A friend of mine used to work for Lewisham bin/recycling and used to get up at 4am every morning to go to work and didn't finish until 4p.m most days.

I used to complain that the truck was always blocking the road to the school when I was trying to get my children to school and he said people complain whatever time they come around. They just vary the route when someone complains - which is most of the time.

Just count yourselves lucky that you don't live in Paris where they are only allowed to empty the bins in the middle of the night.