To use neighbours bin?

[HeReWeGoAgAiN1112]

It’s bin day. All the bins are out on the front ready for collection any minute. I’ve just emptied the fridge and took my bag out and my outside bin is full, so I opened another bin which is empty bar one bag. I popped mine in, feeling a tad naughty.

Then I went crazy and have just gutted the kitchen, airing cupboard, kids wardrobes, freezer and basically filled up the neighbours bin.

I feel amazing for having such a big and frenzied clear out, but bad I’ve used the neighbours bin!

For info, it’s a culdesac and all the bins are out out together at the end of my drive and are due to be emptied this morning.

So should I be shot or was I just taking advantage of a situation?

It's polite to ask them first.

how dare you

YANBU to do it for the one bag. YABU to have a huge clear out.

I suspect in a couple of days you’ll start to miss a couple of things you’ve chucked in a “frenzy”. Never a good idea to dispose of household contents like that.

Can't see the issue myself if it's bin day but I probably would have asked first as some people are very possessive about bins

Anything goes on bin day! It’s going to get emptied anyway so who cares? Fill her up!

without permission?
you are a vile monster and to the guillotine with you!

Seriously though, just ask.

If the lid closes and it's the right rubbish i can't see an issue but there's some on MN who'd see you shot for your CFy.

However randomly ransacking the house is odd. Do you literally have that much rubbish lying around? Maybe a small skip would be better?

I would have just asked the neighbour. They might have been about to fill the bin up themselves.

I think it's fine to do this when the collection is imminent. As long as it's all collected and taken away! Maybe check after, that it's been emptied. I've done it occasionally as my neighbours rarely fill their bin. By like you I only do it minutes before they're emptied! Also, as neighbours we all get on well and if anything went wrong with the plan I'd sort out the rubbish and no-one would fall out over it.

I'm impressed that you managed to have such a big clear out and only use one neighbour's bin! If it was me, I'd need one of those dumpster bins you see at the back of shops 😂

YABU if you didn't recycle anything recyclable and sent it all to landfill.

Where I live bins are charged by weight. So under those circumstances I would happily stab anyone who filled my bin, however I am thinking bins are not charged by weight in the UK so I probably wouldn't mind someone putting stuff in.

I presume it's a bit different because the bins are all at the end of your drive - have I got that right?

I put my bin out ready the night before just in case, but I usually to out and top it up with the last of the rubbish in the morning. I may go out twice if I find other stuff. I would be a bit pissed off if someone filled up my bin in the meantime. I suppose if it was a one-off I would just seethe quietly - not much you can do if you don't know who's done it.

If if happened a lot I might invest in a gravity lock.

@HeReWeGoAgAiN1112

It’s bin day. All the bins are out on the front ready for collection any minute. I’ve just emptied the fridge and took my bag out and my outside bin is full, so I opened another bin which is empty bar one bag. I popped mine in, feeling a tad naughty.

Then I went crazy and have just gutted the kitchen, airing cupboard, kids wardrobes, freezer and basically filled up the neighbours bin.

I feel amazing for having such a big and frenzied clear out, but bad I’ve used the neighbours bin!

For info, it’s a culdesac and all the bins are out out together at the end of my drive and are due to be emptied this morning.

So should I be shot or was I just taking advantage of a situation?

Surely some of this could have been recycled?

You're not unreasonable for using their bin - as long as you haven't put anything manky in there - but you're unreasonable for black-bagging loads of stuff that could have been more responsibly disposed of.

I hope they have one last bag to put in and dump all your stuff on your driveway.

So all to landfill ...old clothes in textile recycling, food in food waste bin, plastic in... you get the idea?
Unless you’d be happy for a landfill site to open next door to you, and have some convincing reason why ALL recycling is environmentally worse than landfill then how can you think it’s OK?

Well presumably stuff out of your fridge should have gone in food and plastic recycling.
Textiles should be going in textiles.
Have you stuffed a black bin full of recyclable materials YABVU
Were your recycling containers empty by any chance?

It’s a bit cheeky but it’s done now.

I’d say pop them a small something to say thank you but you risk telling them something they weren’t aware of or them thinking your weird for looking in their bin! I wouldn’t have a problem with it but I would think from that point on that you spent your time peering in my bin!

I’d ask, sure they won’t mind (why would they?) but it’s polite.

Nope I would do the same, love a good gutting

@trumpisagit

Well presumably stuff out of your fridge should have gone in food and plastic recycling. Textiles should be going in textiles. Have you stuffed a black bin full of recyclable materials YABVU Were your recycling containers empty by any chance?

Not everywhere has seperate containers. We have 3 bins - garden waste, recycling, non recycling. Im on holiday in Wales next week at my friends and she has boxes for EVERYTHING.

YANBU and I wouldn’t mind if a neighbour used ours like this.

You should be shot.

If you are going to use your neighbours bins because there is space put the correct items in the correct bin and place the items in them properly.

Cheeky without asking.

I am about to put two bags in my bin but it looked half empty when I put it out.