28 March (Part 2) - Another Bexley Council failure
In 2006 the house next to mine was sold to a man from Lagos. He told me that he
would only ever rent it to Nigerians which I suspect is illegal but he has been
as good as his word. New tenants every year or two and every one of them Nigerian. Like
all neighbours they come in all varieties; from Sunday church attendance in all their
finery through to drug dealers.
The family that left last August was
really lovely and we still swap messages
on What’sApp. Their replacement has ignored me totally, never once acknowledging
a Good Morning and not even a glance if we happen to be at our respective front
doors at the same time.
One thing all fifteen or twenty of them have had in common is a total
disinterest in recycling. One family simply threw their rubbish from the front
door and formed a literal rats’ nest. Even the best of them would never remember
to put their bins out so I fell into the habit of doing it for them.
Last night at 22:45 the white lidded bin had not been put out and when I did the
job for them I noticed that it was contaminated with plastic water bottles and a
Coke can. I transferred quite a lot of stuff into the correct bin and crushed
the cardboard down as best I could; then retired to bed, the day’s good deed done.
What a waste of time that was, CountryStyle didn’t bother to empty it. It is not
red tagged so I assume the slightly open lid was not an issue.
Personally I don’t believe a word of Richard Diment’s proud claim about 99%
collection success. Someone is likely fiddling the figures before he sees them.
Bexley Council’s flytipping problem is largely self-inflicted.
Bexley Magazine Spring 2025.
