Nothing compares to your bins being collected after eight weeks of piled up rubbish. One Carlisle woman took matters into her own hands in a quirky way when she went eight weeks without having her bins collected. For eight weeks Carlisle City Council had collected her green bins without fail. However, they had neglected her refuse bin. Cath Reynolds, of Brampton, said: “At first I wasn’t really worried, it was just one of those things. “I popped the rubbish in the car and took it to the tip. “Since the first time, I’ve had surgery and so I can’t keep doing that.