Peterborough Council did wheelie well

Tuesdays are bin days down our street.  That means dragging a wheelie bin out onto the pavement for a team of crack refuse commandos to speedily empty and return it back in front of the house for us to wheel away for another fortnight (no weekly bin collections for us - well, we alternate between general waste and recycled waste) at least, that’s how it’s supposed to work.

That evening we got home from work only to discover we were a bin down.  Panic!  It’s dark and maybe our bin has been accidentally wheeled into a neighbour’s front garden in our absense but come a quick recce the following morning there’s no green bin in sight.  We’ve been the victim of wheelie bin THEFT!

No doubt the bin has been binnapped by a hardcore gang of refuse receptacle traffickers and will soon be found pimped out on the streets of Bulgaria.

Normally this would be where I berate Peterborough City Council for being incapable of any services but in all fairness I think they do generally get it right (maybe with the exception of the highways department) and this time just reinforced that opinion.

On Wednesday morning after reading the Peterborough City Council website, I discovered that I could report a missing wheelie bin through an online form but all I needed was a Police crime number.  Once that was done the form was submitted, an email receipt was received and that was all there was to it.
I didn’t expect the anything to happen for at least a week, but on returning home tonight (Thursday) I’m greeted by a brand spanking new bin and someone had even taken the time to personalise it with our house number - how kind!

I thought they (PCC) deserved a bit of recognition for this service, so this is it.  Cheers!