Hertsmere Council has imposed the revised rubbish and recycling collection dates on us and there is no point trying to blame anyone else if the new scheduling has created problems. Although there are some rubbish bins which are full to overflowing, there are plenty of others around the estate which are not. A two minute walk to another bin area will almost certainly solve your immediate problem.
On the other hand, if you put non-recyclable rubbish in the recycling bins, as some of our less considerate neighbours have been doing, you will make matters much worse because the Council will not take contaminated bins as part of the normal collections. Instead, they will impose significant extra costs for making special collections. This is not in any of our interests.
Please use your commonsense while we get through the teething problems with the new schedule and don't make matters worse just to save a short walk to one of the other bin areas.
