the way i see this is the bin men n jay are partly to blame, but the real blame lies with the useless admin of our council, we have used this service twice in the last 8 yrs, both times we were told- leave yer back gate unlocked n we will collect in next fortnight / 10 days, which to me is unreasonable to leave yer backgate unbarred when no-one is in the house, also unreasonable to keep yer pet out of the yard fer so long. it aint rocket science all it needs is a phonecall the evening before telling ya were collecting tomorrow. also our dog got out 3 times in the first instance, paris thought i'd left the gate open,
what was going on was oscar had his paw under the door waggling the sneck off (2" gap under bottom due to slope of yard) caught the little swine at it. theres all sorts of circumstances could have caused this, i reckon those that are casting blame have never had the misfortune to have to use this service.