Saturday, April 07, 2012

Bin service

We had our recycling bins emptied on Good Friday.

A day late – presumably they spent Thursday emptying all the bins they had not been able to reach through the ice & snow on Wednesday.

This is obviously great service from a private company under contract to the local authority, which we pay for through our taxes. I wish I could feel more confident that this is achieved through economies of scale & efficiencies due to specialisation, not at the expense of much tougher conditions & reduced pay for workers.