To think that people shouldn't go over their bin allowance and should just do a run up to the tip instead.

I feel the same, tbh, with the proviso that there should be an additional allowance for households with kids in nappies and people with medical needs that generate more waste.

Our recycling scheme is really good, things like yogurt pots, plastic food trays, butter tubs and foil can go in it as well as all the usual stuff, which I know isn't the case in some areas. My non-recyclable rubbish wouldn't fill a shoe box most weeks. Even if there were 4 adults living here, I doubt if they'd generate more than one black bag full.

The council recently issued wheelie bins or "seagull bags" (big, tough plastic bags that seal with velcro) for non-recyclable waste to every household. Each household is only allowed one general waste bin, but they did offer different sizes. And you can have a second recyling bin, also different sizes. Putting my tiny amount of rubbish into the seagull bag just seems daft, so I just put it out with the food waste bin on bin day (same lorry does both).

I think if any household needs more than one bin for non-recyclable waste, they're probably not recycling everything that can be recycled.

YABU

Yabu

YABU. Its obviously better for the environment for your neighbours to make use of refuse collection that's going to happen anyway and would otherwise be under utilised than taking an unnecessary car journey to the tip. You really need to consider the big picture before labeling people as 'scummy' when their actions are more responsible than those you think they should take.

The way they do the bins now doesn't cut down on waste. It just means people hold on to it longer whilst they wait for the next collection.

3 weekly bin collections and only 2 bin bags allowed!! That is asking for trouble

We fill up one large wheely bin + normal wheely bin every 2 weeks and we are a family of 3.

I tried to use our council's large item disposal service. It was awful and took several weeks and multiple phone calls for them to find the item, which was very clearly in my tiny front yard at the address given to them. Meanwhile the neighbours were probably judging me for having a ratty old sofa in my yard rather than "just" getting the council to collect it. Waste disposal services are often not fit for purpose now.

That's a nice idea.

Why don't you take it to the tip for them OP as you are the one that is bothered about it?

Exactly the same here
One week recycling, the next general
By the end of the second week whichever bin it is is always nearly overflowing

If we have a good clear out then there's no way it's all fitting in either bin as there's general rubbish and also boxes etc.

Luckily we can managed a tip run when that happens

There's also a big flytipping of general household waste like bin bags issue here which is blamed on the bin collection. Rubbish left next to public waste bins so it's at least near a bin to be collected but then the bags gets ripped open.

To be fair they might have agreed to it.

Although, if it's anywhere like where I live, they are just scummy people. I spend my life emailing the council about idiots in this estate.

very annoying yes but difficult to get to the tip if you dont have ready access to the car

fwiw we have only ever had a smallish black bins and fortnightly collections and even with two children in nappies never filled it.
always found the size of the recycling bins to be generous and people should just make more of an effort

We recycle everything that it is possible to recycle and two bags every three weeks would be physically impossible? We have a fortnightly wheelybin collection and that’s bad enough!

What's the advantages of bags opposed to wheelie bins?

We have three weekly collections, have done for about 10 years now. It's a pretty common thing.

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Daft bat, tell her to get forensics out!

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We are having this because one of the flats in our building is empty as it's under contract and taking ages for the sale. The previous tenant had managed to get an extra set of bins (he had his out the back and the other two flats out the front).

People are filling them up over and over which is bad enough but they've dumped open food in the recycle bin.

It's disgusting and smelly and right by our car in the summer.

Maybe they asked the neighbours if they could do this.

*people shouldn't go over their bin allowance and should just do a run up to the tip instead *not everyone can run up to the tip. It sounds like your council is really strict so I'd expect some people to struggle to meet this limit.

I'd like to see councils challenged on the inherent discrimination of these restrictions to be honest. It makes life much harder for big families and people without cars (who, on average, will be poorer).

This is NOT one of life’s problems.

Also to the people talking about rats, what do you put out? We have a weekly food waste collection that is in a green bin. Everything in recycling should be rinsed out and then doesn't attract rats.

Not all packaging is recyclable. In fact - recycling are very picky about paper/card packaging. If it has any traces of food on at all, eg oil staining, they won't take it for cardboard waste. Its not practical to wash cardboard and it doesnt get oil off well anyway.

I agree people should produce less waste but it can be extremely difficult and there is no doubt, 3 weekly bin collections increase the level of flies and rodents.

Refuse collections three weeks apart is pretty disgusting and a two bag limit every three weeks is asking for trouble.

This.

Everyone’s complaining about your bin bag limit but I totally understand why you are miffed.

Also it reads like you can only put out 2 bags per 3 weeks, then you say neighbour put out 4 bags, which is confusing.

Anyway if everyone else can manage then what’s this neighbour’s problem, clearly the limit isn’t the problem otherwise the street will be piled high with surplus bags.

It is actually fly tipping to put your rubbish in someone else’s bin without permission but op you just need to ignore this problem and move on.