Binman explains why you often find your bins down the road

There’s a way to avoid your bin ending up halfway down your road on bin day

We’ve all had that annoying moment of realising our bin has been left halfway down the round, rather than outside our home after bin day. But now, the reason for this has been explained by a binman.

Ashley, a refuse collector known as The No1 Binman, has more than 200,000 followers on TikTok where he regularly shares advice from behind the wheel of a bin lorry.

Highlighting the one error homeowners are making, he explained: “It’s probably because you ain’t got your number on your lid.

“No point putting it on the side cause you can’t always see it. You want to be able to see it no matter where you’re looking, you can always see the top of the bin.”

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Adding a label to the lid, with your number, or house name, will ensure that the binmen know just which house each bin has come from and can return it without any confusion.

“Then the binmen will put your bin outside your house, as long as you have a good binman.”

Although not everyone was convinced, with one TikTok user commenting: “My number is on the lid and it’s always 4 or 5 houses up the road. It not really an issue, I just collect it. Why are people so lazy, the extra steps will do us good.”

While another added: “Mine has always been on the front name and street, never had an issue.”

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Ashley previously settled the debate on placing black bin bags in recycling bins, clarifying that this is something you should never do, or risk your waste being rejected.

He said: “Put it all in loose. Do not put anything in a bag in your recycling bin because it has got a chance of being contaminated and they won’t take it.”

Elsewhere, Ashley also explained just how to dispose of used up batteries, and whether they can be placed in your regular rubbish bin.

He told the BBC: “Do not put vapes or batteries in any bin. You can take them to B&Q or the vape shop you bought them from, and they’re meant to dispose of them themselves.”

While it may seem harmless to leave batteries in your bin for collection, doing so can pose a significant fire risk to refuse lorries. Ashley adds: “I’ve had this before — and I’m not sure if it’s a battery or a vape — the back of a lorry started smoking.”