Neighbour adding to my bins all the time

[Mentalray]

Should I say anything? Originally he asked if it was okay to occasionally add his bags to our bins because he missed the collection time and I said okay...but now it's becoming annoying.

The collection is only every two weeks and you're allowed 3 big bags max (so 6 bags per month). I have teens and big dogs and a house that is always requiring fixing -- so I always have the full amount allowed, despite composting and recycling.

My neighbour again today some how missed the pickup (9am) and has put his one bag (older retired couple) on top of my full amount and it looks like I am cramming extra rubbish in my allowance. Neighbours to left and right of me have only one bag each and he could have put it there if he just talked to them.
Would I be unreasonable to tell him I always have the full amount and he needs to ask the others?

Wait so he missed a collection, reaches the maximum on the following collection and then adds a bag to yours? CF

If he has a smartphone show him how to add reminder/alarm to put the bins out either the night before or early on collection day

I’m confused. How does he miss his own rubbish collection time but can make it for yours? Aren’t they the same?

His side of the street gets done first, then later in the day the truck turns around and does my side.

I see. My suggestion still stands.

I'm pretty good a remembering the day, but I do rely on seeing what my neighbours put out sometimes to help me remember which bin and when.

Of course YANBU. You need to talk to him or he'll keep doing it and you'll get penalised.

Can't he put his bin on your side of the street if he misses the morning collection?

I'd knock it on the head, you'll end up getting stuck with non-collection and I bet he won't let you shove all 6 of your bags in his the next week

YANBU. Have a polite conversation and say you've been happy to help in the past but you're using your maximum allowance and he'll have to speak to another neighbour and piggy back their bin if he misses the collection in future.

Maybe tell him that when you agreed to it you didn't realise there was a bag limit, so he can't do it any more because your bin is always full? Seems perfectly reasonable to me.

inotter I guess that would be a cheeky way to tell him not to use my allowance. I have lived here 7 years, he's been here at least 20. The early pick up time for his side is nothing new. The first few years here he didn't do it very often now it's like he can't be bothered and just sticks it on my side! He does it with recycling as well but it has no limits so I don't really care.

You are def not BU. You need to man/woman up and tell him to stop using your bins.

Wow OP do you need to ask?

We have similar 2-sides of the street collection. But across the road just nip over and avail themselves of whatever bin looks emptiest!

And I regularly steal the top inch or so of 2 sets of garden bins!

Just tell him that one of the binnies mentioned your pile was too high and ask him to use someone elses lower pile for his rubbish.

Bin lock. Sorted.

isitsixoclock yes I do. I don't know if I am making a to-do about nothing or not. If everyone knew how to handle everything there wouldn't be such a busy IABU section would there?

I hate talking to/confronting neighbours and avoid it at all costs. Wasn't sure if this was worth it.

1. Use his bin if it is accessible.

1. Remind him to put his bin out.

1. Get a bin lock.

1. Tell him you need the space in your bin and could he please stick a note on the inside of his door or on his kitchen bin to remind him he needs to use his own bin on bin day.

Not necessarily in that order.

OP, i just meant that you shouldn't feel apologetic about needing all your allocation. People can take advantage of the generosity of others even if they don't mean it. It doesn't mean that you have to be rude obviously but it's your allocation and you shouldn't feel awkward about it.

Tell him there’s no room in the bin! Just tell him politely. Don’t enter into a conversation about it.

And then get a lock.

sixoclock oh I thought you meant why did I post here!

OP, sorry, no of course not - i just think that you are certainly not BU.

Would it be worth treating this as an opportunity, assuming for a moment that they genuinely have spare bin space but you are usually full?

i.e. Offer to put their bin out for them, in exchange for being able to add a bag or two to it yourself.

Sure, he's being a pain, but it's worth staying onside with neighbours if possible.

YANBU

he needs to leave his bins out the night before.

Take his bags out, and put them on his doorstep. Knock on the door and tell him why they are there.

Those suggesting bin locks... Surely you have to take the lock off the bin when leaving it out for collection (which is when he's lobbing his bags in there)?

Those suggesting bin locks... Surely you have to take the lock off the bin when leaving it out for collection

No, they are gravity locks and release when the bin is upside down in the lorry.

No, they are gravity locks and release when the bin is upside down in the lorry

Ah, fair enough, didn't know that. They sound like a good idea then 🙂

As an elderly couple, they may qualify for council assistance with rubbish collection. My mother does, as the council are obliged to make reasonable adjustments to all sorts under the Equality Act. Basically it means if she doesn't take her bin out to the road, the bin collector comes into the garden to fetch it and return it. It is an scheme for the elderly and disabled. Perhaps you should mention it to them, or go and find out from the council. You can lock your bin and say the council have warned you not to let anyone else use it. It is hard enough having enough space in the bin as it is with a family, without letting anyone else use it. I know mine is bursting by collection day.