Now, I know this is definitely a first world problem, but it’s a problem nonetheless.
A few months ago the council changed bin collections to alternate weeks (general rubbish one week, recycling the next).
Our next door neighbour (we don’t know them well, but will say a polite hello - it’s London, to give some context!) are a family of 5. There is just the 2 of us (plus 2 cats) but we are still finding, with the alternate collections, we fill the bins to capacit.
The past couple of weeks I’ve noticed recycling waste that’s definitely NOT ours in our bin. I can see the neighbours one is full and our bins are kept in a passageway next to eachother (no others, and numbers are painted on them).
This has annoyed me a lot - we tend to keep our recycling in a box and take it out in stages - and given we are both at home 24/7 during this lockdown we do fill to capacity.
I’ve moved our bins down the passageway to behind our garden gate in the hope that sends the message. However, they also have a garden gate so I’m not entirely sure this will end the matter!
AIBU to be pissed off about this? I know from the council leaflets that as a large family they can apply for larger bins but clearly haven’t bothered. They just think they can use ours instead!