WERE YOU CAUGHT OUT?

Many Brigg households failed to put out their red recycling bins for collection this morning by North Lincolnshire Council.
As regular readers of Brigg Blog will know, the council reorganised its collections in Brigg over the Christmas and New Year period, sending the binmen round specially today (Saturday) to collect the plastic and cardboard in our red ones.
Contacted for a comment on this issue a couple of weeks ago, the council did not accept our suggestion many Brigg householders could do with a reminder/clarification of the revised dates.
The authority's view was stickers had been put on bins months ago to tell people the revised collection dates, and a prominent article on recycling included in the council's Direct magazine, delivered free to households.
Although the council might rightly say it's unfair to draw conclusions based on one Saturday collection of red bins, I can't help feeling we are in for a repeat on Saturday, December 29 when a special visit will be paid to empty Brigg's general waste bins.
Make a careful note of the date and, this being the season of goodwill to all, tell your friends and neighbours, just in case they hadn't heard.
Note: If you were one of those households which failed to put the red bin out today, you will now have to wait until January 8 for the next collection.