I thought that too but no other bin has been

> numbered. That's why I think it's strange. The

> marker pen doesn't come off easily but I found

> nail varnish works & I've now wasted 2 of my new

> washing up sponges getting it off. I'm quite

> tempted to do a stake out to catch the culprit.

Why are you trying to remove it? They're presumably doing it for a reason and the bin belongs to the council.

[Seabag]

TheArtfulDogger Wrote:

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> Interesting, looking around I have the same, no

> other bin marked with a number

>

> Maybe it's a bad bin thing as I noticed my number

> appeared after a touch of Autumn cleaning with the

> bin stuffed fuller than Mr Creosol

Mr Creosol ?

Oh dogster....

http://youtu.be/rXH_12QWWg8

[DulwichFox]

I would check with the refuse collection team that it was them ..

Burglars chalk mark houses 'Da Pinchi Code.' to target the rich and vulnerable..

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/revealed-secret-chalk-marks-thieves-4668387

I don't want to alarm people but maybe a new way of marking homes..

Hopefully it was the refuse collectors.. but why selective marking.. Better to be aware.

DulwichFox

[BrandNewGuy]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> I would check with the refuse collection team that

> it was them ..

>

> Burglars chalk mark houses 'Da Pinchi Code.' to

> target the rich and vulnerable..

> http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/revealed-sec

> ret-chalk-marks-thieves-4668387

>

> I don't want to alarm people but maybe a new way

> of marking homes..

>

> Hopefully it was the refuse collectors.. but why

> selective marking.. Better to be aware.

>

> DulwichFox

Almost certainly an urban myth...

http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/housebreakerscode.asp

[rabbitears]

Ahahahahahahaha!!! BRILLIANT! Maybe there's a sophisticated group of Pontefract burglars surveilling East Dulwich and being so infosec-conscious that they only communicate with each other by marking their targets' bins with felt tip with a secret code consisting of...the house number.

[nxjen]

Are you

rabbit ears

or

rabbi tears

or even

rab bit ears?

[rabbitears]

I could tell you but then I'd have to burgle you

[Countrlass22]

Not on ours

already marked our own i'm sure its just so you get your bin back and not someone else's smelly bin,marked ours as clean when needed saves getting no bin back or someone else's.

[Seabag]

nxjen Wrote:

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> Are you

>

> rabbit ears

>

> or

>

> rabbi tears

>

> or even

>

> rab bit ears?

Oh please be Rabbi Tears

[DulwichFox]

Countrlass22 Wrote:

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> Not on ours

> already marked our own i'm sure its just so you

> get your bin back and not someone else's smelly

> bin,marked ours as clean when needed saves getting

> no bin back or someone else's.

So why mark just selected bins and not all.. None of my neighbours bins have numbers or have been marked.. ?

DulwichFox

[Countrlass22]

No idea,would be better ring council try find out.

[Callie]

I reported it to the council last week & I will try to get an update today. It is only the blue & green bin that's being marked, not the brown. I will be home on collection day this week so will hopefully find out who is doing it & why.

[TheArtfulDogger]

Any update Callie?

[EDmummy]

Ours also marked this week. I think it may be down to training new staff and trying to get it right after complaints. I have no problem as I've had occasional probs trying to find my own unmarked bins.

[Penguin68]

The blue and green bins are collected by the same crew on alternate weeks, hence those two, but not the brown, being marked. Presumably the crew that collects the brown bins every week don't have the same allocation problem.