Residents should put out their bins on the designated day for the Council staff to collect the refuse. It the residents duty to retrieve their empty bins and take them back onto their front garden/ private property anyway. There seems to be a problem in Forest Hill with residential black and green bins left out on pavements all the time. They have no reason to be left there. Together with old mattresses/fridges/other junk left in people s front garden they make our streets an eye sore. I can never understand why people do that (If you don t want it in your house why would you want it in your front garden?) Problems seem to arise Victorian house have been converted into a multitude of flats or bed sits and refuse facilities were not provided accordingly. Although it may be quite difficult to obtain another bin from the Council (and it really shouldn't be!!), people should talk to their landlord/freeholder and ask them to build decent facilities where all refuse and recycling bins should be stored. They should not be left on public pavements.