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To dump this bag of rubbish on the pavement?

66 replies

ScentWorkBags · 11/10/2018 07:44

Got up this morning to put recycling bins out and someone has put a full bin bag of 3ltr cider bottles in my bin Hmm

WIBU to take it out and leave it in pavement for bins to take because
A) I have a load of recycling I need to put in there myself!
B) They've left it in a bin bag which means they won't take my bin as it's non recyclable.
C) I don't want the bin man, who I always say hello to, to think I'm a raging alcoholic with a penchant for cheap cider!

Photographic evidence attached.

To dump this bag of rubbish on the pavement?
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BrokenWing · 11/10/2018 08:31

annoying as it is just take the bottles out the bag (look at what you are touching to make sure you are picking up bottles only), crush the bottles down and bin the black bag. wash you hands.

when did the world become so full of snowflakes?

AmabelleOnabike · 11/10/2018 08:33

You live in a society and that involves sometimes looking after other parts than just your own patch of manicured lawn. Do you ever pick up litter on the street to bin it? Or not, because you didn't throw it? Sounds like you are one valuable member of society Hmm

JacquesHammer · 11/10/2018 08:35

Put on gloves.
Pull out bottles for recycling
Put rest of bin bag in your own rubbish bin.

2 minutes and it’s sorted

DaisyYellow · 11/10/2018 08:43

I wouldn’t touch the bag as I have OCD. I don’t appreciate the inference that makes me a snowflake, or an invaluable member of society! Obviously the OP hasn’t suggested she has any such issues, but, if I didn’t have OCD, I think the possibility of needles would be a cause for concern. I would call the council on this occasion and look into getting a bin lock.

MsHopey · 11/10/2018 08:51

How have they not squashed the air out of the bottles themselves?!?!
Clearly then it would take up about 20% of the room than they do filled with air.
Clearly a cheeky fucker who sees it as not their problem.
Though I don't think I'd fancy going through and taking all the air out myself.

Havaina · 11/10/2018 08:54

When our bin went missing I had to put rubbish in my neighbours' bins every fortnight (just before the refuse collectors arrived). I still had the recycling boxes though.

Now if I find the odd bag of rubbish in my bin or stray plastic in my red box I don't mind too much.

Feellikeimthemaid · 11/10/2018 09:00

Is this one of those smaller bins with a lid? Why is your bin out for others to gain access to if you haven't actually put your recycling in it yet? Maybe keep your bins out of sight until you need them so that people don't flytip in them.

Original poster
ScentWorkBags · 11/10/2018 09:01

I have anxiety and germ related intrusive thoughts andntendancies (not OCD diagnosed) so it's not that easy for me to just do that.

All my recycling is thoroughly washed in hot soapy water before it goes in the bin.

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Original poster
ScentWorkBags · 11/10/2018 09:02

Feel it's a full size bin and someone has come Into my garden overnight through 2 gates

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NoSquirrels · 11/10/2018 09:06

someone has come Into my garden overnight through 2 gates

That’s a bigger problem than the cider bottles! You need locks on the gates ASAP.

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ScentWorkBags · 11/10/2018 09:09

They w/o are just little garden gates so even if locked people could hop over them

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Rhiannon13 · 11/10/2018 09:11

someone has come Into my garden overnight through 2 gates

...and it's the bin bag you're worried about? As a serial litter-picker taking the time (2 mins?) to put someone else's rubbish in the bin wouldn't bother me. I'd be putting a lock on the gate though.

diddl · 11/10/2018 09:13

" even if locked people could hop over them"

It might put someone off though & they'd look for another bin.

Is your bin easily visible then as well as easily accessible?

Bluewidow · 11/10/2018 09:13

The council will not get involved unless there is quite obviously a needle that can be seen. I will say it again put a pair of gloves on and put it in your general waste bin if you don't think council will collect as in black bag and you don't want to empty it into general waste. There is a very low risk that you would
Catch anything from this waste. Most risk is rats wee but as I said wear gloves. And poster has not said there's needles that's just something you need to be careful of.

Original poster
ScentWorkBags · 11/10/2018 09:14

All the bins are easily accessible.

It's terraced houses with no side access so everyone's bins are in front garden. We all have waist high fences

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diddl · 11/10/2018 09:17

You might have to lock your bins then.

Presumably if you put the bottles in ypur ordinary bin then that would be too full for you to use or not taken if they should be in the recycling bin?

ChelleDawg2020 · 11/10/2018 09:23

There's not a lot you can do - unfortunately once someone dumps waste on your property, it becomes your problem to deal with. If taking it to the council tip yourself is not feasible then just cram in as much as your own recycling as you can, and keep the rest in the house until after the bin is next emptied.

You could also just put it in your normal refuse bin - plenty of "recycling" ends up in the landfill anyway!

Whatever you do, don't fly-tip it onto the pavement or into someone else's bin - this is illegal and you would be no better than the scum who did it to you.

BrokenWing · 11/10/2018 09:25

drip...drip

can you ask a neighbour to sort it out. council tax rates are high enough without them sending a truck and team out to deal with something so minor.

I wouldn’t touch the bag as I have OCD. I don’t appreciate the inference that makes me a snowflake, or an invaluable member of society!

If you have a diagnosed condition that is obviously an entirely different story and you know it. No-one implied anything, they were your thoughts not mine.

longwayoff · 11/10/2018 09:31

Zzzzzzzzzz

owlshooting · 11/10/2018 09:35

At least they put it in a bin and didn't leave it lying in a wood or on the street. I walked through a wood recently and there were cider bottles and cans just all over the ground. Teenage party obviously. It made me so cross. I just cannot understand the mentality of people who do that, old or young.

Snowymountainsalways · 11/10/2018 09:36

longwayoff Don't be annoying. It is not a first world problem if you have overspilling rubbish and no means to dispose of it, it then becomes a public health issue. The bin collections are a source of stress for most families these days, and I don't think it is helpful coming out with comments like 'first world pro' maybe you are fifteen and have never seen the inside of a bin.

ohshitonit · 11/10/2018 09:42

Sooo surprised at the people suggesting op just puts it in her bin, every week my bins are absolutely full (5 people in house) and there's no way I could take another bag of rubbish.

abacucat · 11/10/2018 09:43

I am just impressed at the civic minded alcoholics where you live.
Someone who bothers putting all their empty cider bottles in a bin bag and in a bin is very unlikely to put needles in it.
And I do think it is snowflakery to ring the council about this too. I would just deal with it but be very careful. So rip open bin bag in front yard. You can then see what exactly is in it, so no chance of touching something dodgy.

LittleBookofCalm · 11/10/2018 09:48

impressed with the civic minded alckies too, erm, if you have a cardboard box you could put them in that to add to your collection.

LittleBookofCalm · 11/10/2018 09:49

of course you have gloves if you are ocd, worried about germs, or whatever it was you said you were

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