Neighbour being cheeky? Or AIBU?

This.

Exactly

If OP didn’t pay for this service would they both have to find some other kind (mug) neighbour to use their bags instead

Why not suggest he cuts your lawn at the same time to repay the favour? You have the space anyway and would feel like you’re getting something in return.

I'm of the opposite view to that one, if he just put it in without asking that would be really cheeky! At least he has the manners to ask.
I agree that a "no, sorry, I am planning to do a lot of gardening and expect to fill my bin to overflowing" would be the way to go.

If it's like our council, it's an annual fee. Some people don't have the money to pull out. Me and a neighbour share mine but she pays me monthly.
I think it's a friendly thing to do BUT me and my neighbour are friends. We don't just speak because of the bin.
I'd maybe ask if he wants to go halves, it's not harsh to do so. You'd still be doing him a favour by putting it out for regular collection.

If I had loads of spare room, I'd be fine.

If the bin was full with my own garden waste or if I needed the space before the next collection, I'd ask them to goes halves.

Similar happened with me. My husband suggested our neighbour go halves on it. She said no, and never asks us anymore.

I would find some extra cuttings and fill my bin up every single time as he would just wind me up. I wouldn't have minded once or if they were stuck but now it's past that

Definitely a cheeky fucker.

We have a choice of bins or bags here. Over subscribed so I pay my neighbour half of her monthly subscription for one of her three bags.

I couldn’t get myself worked up about this - it happens about 6 times a year and the bin is never too full for your waste? I’d take the view that I’d be paying for the green bin anyway and it’s not actually any inconvenience to me.

I’m not surprised the replies here are strongly in favour of him being a CF, because the view I tend to see on MN is that we should all live in splendid isolation and never put ourselves out for another person or create any sort of community which involves a bit of give and take. Fair enough if that’s how you want to live your life.

Ask him if he would like to share the cost of the service since it seems silly to pay for the whole thing when you dont fill it, and if youre both using it and go halves it makes sense

It mostly is. Most councils will still take the grass in the regular bin.

45 quid a year round our way. Your neighbour is a CF. Why should pay out and enable him to get it free? Tell him he needs to split the cost or pay for his own collection 😬

I agree. If it's me, I'd just tell him to check my bin the night before collection and if there's any space he is welcome to use it - that way he doesn't need to ask every time. If the bin is full then tough luck 🍀

And why should OP "be nice" when the CF is obvs not doing his bit and "being nice" to her?? A bottle of wine/ box of chocs ,as a thanks for saving him £60?

Oh, of course, he's a man. So we have to "be nice" 🙄

Nuke his house from orbit, that will teach him for putting grass clippings in your bin after asking your permission to do so.

Or failing that, come up with some classic mumsnet inspired passive aggressive patronising script which you can reel off to him next time you meet him in which you definitely do not come across as a weirdo.

He's a CF, that's the problem with being nice to these types and saying yes once, then they will take advantage forevermore until stopped.

"Being nice" would also be him buying you a bottle of wine or some other token gift by way of thanks.

Next time just say 'no, sorry, it's full'.

Bit off the point of the thread, but I'd really love to know what sort of grass the neighbour has that only requires cutting ever one or two months.

I cut my grass around a week ago and it's now really long.

I'm not an enthusiastic gardener and ok I don't cut my grass very short, so I'm not shaving it down to the mud but even so, after two months the neighbour's grass must be like a wilderness.

'Sorry, no' would be an acceptable continued response.

This 👍

I think you could say that now the summer is here that you are mowing/cutting/pruning more and that there isn't really any room.

When he next asks, say you have alot of green waste this week going in the bin because you are doing some gardening. If there's room on the day of collection you'll let him know.

This happened to a friend of mine, she thought she was being kind but it just caused her massive inconvenience. Her neighbour didn't want a green bin to spoil the aesthetics of her garden but didn't mind filling my friends bin so that sometimes there wasn't room for her own garden waste.

Say no to them using the bin in future. Do not offer to split the cost. If your neighbour wasn't a piss taker they would have already offered a contribution or left you a bottle of wine as a thank you.

Tell them they can sign up and pay for a bin on line.

Kind people always end up being taken advantage of by cheeky fuckers. A one off? No problem. Every time? Get your own bin.