[Caz]

Have myself put in complaints about various aspects of the refuse & recycling system.

Blue boxes not returned to correct property.
Blue boxes being returned with stray tin lids in.
Blue boxes thrown into gardens willy nilly, therefore ensuring that said lids fly out and end up in the garden, and also increasing the likelihood that these boxes will not have a very long life expectancy.

Emptied waste paper bags being left at my property, (even though I don't use them as I recycle paper elsewhere)
I now have  a collection of six, and in keeping with the theme,  am looking for ideas on how to put these to good use!
Maybe I should return them to the depot and suggest they find out where they should have left them. (or tell them where to shove em.)

Wheelie bins also left several doors away.
Wheelie bins put in yards and gates not closed, which is supposed to be the case.
Wheelie bin liners taken out of wheelie bins and left several hours on the back alley. To what aim? Rather defeats the object of the system I think.
Rubbish in bags being removed, which shouldn't be happening in a wheelie area - Some people don't use their wheelie bins at all.
Rubbish left out several days before collection.

Greatly varying times for collections.
We are supposed to have blue boxes out by 7.30 and bins out by 9.00. collection times for both have been anything between this and 3.00pm.
With the wheelies at the back, this is an open invitation for burglars, especially when they don't even close the gates afterwards anyway.

As yet I have been lucky and have always got my own wheelie bin back (even if I've had to find it myself) The day I get somebody else's maggot infested one in error I really will blow a fuse.

Have sent many emails outlining problems, and have had various replies from certain people, and complaints have been "passed on".
Certain points I made were supposed to be raised at meetings with the appropriate people, but as yet I have seen no change in the system whatsoever, and have had no feedback as to what came of my queries.

Questions I have asked also are.

Will they replace bins and wheelies damaged by their teams carelessness.
Will they clear up rubbish strewn on the alley by dogs & cats when they decide to remove the bags fronm the bins.
Will they repair my gate, damaged by being left blowing in the wind?
Will they cover any losses incurred by my property being insecure due to my back gate having to be left open?
I actaully left my bin outside my gate one day. I was in so I didn't lock it. One of the team came and placed it back inside my gateway. Apparently we aren't supposed to do this as the alleys aren't wide enough. Couldn't be that they got the wrong size vehicles could it?

I am all for a recycling & wheelie bin system and in theory the system should work well.

But it's the same old story. The powers that be haven't done their homework properly, and, as yet don't seem to have taken any critisisms on board, (or at least not to any noticable effect).
But then council administration never was swift or efficient, was  it?