A mum ran outside to speak to binmen after watching her overfull bin get rejected during collection

A mum challenged a binman in the street after witnessing her bin being left unemptied over a single item. Bins can be an extremely divisive subject, particularly when they're only collected fortnightly.

There are several reasons why refuse collectors might leave your bin unemptied, including incorrect items being disposed of, bins being overfilled or not being positioned in the right spot for collection.

Steph Johnson, known online as ScouseBirdBlogs, was peering out of her window as refuse collectors approached her bin, knowing it was "over full" following some gardening work over the weekend.

However, when the lorry hoisted up the bin, something prevented the rubbish from being emptied, and the worker returned the full bin to the kerbside.

She said: "The bins are getting collected as we speak and I've just been watching out the window, because my bin's over full because I have been doing the garden this weekend.

"He took my bin, went to empty it into the thing and because there was like a little trellis-y thing on top of it, it didn't empty into the truck so he brought it back full.

"I was like oh no, we're not having that I can't go two weeks without a bin."

Steph dashed outside and spoke to the binman, who said "I can't empty it love, it's all stuck".

Steph said: "I went well just take that off the top. He took it again and he emptied it and it was fine.

"You know what probably didn't help I've lost my wild deodorants, like the refillable one, and [I] couldn't find it anywhere this morning and I just emptied my bin in my dressing room the night before.

"I thought 'have I just in my fuzzy headed state just put it in the bin'. So as the bin man was pulling in and I actually went down and started rifling through my bin.

"So he probably saw me doing that, as well and two seconds later you know I come running out the house."

The "Simpler Recycling" regulations will come into force from March 31, and every local council in England will be required to collect four separate types of waste individually. Typically, this means households will have four different bins or containers for various kinds of rubbish, though some areas may already have such arrangements in place.

Waste collectors will be required to collect food and garden waste, paper and card, other dry recyclable materials such as glass and plastic and non-recyclable waste that can't be processed. Instead, this will be sent to landfill or utilised for energy recovery.

Although the change will affect councils across England, not every household will experience significant differences straight away. Some local authorities already operate recycling schemes that broadly match the new requirements, meaning residents in these locations may notice little change. This is why it's always essential to check your council's guidelines and see what the regulations are in your area, and how they may alter. One thing residents need to understand is that food and garden waste must be separated when the scheme begins, which will end the common practice of mixing them in the same bin.

一位母亲看到自己过满的垃圾桶在收垃圾时被拒收后，跑出去与垃圾清运工人理论。

一位母亲在街上质问垃圾清运工，因为她目睹自家垃圾桶因一件物品未被清空而遭拒收。垃圾处理问题极易引发分歧，尤其是当收运频率仅为每两周一次时。

垃圾清运人员可能未清空您的垃圾桶，原因包括：丢弃了错误类型的物品、垃圾桶装载过满，或未将垃圾桶放置在规定的回收位置。

斯蒂芬·约翰逊（Steph Johnson，网名ScouseBirdBlogs）从窗口望出去，看到垃圾清运工正走向她的垃圾桶。她知道，由于周末进行了一些园艺工作，垃圾桶已经"装得太满"了。

然而，当卡车吊起垃圾箱时，某种障碍物导致垃圾无法倾倒，工人只得将装满的垃圾箱放回路边。

她表示：“就在我们说话这会儿，垃圾箱正在被清空。我刚才一直望着窗外，因为周末我整理了花园，导致我的垃圾箱已经满溢出来了。”

他拿起我的垃圾桶，准备把垃圾倒进车里，但因为车顶上有个类似小格栅的东西，垃圾没能倒进去，所以他又把满满的垃圾桶带了回来。

我当时心想：天啊，这可不行，我没办法忍受两周没有垃圾桶的日子。

斯蒂芬冲出门外与垃圾清运工交谈，对方说道："亲爱的，这桶我清不了，垃圾全卡住了"。

斯蒂芬说：“一开始就很顺利，直接拿掉就行。他又拿了一次，清空后一切正常。”

你知道问题可能出在哪儿吗？我弄丢了我的Wild牌止汗露，就是那种可替换装的那种。今早我哪儿都找遍了也没找到，而前一天晚上我刚清空了更衣室的垃圾桶。

我心想：‘难道我刚刚头脑不清醒时把它扔进垃圾桶了？’于是当垃圾车正要开走时，我赶紧跑下楼，开始翻找自己的垃圾桶。

所以他很可能也看到了我的举动，两秒钟后，我就从房子里跑了出来。

英国《简化回收》新规将于3月31日正式生效，要求英格兰所有地方政府必须对四类垃圾实施分类收集。新规实施后，大部分家庭需配备四个不同的垃圾桶或容器分别存放各类垃圾，但部分地区可能已具备此类分类设施。

垃圾回收人员需负责收集厨余与园林垃圾、纸制品、玻璃塑料等其他干燥可回收物，以及无法处理的不可回收废弃物。此类不可回收物将被填埋或用于能源回收。

尽管这项改革将影响英格兰各地的市政机构，但并非所有家庭都会立即感受到明显变化。部分地方当局现行的回收方案已基本符合新规要求，这意味着当地居民可能察觉不到太大改变。因此，务必查阅所属市政机构的指南，了解您所在区域的具体规定及其可能调整的内容。居民需要明确的是：新规实施后，厨余垃圾与园林垃圾必须分类处理，这将终结以往将它们混投于同一垃圾桶的普遍做法。