Neighbour being cheeky? Or AIBU?

Depends. Does it mean you don't have room for your stuff?

1 to 2 months isn't very often to be cutting the grass, I wouldn't care much about this if it still left enough space for my stuff.

We pay for ours. I think I'd have to tell him that he'd need to store it himself until collection day and then check if there is room.

Sometimes ours is full to brimming and sometimes it's not. If I couldn't fit my stuff in because of someone else's grass cuttings I'd be pissed off. Otherwise I can't say it would bother me.

If it’s just grass cuttings, and there’s room, I wouldn't be concerned. However, if he started filling it up with leaves and more garden rubbish, then I’d be annoyed.

Why should OP be one who is doing all the giving? Why shouldn't neighbour pay for his own bin.

She's saving her neighbour £60 a year - well that's what it cost where I live - what kindness does he do in return? Nothing apparently.

It's the same thing I had for a whole school year with one of the teachers at my children's school.

The teacher lived a short walk from my home. He asked me one day if I'd mind giving him a lift to and from school, tuned out he meant every day.

Yes, I was already going to the school but I was saving him the inconvenience and cost of getting himself to work - school was five miles away - and yes I did feel taken advantage of but he never once offered, and I never felt able to ask, for a contribution to the cost of petrol.

OP, if your bin isn't full and it doesn't inconvenience you to have his cutting in the bin every time he cuts his grass, ask him to make a contribution to the cost of the bin.

I think in general I'd let him if I had the space, but I'd probably ensure on at least one occasion it was full to the brim so he couldn't - just to underline the principle that he had to keep asking and couldn't take it for granted. I'd also make sure I thought of a favour I could ask him in return.

I had a neighbour do this with my standard bin, which I seldom fill but he always did. He gradually started filling my bin up without asking, so I just asked him to stop as I was fed up with going to put something in the bin at the last minute and finding I couldn't as he'd stuffed it full of his own garbage - most of which he could have recycled.

Tell him to stick it in his regular bin. Anything can go in those things.

I don’t think it would bother me, if I always had enough room for my own garden waste. That would be the crucial point. If there’s space anyway, what difference does it make? You’re no worse off, so can afford to be magnanimous!

It's free where I live and I'm suddenly very grateful for that :/

So he uses it a max of probably 8 times a year? (Around here collections stop between Nov to Feb)
And all he uses it for is his grass cuttings?
And you don't fill it?
And he asks every time?

I'd be ok with it. Why should he pay a small fortune for something he barely uses when you have space?

Maybe nice of him to give you a bottle of wine or flowers or something as a thank you but really saying no just makes you look unfriendly and unhelpful

Ask him to pay half for the costs and agree to only fill a half of the bin each. If
he says no then give him the info on how to get this bin himself. Tell him not to use your bin.

I'd do this too.

Op the neighbour needs to pay half or stop using your bin.

Personally it wouldn’t bother me and I’d let him carry on if I had the space in the bin

Why not take turns paying for it, you do a year and he does a year. Or just say no?

I wouldn't be at all bothered if my bin had space.

Def a CF. It's whats known as taking a liberty. A one off yes, but every time, no. Cant you throw some hedge clippings or something else in there as a one off to fill it up and see if he gets the message?

@Roseyjane are you the neighbour? Would you quite happily let someone else pay for the service so you can get it free?

Next time he asks…
”sorry can’t do this time, it’s full of my waste/I need to use the remaining binspace for the garden jobs I am planning - making sure I get my moneys worth for that £50 a year”

Proper cheeky. Ours is £100 - there is no way I’d let that happen more than once - he either splits it with you or starts going to the tip again. It is irrelevant that yours is not always full - he’s not even offering a token amount or favour in return.

Id be fine with it but I’d also expect general neighbourliness in return, in whatever form that took, be it taking in parcels when I’m out, not whingeing about me having people in the garden for a BBQ on the reg or making noise or whatever. Basically a bribe. And if there’s nothing you’re bribing him about right now, there probably will be at some point! Always good to have a favour in the bag… or bin

I assume as it then entitles him to half and she doesn’t wish half a bin.

Why don't you ask him to pay half towards it that way you both benefit?

I don't think he's cheeky as he asked and you agreed. If you don't fill your bin, why not share?

In our town you've got a small window in the summer to apply for a green bin collection - maybe 4 weeks. I had a lot going on 2 years ago and missed the deadline, cue a whole year of trips to the tip. Just wondering if something similar has happened to him, rather than him being a cf.

Why not come to a cost share agreement with him if it works for you both?

Omg you’d lie so he couldn’t use the available space ? Wow.