Is it just me that find wheelie bins noise-polluters? Hard rubber wheels. and lids that crash down (usually because people either slam them closed or leave them go from a height). We have two collections a weeks and the circus begins with
Noise session 1 People (like me) put the bin out the night before (I DO wheel it slowly so is quiet, and I DO put the lid down so it doesn't SLAM)
Noise session 2 People put the bin out on the morning of collection
Noise session 3 Lorry comes to collect and empty (unavoidable) and ok those guys down't have time to replace the bins quietly but it 2 wheel seesion + 2 lid session / bin
Noise session 4 This takes anything for zero to 8 hours depending upon when people take their bins in.
And all the above twice a week.
Dance of the Bins This is as good as the Suger Plum Fairy.
Some folk now have THREE bins. Kitchen waste Garden waste Recyclable waste
The bat next door has allocated a very specific place for each bin and she impliments a scheme that maximizes the number of bin-moves each collection day. Others use various schemes such as FIFO's, Stacks, Queues and of course the famous Random method.
I wish they'd make quiet bins
Rant over.
ps I support recycling - I just wish noise pollution had a higher priority.