Neighbour has put their rubbish in my bin

Yep, take it out and put it next to their own bin. But be sure it was them so you don't start a feud. Could it have been a different neighbour?

And have seen the date: fgs why am I seeing such old posts??

Yes it is wrong and unlawful. It's fly tipping. If you want to do that why don't you actually ASK your neighbour if that's ok with them rather than 'sneaking' about.

Some people may not care. Others do. People may care if they make an effort to keep their bin as smell free andclean as possible and maggot free and so don't want others shit dripping out of the bag into their bin. Your own waste is your own waste. Who want's someone elses used nappies or sanitary pads or snotty Covid ridden tissues in their bin?

Just because the bin is accessible to you doesn't mean either the neighbour has finished filling it. They may want to add additional bags later that night/day that they can't fit because you have stuffed your shit in it.

They have no guarantee that there is nothing in your bag that will lead to a fine or refusal of the bin being taken like batteries, builders rubble, vapes or neon bulbs.

and don't pretent its about helping the garbage pick up. It's because you are too lazy to put out your own bin.

I must admit I do this mainly to help the garbage pickup. I have very little trash, mostly recycling, so I sneak my trash into my neighbors bin. I figure it’s one less bin to bother with. Is that wrong?

Absolutely. I must admit I live in a lovely area with really nice neighbours so no one would abuse each others bins - so I suppose my thoughts on this are bias towards decent humans!

I largely agree with this approach but it only works in a 'good faith' environment. If one of my neighbours dropped a normal black domestic waste bag in my bin on collection day I really could not care less. It becomes an issue when twats start using your bin for commercial / non collectable waste that results in non collection. I had one moron leave all the old tiles from their bathroom refurb in my bin, that's just moronic.

For me, once I put my bin out, it’s available to anyone who would want to add bits - especially if all the bins went to a communal meeting spot to wait for the bin man. Once mine is out, I never have more than the odd wrapper or tea bag I might throw in from that morning and I wouldn’t expect someone to ask permission. It wouldn’t bother me in the slightest if someone used up my spare space unless it caused me issues ie they added normal waste to my recycling so I got one of the dreaded stickers and refusal to empty, or like some are suggesting I had a limit to the weight of my bin and it took me over - or they threw their chopped up husband away and I ended up in jail. That kind of thing.

Surely once yours is out for emptying, it’s not really an issue if someone uses up the space you weren’t using minutes before it’s emptied

There’s never been a weight regulation anywhere I’ve lived. We don5 even have bins here. 3 black bin bags every 3 weeks.

@cardibach. All bins are weighed when they are hoisted onto the lorry and about to be lifted up and tipped. There is a built in scale

100% this. My next door neighbour offers me her bin space as we have a bigger household. She often gives me a wave through her window when I’m sticking extra rubbish in her bin the night before it’s emptied!

Oh God it's the great wheely bin divide again, do we not all remember the dog poo lady from the other day!?!?!
50% of people adore their bin, believe it is a reflection of themselves and should be cleaned, loved and only filled with their own personal waste, neatly bagged and likely labelled.
50% of people could not give a flying fuck, especially on collection day when the bins are out, they seem them as council property anyway. Never clean their bins, happily grow maggots and feed pests from it, aren't worried about any smells as they shut their doors and keep it firmly outside. Their wheely bins are coated in all sorts of waste and always will be and you're welcome to throw whatever crap you like in so long as it all gets taken away on bin day.

These two groups regularly cross paths and the fall out is immediate. For what it's worth I'm in the latter group and wouldn't have even noticed the additional bag, as I've no clue what's in my black bin, have no desire to know, and couldn't care less. I've no clue if our bins are weighed (barely know when bin day is tbh), occasionally they're so over filled the bin men refuse to take them, which is the only time I'd be annoyed by a neighbour wacking their rubbish in.
If it has caused you any issues OP, I'd flag it, but I honestly wouldn't be able to look someone straight in the face and say "you put a bag of rubbish in my bin, there were no consequences at all, the bin men took it fine, but imagine what could have happened". So it depends on the actual outcome.

Utter madness

My neighbours x2 are happy for us x5 to put excess bins in their theirs.

I wouldn’t say it was obvious from your post. I assumed you had added it to your bin as there was still space.
I have also lived in a couple of different places in the UK (midlands tbf) and never heard of the weight thing.
I have definitely put things in my neighbours bin on collection day. Didn’t really see the big deal as I assumed it would be emptied imminently and that they had already disposed their rubbish.

I went to put an extra bag in my bin on collection and my neighbour looked very embarrassed as he told me he'd put a bag in because his was full. I didn't care as there are no rules on lids being closed etc, and I'd rather that than a street full of rubbish.

Is it really going to stink in the hour before the binmen come?

Yes it does but that's not the only point. It is fly tipping and you have no idea what the hell is in there. Bins are unhygenic anyway but your bin is your unhygenic stuff. Who wants a strangers filth and waste their bin? It could have shit dripping out of it for all you know.

If you are a household that takes care to ensure the bin is not maggoty or full of wet dripping stuff, it's even worse. Without any reason whatsoever, someone else fly tipping their waste into your bin without asking is unlawful and revolting.

That would annoy me. Our council go through our bins and put stickers on them if they've got the 'wrong' type of rubbish in. I also don't want someone else's pet poo/pet food/baby poo/used sanitary towels/used condoms/incontinence products etc etc in my bin. Use your own bloody bin. I couldn't care less if that makes me uptight, so be it 😁.

Honestly it's the time I don't care at all. If I put my bin out, it's collection time, and there's space feel free to use it as long as it doesn't leave permanent mess in the bin and isn't just things that can't be taken clearly on top that threatens thr bin being taken at all.

But if you always put it out before you ha e finished filling it, consider not doing if you want to be helpful, or make it clear to everyone you do that and the bin doesn't just have wasted space that week ever.

Or if you are really protective of the empty space in your bin, make that clear and tell people never to use it unless they go round and speak to you first.

Is it really going to stink in the hour before the binmen come? Could see point inf they added it a week before in your bin

Why? There was room in your bin.

Unless it was smelly / wet / gross rubbish, does it matter?

How identifiable is your bin? I probably couldnt pick our general waste bin apart from several others

It's fly tipping.

as others have said you don't know what's in there.

Why's is affecting you though?

Because it's other people's filth and you don't know what's in there. We don't put any wet or food matter into the black bin and all containers are rinsed and everything is in black bags so the bin is basically fairly clean, maggot free and doesn't smell. I wouldn't want stranger's rubbish like used sanitary towels, condoms, nappies, food waste etc that belonged to others in my bin. It stinks if you aren't careful as few are. Plus if it contains 'fineable' material like vape batteries etc you may be in trouble.

Why is it in your bin? because either theirs is full or they are trying to get rid of illegal rubbish. That happened to us once - a bag full of builders shit was put in our bin and the bin men refused to take it.

It's like arseholes who put tiny little bags of dog shit into the bin. I don't want your stinking dog shit in my bin. It falls down the side of the black bags as it is lifted and the light weight means it doesn't tip out. So you get left with a stinking bag of dog shit in the bin.

See, you laugh now, but it'll be different next week when someone sticks their binbag in YOUR bin. I envisage a knock at the door and the council bin contents inspector standing there:

"It's been noticed that you had four empty cans of Special Brew and a copy of the Sun in your bin this week, Mrs Holdmybeermoment..."