Originally our bins were always emptied street by street going either clockwise or anticlockwise around the estate.
Since this new firm has started doing it, they seem to be driving miles further , passing the end of our road backwards and forwards several times throughout the day. They have been doing a road, then missing a few out and going further around the estate,then coming back and doing another few odd roads here and there , then back across the estate again. The next road to ours can have theirs emptied first thing, then bypassing ours and it isn't done for another 4+ hours . Can't quite see the logic in their route planning!
(Think our postie must work the same way as the refuse guys. We never get the post until about 3pm or later , yet when I have a walk earlier in the mornings he's only a few streets away ..... )