Where is the Weed Bucket?

Sunday was a terrific day for gardening. Yes it is still very dry - that could change tonight- and I got some great work done.
The problem was the weed bucket.

When we moved into this house two years ago, I was the proud owner of 3 large buckets (from trees that we planted in the last house), and two wheelbarrows.

The wheelbarrow was used to cart the recyclable material from the house to the curb - we have a long driveway, so using the barrow was a way to get it there. Recycle comes on the same day, but a few hours earlier than, the main garbage collection. So when the recycle people took the can-bucket out of the barrow, they threw it to the side, and the garbage people thought the barrow, now lonesome on the curb, was obviously trash!

We get curbside garden pick up too. Being someone who is obviously trusting, thought that using my precious buckets to take weeds and twigs to the curb was useful, helpful for them. They would know it was just a way of getting the things to the curb right? Nope, they took the bucket too!!

We are redoing the bathroom - that involved taking up carpet (yes carpet in the bathroom), then taking up 70's tiles. Guess where all these things were plonked? Yes -my gardening buckets!!
So now I have one wheelbarrow, and no bucket. But.... we got two kitties who use cat litter - two small litter containers were useful for weeding inside a garden bed. Last week, some bright and efficient spark decided to put the buckets into the garbage!

So Sunday, when I was weeding, I was down to making a pile on the side and loading it into the wheelbarrow.
Yes I managed - but really does everyone else have this problem with containers for weeds????