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There is a rule on how long the bin can sit out on the pavement, however The bin lorry timetable in our neck of the woods can arrive anytime between 7:00 and 15:00 and sometimes not at all so you end up leaving out for another day or two just in case they surprise you and pick it up.

Originally Posted by HarryM1BYT

I think I remember a council rule, whereby bins once emptied, have to be moved off the public pavement within one hour.

Apart from bins abandoned on the pavement for days after they have been emptied, the is the other issue of private over grown hedges obstructing pavements in many places. In my street, they are especially narrow and over grown hedges can occupy 2/3rds of the width. Again, there are rules, but nobody enforces them.