To find this disgusting?

Easier said than done. Our recycling bins are pathetic. Small boxes, one red and one green for some plastics and cardboard/paper. They claim that as long as you box extra they'll take it, they rarely do. Tetrapak, clothing and all other recyclables have to go to the recycling banks, the two of which near me are rarely emptied so unusable. I've walked back from them so many times only to bin the Tetrapak because I don't have space to store them. We easily fill our wheelie bin and half of a second one most weeks.

For contrast I lived in another area where we had pink bags for all recyclables and they'd take as many as we're left out, no separating and super easy to manage. We had one black bag a week and that was despite having two in nappies.

@gamerchick you must be under the same LA as I am - 6th December was the last time our grey bin got emptied before it all kicked off, and it was 8 weeks later when it was eventually emptied..... it's been such fun playing tip roulette, will we get a slot in the next fortnight, which bin is going out this week, oh it's grey bins for the foreseeable........ 🤣 Good Ol' Council.

Some councils allow requests for a bigger bin, I think for large households or special circumstances. Ours doesn't but you can put out extra recycling in carrier bags and you can also get starter packs of five real nappies for £20 through the council. Even if you didn't buy any more, you could use those at home and reduce nappies in the bin.

Have you ever tried to get a lather bin from the waste people/council? It’s not easy! We had a tiny one with a family of 4, only managed to get a standard one (which they now call a large one) due to medical needs

Yeah, we can put food in the garden waste bin and have it collected more frequently. Although, as of a few months ago, we can no longer put garden waste in it without a £50 permit.

Our recycling is collected every two weeks, it’s just the main wheelie bin that’s every three.

Our local tip is really close by though, and we don’t have to book a slot/queue/show ID, so I quite often go first thing on a Saturday morning to get rid of anything I don’t want hanging around for weeks.

Yanbu. They should be sorting their waste. My guess is they may be running a business at home and it's not just residential waste.

We have loads of bins, landfill, recycling for glass and tin, garden waste, food caddy and a box for paper/ cardboard. The people whose landfill bins are overloaded are the ones who are too lazy to sort their rubbish. If you do it as you go along it's not a problem

I'm fascinated by the many suggestions to get a bigger bin. Our council supplies the bins - small ones - that get emptied every 3 weeks - are you all buying your own?

(where from?)

Or just come to collect what they are supposed to on a regular basis

You should live next to me then you would have something to complain about

Although I complain weekly but nothing happens

i have had my general waste bin emptied 3 times since February and my recycling bin got emptied only 4-5 times last year and once this year

We all work f/t and sometimes 7 days per week and when we have time we take the excess to the tip

Wish councils would provide bigger bins or more bins

@Valeriekat how do I get to the tip if I don't have a car and@fungipie a lot of my neighbours don't have cars either (despite living in a half a million £ flat many Londoners don't have cars).
(I sadly don't live in one of the half million flats 😂)
That answer always wants to make me scream.
Lots of people DON'T HAVE CARS 😱🙄

I mean - have you spoken to them about it?
I get it - rubbish overflowing everywhere not exactly nice when its hot and the bin starts smelling - do they drive? could they take the extra waste away?

There are people literally dying right now in the world, starving or beaten to death - the bin is not that big of a deal when you think harder about other things - speak to them they might just be overwhelmed or actually really sick at the moment and actually need a hand!?

Yes but the smell is much worse if the lid is left open, or things overflow. So that is on them!

Pretty normal sight here. Binmen have been striking on and off since Christmas. It's fun

I buy my crisps in bulk that are also in a cardboard box, then the box is used as my paper/cardboard recycling bin and goes out every 6/8 weeks

Bin men are happy with it as they just grab and chuck it in the back of the lorry.

Really don't tell them that, they would explode.

Do you get food collections? My sister is on three weeks but food waste is more regular. We don't get that yet.

I'm sure on a past thread one poster had their recycling collected once a month.

Not at all. On the contrary, I was advocating for the vulnerability of homelessness and homeless people being referred to as 'tramps'. I know people who have been street homeless and have also worked in homeless shelters'' There but the grace of God go I'

and buy less packaging in the first place

Maybe your complaint should be to the council or your MP stating that whilst you (and your neighbour) are year on year paying more council tax your waste collection is being cut to fortnightly.

Its not your neighbours fault if the council cut costs.

It wont be long until we are like much of Europe where we have to take our rubbish to a central spot per neighbourhood to be collected as the council wont be able to afford collections per street

well they probably have a car and take extra stuff to dump on the way to work, school, shopping, etc. We do, quite regularly. But mainly, we make sure anything that goes in is properly compacted, We are also lucky to have a couple of compost bins in the back garden, but yes, am aware this is not always possible.

You take it to the tip!

It is also a good idea to put your number on the bottom too if people are changing numbers.

I am in a similar situation with my bins, they collect them every 3 or 4 weeks? I am agoraphobic, don’t yet have a car, and can’t get to the dump or buy things in person, meaning a lot of cardboard from Amazon Et cetera

@fungipie the box could be crammed full of other boxes 🤔