Dave Fishwick MBE, the entrepreneur and Netflix star known for "The Bank of Dave," is seeking the return of his stolen bin after witnessing sanitation workers take it from his property. The incident occurred on Thursday in Ribble Valley, near Burnley, and was captured on CCTV.

Fishwick, 55, shared the footage on X, formerly Twitter, showing two workers placing his bin into their truck. He stated that his wife, Nicky, sent him the video and that the workers were heard shouting "go, go" as they drove away. "All I could see was this guy that sort of grabbed it and threw the whole thing in the back," Fishwick told the Daily Mail. "You can hear in the video, he says something like 'go, go' and I thought how bizarre."

"The Bank of Dave," established by Fishwick after the 2008 financial crash, operated as a community bank in Burnley, lending money to individuals and businesses rejected by traditional banks. The bank, which is not for profit, has loaned over £30 million to thousands of local residents for various needs, including funeral expenses and IVF treatments. Fishwick's story was later adapted into a Netflix biopic released in 2023, with Rory Kinnear portraying Fishwick and Phoebe Dynevor playing a fictional niece.

Following the bin incident, Fishwick issued a warning to the public about data security, urging people to shred all confidential documents, including bank statements and letters, before discarding them. "Whatever you put in your bin, make sure you shred it," he advised. "Make sure you also shred the envelopes as well, because I do a lot of programs around data protection and GDPR and data theft out of phones and things."

Fishwick expressed his and his wife's bewilderment at the event. "She just wants to know where the bin is; it's unbelievable," he said. "Nicky is so down to earth, she just wants the bin back. If somebody sees it, can they send it back or can they point it back in the direction of Burnley?"

He added that he had never encountered such an incident before, calling it "so bizarre." "You don't expect that from a council, do you?" Fishwick questioned. "At the end of the day, it's just a bin and it's gone missing. But we're going to need one. We're either going to have to go out tomorrow and buy one, or they're going to drop one off, or we're going to have to get half a dozen black bin bags, aren't we."