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To dump the bags on their doorstep?

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DesperatelySeekingPomBears · 31/08/2012 09:15

The next door neighbours are away on holiday and while they're going they have her brother staying to house sit. Bin day was on Wednesday and when I went to bring it back in from the end of the drive, I noticed that he hadn't put their bin out and it was full to the point of overflowing.

As I went to move our bin, I realised it wasn't empty but pulled it back anyway, and figured I'd call the council to complain. However, when I opened the bin to pop another sack of rubbish in, I realised that it was half full of NEXT DOOR'S RUBBISH. The cheeky fucker, upon realising he had missed the binmen and presumably with a large amount of rubbish to dispose of, decided he'd just throw it in our bin rather than put it in the back of his car and drive to the local tip.

So, now I have a half full bin that will not be emptied for another fortnight. Should I dump the rubbish back on the next door neighbour's step for him to deal with (to join the two or three bags he's also dumped there and that will no doubt start attracting rats etc)? Or should I wait until NDNs return and ask them in future to tell her lazy arse brother to keep his bin bags to himself? Or should I seethe silently for a while and let it go?

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Meowmi · 31/08/2012 10:17

Not your rubbish so not up to you to dispose of it.

Put it back on his doorstep!

NoComet · 31/08/2012 10:18

Dump it on the council door step.

Fortnightly rubbish collections are evil.

(that and the stinking food waste containers that go with them Envy

DuelingFanjo · 31/08/2012 10:20

Take the letters out and put them back through their letterbox > the bit which makes you feel better. Take the bags to the dump > the grown up thing.

do that ^

toomuchmonthatendofthemoney · 31/08/2012 10:20

Give it back to him, cheeky fecker, without a doubt. Over entitled selfish little prat who deserves his nose rubbed in it. Grin

WelshMaenad · 31/08/2012 10:23

griphook do your LA give you really small bins? We gave fortnightly collections and ours is never full. #confuzzled

griphook · 31/08/2012 11:14

griphook do your LA give you really small bins? We gave fortnightly collections and ours is never full.

No normal size, and a recycling one and food waste. I don't use the food waste because of the rats.

Our bin was collected on tuesday. It's now full of all the bags that wouldn't fit. It drives me mad. I could fill it twice over.

I was going to start a thread on how other people cope, does anyone have any ideas.

For info I have 2 ds in nappies a cat and dp

suburbandweller · 31/08/2012 11:38

I'm with WelshMaenad on this, I can't understand how people manage to fill their bins despite collections only being fortnightly (I also have a DS in nappies). Mine is never full - the recycling on the other hand is heaving Confused.

I don't really understand this bin rage thing that people get (not that I'd put my rubbish in someone else's bin without asking), although I can see it would be pretty annoying if you already having more trash that will fit. Instead of being passive aggressive though, why don't you just tell him that his rubbish can't go in your bin and give him directions to the dump? It might help avoid tension with your neighbours when they come back from holiday.

redlac · 31/08/2012 11:42

our rubbish bin is only full when we've had a clear out. Mind you I do have 3 fecking recycling boxes which are emptied every week and a garden waste one.

Dump the bags on their doorstep or over his noisy boy racer car

WelshMaenad · 31/08/2012 11:46

I've got 2 DC's, one in nappies and one in nappies at night. We use cloth though, so that cuts out a lot of waste.

That said, wven if we were chucking nappies away we wouldn't fill the bin. If you have an outside food waste bin you really should use it. Ours has a locking lid and doesn't smell or attract rats (and we live rurally near a railway live do it's very feasible that it might, but it doesn't). Food waste is weekly here, don't know if it's the same for you.

We put out shitloads of recycling, like suburban. Does your council offer the full spectrum of recycling? I just find there's very little left to go in the bin!

TheBigJessie · 31/08/2012 11:50

Griphook You could perhaps request an extra wheelie bin. What exactly is your rubbish? Is it just the nappies that are the issue?

For reference, we are family of four, no pets, no nappies, and we generally half-fill the wheelie bin each fortnight.

SlightlySuperiorPeasant · 31/08/2012 11:50

YANBU, I would take it out and put it with the other bags he's left. No way would I be stinking out my car with someone else's rubbish! Can you imagine the fury if a bag split and your car was fileld with bin juice? No thanks.

TheBigJessie · 31/08/2012 11:58

I can recycle pretty much all plastic (except black plastic), aerosols, cardboard, paper, glass, fabric and cans. Also have fortnightly garden waste collection.

Noqontrol · 31/08/2012 13:44

Definitely take it out and give it back to him. There is no way I would consider taking someones rubbish down the dump when they had the cheek to dump it in my bin. Put it back where it belongs!!

IloveJudgeJudy · 31/08/2012 14:06

We have food waste here, too, collected weekly from a locking bin. We have a small inside one that we use to fill the bigger, outside one. Everything else is only collected fortnightly - recycling, garden and general waste. We never manage to fill the normal bin, just the recycling and garden ones.

IloveJudgeJudy · 31/08/2012 14:07

Also, OP, I would just try and speak to him, while giving him back the bags that he put in your bin, otherwise you might be stuck with trouble for the whole time that the NDNs are away.

TheMonster · 31/08/2012 14:09

I would k nock on the door and tell him to take his stuff out of your bin.

andallthatjargon · 31/08/2012 14:09

I would DEFINITELY give the rubbish back!!! My neighbours know this though!!!

ChunkyPickle · 31/08/2012 14:26

Give the rubbish back.

We have four adults, and a child in nappies and our bin is full every week - full, but not overflowing.

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DesperatelySeekingPomBears · 31/08/2012 14:48

It must have only been a mini break. They're back, so obviously dumping the rubbish on their step is out of the question now.

So, should I go and let them know what her cheeky swine of a brother did to my bin?

Oh, and for those that queried number of bins we have one, and a recycling bo

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DesperatelySeekingPomBears · 31/08/2012 14:49

Stupid phone...

One for general waste and a small recycling box. Both are emptied fortnightly.

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CleoSmackYa · 31/08/2012 14:51

Dump it on the doorstep!

OneOfMyTurnsComingOn · 31/08/2012 14:51

Definitely. You should speak to them.

GravyHadALumpyMashBaby · 31/08/2012 14:55

Why is returning the rubbish now out of the question? It's still not yours!
Go and knock with the bin bags in hand and tell them you don't appreciate what her brother did. They'll probably give him a bollocking themselves.

IceCubes · 31/08/2012 15:00

Definitely tell them! I would be mortified if it was my brother but I would like to know if he wasn't the best house-sitting choice.

gordyslovesheep · 31/08/2012 15:03

put it back on his doorstep - cheeky bugger

My neighbours moved and dumped 2 speakers and a wooden shelf unit in my garden - behind my shrubs - killing 3 plants in the process - I was livid

I have 3 guinea pigs, 2 cats, 3 kids (one in night nappies) and my bin is rarely full - my recycling bin is usually over flowing though