Thanks for the useful tips. I shall get some ear plugs for my baby (should be fine as long as she doesn't choke on them) and I'll stop putting any of my waste in recycling, to reduce the disturbance to one day a week.

I can accept being woken up at 6am or 7am for a couple of days a week, but we should not need to accept them starting at 5am every week. I doubt that that start at 5am in every road in Lewisham, so at least they could have the courtesy to adjust their routes every few weeks so that the burden is shared.