As it is the beginning of the New Year, may I thank the bin men or operatives for all their hard work in all weathers?

As it is the beginning of the New Year, may I thank the "bin men" or "operatives" for all their hard work in all weathers?

They leave the back roads clean and tidy - also the 'green bin men', and the postman and milkman - they don't let us down.

Trudy Smith,

27 Egremont Road, Exmouth