By Smith

I don’t know about you, but I always seem to forget bin day. Having moved house a lot in the last few years, I’ve had bin day on a Monday, a Wednesday and a Thursday, and my brain just doesn’t compute that now it’s a Wednesday again.

I also have the dilemma of remembering whether it is black bin day (general household rubbish) or red bin (recycling) day. Although the council kindly send me a little calendar, I usually go by what my neighbours are doing. However, this is a little unreliable when I can’t even remember what day the bin goes out and if I leave the house before my neighbours are up and putting theirs out.

The reason I’m telling you all of this is because I’ve come up with what I think is an ingenious idea to help me and Tim remember which bin day it is! ( Read more )