What annoys me about all this is that I have now twice not had the brown bin collected in the last 2 months. They either forgot (unlikely, it was very visible, accessible, in the same spot as every week, not too full, too heavy or two whatever either and didn't contain anything it shouldn't) or simply didn't go round, I couldn't quite tell as neighbours had taken theirs back in by the time I returned in the eve. The council website says that "this may occasionally happen as we experience staff shortages etc". Fair enough if this was the regular waste included in council tax payments, but if I am paying an annual fee for this extra bin, it shouldn't happen.