to be annoyed at next door neighbour's rubbish?

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that they put into our bin?

Has happened twice now.

The annoying thing - apart from my unwillingness to confront them - is that what they put into our green wheely bin is recycling stuff.

1st time was just after last Xmas and they put loads of cardboard and AN OLD KETTLE into the top of our bin as theirs was overflowing. I actually saw the guy do it but was in the house at the time doing the dds beds and just happened to look out the window. Didn't say anything to them.

Then this Friday I checked the bin in the afternoon to see if the binmen had been and our bin is FULL (usually only a third full). There is a massive black binliner of cardboard in there.

Again didn't confront but DH and I emptied the bag (on the street in front of both our houses) and sorted out all the cardboard and put it into our recycling box. Knew it was theirs as some of the cardboard had been drawn on and had the girls' names on from next door.

Sorry so long but should I have confronted them or am I being silly? Keep thinking that I will def knock on their door if they do it again but don't want to cause tension.

I've had this problem and the council told me simply to move the bin to a place where the neighbours couldn't access it. It's the easiest way to deal with it. This probably varies from area to area, but they can put enforcement action into place, by issuing warnings etc, but who wants to go to that trouble if the issue can be solved much easier?

Nickschic why don't you knock on their door earlier in the evening before the bins go out and ask?

I'm totally that you don't see doing this repeatedly without asking as bad manners.

If my bin's out, waiting for the binmen to empty it, it's absolutely no skin off my nose if someone then puts more rubbish into it - I'm amazed at the people getting so territorial over bins!

I could see the point if you got charged for disposal based on the weight of your bin, but AFAIK that's not happening anywhere yet.

in my area you do get warnings and fines if you put the wrong rubbish in the bin i.e. mix up the recycling. So it would be an issue if recycling items were getting mixed in with general waste.
I'd have no problem with bin borrowing if the neighbours asked to use the bin and put the right rubbish in the right bin.
Lock the bin or give them their rubbish back. Easy.

The council here will not empty your bin if it's been 'contaminated' with something that shouldn't be in there, if the brown bin for cardboard/kitchen waste/garden waste had plastic/electrical item (for example) inside it then they will not empty it and will stick a sticker over the top. If a neighbour sitcks something in the bin that shouldn't be there and it's not emptied then this is hardly fair.

If their rubbish has stuff in it which could identify them I would take the bag and just dump it somewhere hoping the council would do them for flytipping.

I am having a similar issue - people putting things in my bin, plus the council then not collecting my bin.

Live in a block of flats, so each bin is numbered but they are located next to each other, so moving the bin is not possible.

No easy solution - I'm going to write to all residents again asking them to complete a mini survey about waste collection (as I'm in touch with the council about the non collection of bins and it isn't clear as to why they are not being collected) and thus find out what people know about the refuge collection scheme (one week is recycling, one week is landfill), if they have the appropriate bags, and to remind them to only use their own bin plus where alternative facilities are located (have a refuge site about 2 miles away).

If the bins are out on the street I have no problem with people putting their excess waste into my bind - as long as the rubbish is in a bag, the bin still shuts & it's in the right bin!

We had someone dumping their rubbish in our bins every fortnight, several bags and so the bin lid was left up, even when the little bin was pretty empty - the bin men wouldn't empty it, so we had to take it to the tip - all of it, theirs and ours. I tried to see who was doing it, but they seemed to manage to do it after I left for the nursery run and by the time I got back the bin men had been

We moved

LOL not because of that though :) It just happened to be at the same time!

I'd put a lock on the bin nannynick.

if you can't approach them then buy a bin lock

www.binloc.com/
www.yellowshield.co.uk/wheelie-bin-lock.html

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Agent, the OP's neighbour put an old kettle in her recycling bin! Many binmen would refuse to take that. And probably blacklist your house while they were at it. And who gets left to deal with it when it's been left on the kerb? Bet the neighbours wouldn't.

I've gone to great lengths to bribe at Christmas stay on good terms with our binmen, with the result that last week, for instance, when I went out to ask if they would mind taking away all my new furniture packaging to save a trip to the dump, they were more than happy to oblige. Even came round the back to get it for me.

"If their rubbish has stuff in it which could identify them I would take the bag and just dump it somewhere hoping the council would do them for flytipping."

Really hoping you are not serious there, RandyRussian!

Why should the OP get fined or have her bin left unemptied because of her neighbours not being bothered to separate waste. I'm sick of individuals being penalised by the actions of others.

But the OP doesn't want conflict. I reckon dobbing the neighbour in with the council probably counts as conflict.

Ah, OK... Didn't realise that some councils were so strict. We get our "normal" bin emptied every week, and we can put what we want into it (including things that can be recycled, if we wanted to).

We also have a box for newspapers and plastic and another one for glass. They also get collected every week, but they get emptied into the same lorry, so they're not strict about putting things in the wrong box.

In theory, we could put all our refuse - including electrical goods and things that can be recycled - into the one bin and it would get emptied every week.

I'm sure things will change soon, because it's unsustainable, especially when councils get fined if they don't meet recycling targets.

Bin locks are a waste of time as lots of people are at work when the bin men come and fly tippers could strike first thing in the morning.

We had a problem with youths HIDDING our bin so it would not be collected so in effect that rubbish would be sitting in the bin for almost a whole MONTH!

I have no other issues with the neighbours, really I haven't and they have two dds like us. They are not a big family.

I am not one of those people who won't let others use the bin if they need it, i didn't say that, it is the fact that the rubbish they are putting in our bin is stuff that should be taken to the tip or put in the bloody recycling box. To me it just seems like sheer laziness.

Stick a big bit of paper inside your bin lid saying...
USE YOUR OWN FUCKING BIN YOU TWAT

Your neighbour is being a selfish, ill mannered idiot. More and more Councils are now refusing to empty bins that are over-full, or have the incorrect sort of waste in them. By placing non recyclables in the recyclable bin, they are contaminating the waste for its sorting later. They are putting you at risk of receiving a Fixed Penalty Notice or fine (minimum £75 if FPN, much more if a prosecution). As someone who has done many bin checks, the Council would be very if you say "Oh, that's my neighbour' waste, I can't think how it got in my bin". Most Councils are happy to provide extra bins where there are genuine issues e.g. large family (2 kids would not count) or your neighbour could take it himself to the tip. I would definately have words with him, and make it clear that this is not welcome. Finally, I hope he shreds all personal documentation. If he doesn't perhaps you could point out to him that being careless with personal info in your waste can and does lead to identity theft.

Yeah, runaway. That neatly sidesteps the non-confrontational issue!

send them an invoice for your bin space