Neighbour being cheeky? Or AIBU?

I’d say to him, I’m being asked to commit to next years bin collection. Do you fancy sharing the cost with me going forward? I’m not sure I’m going to bother otherwise. It seems a lot..

Agree that as your bin isn't full, and he asks, it's fine. Its always wise to have a nice neighbour on side, especially one that owes you a few favours!

That is going to be hugely problematic, as if they do that, he’s entitled to use half of it. I’d really not recommend it.

i really can’t see the issue, the op has the bin, it doesn’t cost her any more money, it isn’t emptied by weight, and if she has the space it makes no difference to her if his cuttings are in there or not.

for me it’s really petty to say yes I’ve the space, but you can’t use it, even though it makes no difference to me,

Oh my god of all the things you could moan about neighbours for this is not an issue.

It would be different if you were not using the bin but still paying for it and he used it. But you are and as long as his cuttings don’t mean he fills it and you can’t use it for your own waste then I really couldn’t get bothered about it. Especially if this is your only gripe with them.

You just need to read some of the bad neighbour threads on here to know that this is not that bad

It wouldn't bother me at all. I want my green bin, I don't fill it, so someone may as well be getting use out of it as well.
It seems silly to prefer a 3/4 bin be emptied each week.

Sod that. We have to pay an annual fee for green bins here too and I’d let a neighbour use it as a one-off but not regularly. But, your situation should be fairly easily fixed- just say it’s full up every time he asks you to use it in future. After about the 3rd time of him asking I’d then say “sorry neighbour, but we actually fill the bin up most weeks. It’s easy to get your own green bin though, just apply on council website” etc.

Exactly this!

Have voted YABU as there is space in the bin and he asks. You aren't paying any more for his waste to be taken and you are getting the service that you pay for.

We pay for two bins at about £65 each, and wouldn't begrudge my neighbour the use of some available space.

Maybe say to him as it's now every grass cut he's using your bin, that when the permit is due for renewal how about we go halves?

I would say something like - "it's time to renew the garden bin but not sure as £60 is a lot - do you want to go halves now you use it regularly?"

He looks a bit of a tight CF if he says no then!

Sometimes it is nice to do kind things for others. I just see this as one neighbour helping another. You would have to pay the £60 a year, regardless to wether he puts his clippings in there or not. This seems like a lot of frustration over nothing.

He probably sees this as he doesn’t have enough clippings to warrant buying a bin but instead of going to the tip his friendly neighbour doesn’t mind him putting them in their bin.

If it bothers you that much say no or say your bin is full.

He's being really cheeky considering you have to pay for it

But why? If you have the space, it costs you nothing more, and it makes no difference to you?

She’s paying it anyway, she doesn’t pay more as he puts his cuttings in every one or two months, bloody hell.

Yes, it's cheeky of him. How much it bothered me would depend on whether it somtimes prevented me from getting rid of everything I wanted to in the bin and how much space his grass clippings take up?

We have the same garden bin scheme in our area and I find sometimes ours is empty come collection day and sometimes we're trampling it down as it's so full depending on how much gardening we've managed to do.

I think next time he asks, I'd say "sorry, we are planning lots of gardening so will a truck load of stuff to get in there, I'm not even sure it'll fit all our bits in!" and keep saying similar if he asks again. Personally, I wouldn't even want to have the cost shared as it's only £35 ish a year in our area and the benefit of being able to fill it full every 2 weeks if I wish is worth that.

ETA just saw you answered my queries in other messages.

He kind of is being a bit cheeky but he did ask and you said yes so what is he to think otherwise.

If you aren't using the space then it is going to waste anyway. If I were him I would probably offer you something or buy you a present at the end of the year to say thanks.

I guess you could ask to go halves with him. But that means he has actual rights to half the bin. And he may decide that if he has nothing better to do with his time he would prefer to take it down the tip rather than pay £30 a year.

You have to maybe ask whether the amount of money you would get back is worth it for potentially souring relations given you want the bin anyway. Plus remember you get to ask him favours in return !

If I had space for him to do this it wouldn't bother me at all. It's a nice thing to do.

I think it’s a bit cheeky but as long as there’s space in the bin I wouldn’t mind

I would say it’s time for him to either split the costs or get his own damn bin.

They don’t take the bin away. They take the contents. If she is paying for that service, and he is getting free usage of it, via her bin, then she is paying for his garden waste to be taken away 🤣

Does he offer you anything for it, OP?

I used to have this arrangement with my former NDN - she'd put cuttings in my green bin every 4 weeks or so over summer but always bought me wine and/or a gift in autumn to say thank you.

Well does your bin get full a lot sooner than it would if you were the only one using it? Does this affect cost? Or mean that you have times when you can’t get your waste in the bin?
If so, perhaps talk to your neighbour about getting his own bin or sharing the cost.
If not, let it go in the interest of good neighbourly relations!

I bet if you asked him to contribute towards the bin cost he'd stop asking. They're not cheap - I pay £60 a year for mine so why should he get use of it for free? As a one off it wouldn't bother me though.