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Bin etiquette - advice needed (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 year ago by leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/ukcasual@lemmy.world
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Here's the situation - on bin day, I put out my bins with the draghandle facing outwards, because in my mind that means all the bin man has to do is grab the handle. My neighbour however, contends that it is more appropriate to have the bin lid facing outwards as some bin men like to check what's in the bin before they drag it to the truck. I've never seen a bin man do this. To me, their way means extra work for the bin man but my neighbour says its my way that causes extra work.

In the grand scheme of things I doubt the bin men give a fuck which way round the bins are but I'm interested in what you all think. Handle facing out or lid facing out?

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[–] burningmatches 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’ve reviewed my doorbell footage and our lot seem to just pull them by the handle straight to the back of the lorry, so handle out is definitely easier for them. I didn’t see anyone checking in the bin.

Edit: On further review, the bins go into the mechanism at the back of the lorry with the handle out (ie, they push them from behind into the lifter), so it might actually be easiest to have the bin sideways with the handle facing towards them as they walk down the street. That way they can just walk up to it and start pushing it towards the lorry.