25 July (Part 2) - 99·9% of statistics are made up
I now have first hand experience and proof that Cabinet Member Richard Diment’s
proud boast that more than 99·9% of bins are collected each week is a fiction.
I put my green bin out around 7 p.m. last night along with my neighbour’s green
and blue bins as otherwise it would never get emptied. He never remembers.
Soon after 9 a.m. this morning his bin was emptied but mine wasn’t, although it had been
moved to a different position, presumably by a bin man.
When I reported the missed bin on line the website said it had already been collected. Confusing.
In another example of how Bexley Council wastes money, the early morning green
bin collection here is only from one side of the street. Later on, at 10:15 this
morning, another refuse truck comes to take the green bins from the other side
of the road. Needless to say, they did not take mine.