“Don’t put stuff in my bin”

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I know I’m going to be told I’m unreasonable but seriously, what is the issue with people putting stuff in your outdoor bin as they walk by?

I’m not talking about someone putting their entire garbage in your bin, but say a crisp packet or a poo bag.

Why is it such a problem? Your bin is not going to the special golden place. It goes to the same place as everything else.

Unclench. It’s a bin

@Cervinia can she get a bin lock?

I see a wheelie bin as someone’s personal property so wouldn’t even dream of touching another person’s let alone dumping my dog’s shit in it. Just put it in one of the numerous dog bins or bring it home and put it in your own bin. That goes for your crisp packets too.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand it. Quite clearly many, if not most, people wouldn’t like this, so it’s not ok.

It’s about respecting other people, even if you don’t always understand them. One of my neighbours has a guy come and jet wash their bins every month. Seems pointless to me, but having a clean bin is clearly important to them. So who am I to say they’re being silly and use their bin for my own convenience?

Reminds me of a thread about people ordering food deliveries from outside other people’s houses. One group of posters was insisting it didn’t bother anyone, another was saying it would or did bother them, whereupon the first group replied it shouldn’t bother them and they weren’t going to stop. There were the usual jibes on there about snobbery on there too once the ‘but nobody cares’ was patently proved untrue.

As for posters saying it’s this or it gets chucked on the street..!

My bin my rules. No dog shit in my bin, it would get thrown straight back out 💩

We do have wheelie bins, I'd rather people put litter in my bin than drop it! Only yesterday I picked up a dropped crisp packet on the pavement and put it into a wheelie bin nearby (not mine ) wasn't my crisp packet but we live by the sea and crisp packets are plastic

I’d be furious if people put their dog poo bags in my wheelie bin! What if one leaked or attracted maggots??

Even my bin bags have no food waste in them as that has a separate bin, and recycling in another. I don’t want crisp packets or random sticky drinks bottles in my bin either!

it’s lazy not to take your rubbish home to your own bin or a public bin.

plus I don’t want strangers coming into my front garden to get at the bins!

Also if everyone used other people’s outdoor bins they’d soon fill up with all sorts of rubbish (like dog poo!)

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

I don't think putting litter in wheelie bins is antisocial though. Our bins are actually owned by the council, I leave mine in the car park rather than dragging it into my garden by arrangement and if the flip side is that I get litter put in it so be it. Most weeks there's other peoples litter put in there as we are very close to the sea

That's a good idea

Domestic bins are provided for the sole use of the homeowner/renter, not you, and even if they are “outside” it doesn’t give you the right to use them ( in fact, if they are on someone’s property, like the drive, you are trespassing to get to the bin!)
Take your dog poo bag to the next public bin: if you don’t like carrying it once you’ve picked up after your dog, then why on earth would you think that complete strangers would want your dog’s waste, or any of your rubbish, to be put in their bin?
CF behaviour!

I hate randos throwing their rubbish in my bins, it's usually dog poo or a half full cup of coffee into my recycling bin so I have to tip it out and rinse the bin or it's going to stink afterwards. I think it shows a real lack of respect for others. I wouldn't mind if it was a crisp packet into the correct bin but that's never happened.

Because people don't recycle properly and I'm not paying a fine because you put dogshit in my paper bin.

@whydoesthedog @LightningAndRainbows

She has stickers on the bin that say no dog waste or similar, doesn't make a difference. The lock is a good shout though!

I don't think putting litter in wheelie bins is antisocial though.

If somebody puts dry, clean, non-smelly waste on top of the bags in there and it does end up being taken away when the bin is emptied, I really wouldn't care about it; but there are just so many variables: people using the wrong bin, smelly/dirty waste, oddments that stick in the bin forever, putting anything in to a just-emptied bin that you'd planned to clean out before using it again, people putting large bags/items in that take up space that you, the householder and council tax-payer, need for yourself.

It sounds petty, but it's not. So many people see a bin - any bin - as a one-way, one-time magic hole in the ground for them to chuck their dirty rubbish, without appreciating that it is a re-usable facility that has to be used for the correct rubbish only, emptied frequently and kept reasonably clean by actual people.

I often help out organising small events in the middle of fields, where we use those collapsible garden-type bins. We have to remove and tie up each bag - having already had to delve through and re-sort because people cannot read very clear, prominent signs saying 'XXX only in this bin, please, NO YYY' - and take them away in a (non-commercial) vehicle. People see us doing this. The number of times you'll pick up a bag that should contain empty bottles or cans and get yourself and your car soaked by an open can in the middle of it that's still 95% full.

Enough people seem to struggle enough with using their own bins, judging by the amount I see out on bin day with all manner of random stuff in any old bin, sticking out so that the lid nowhere near closes - old hoovers, kids' toys, random jagged metal and plastic, bags of grotty-looking waste in a bin for clean recycling, that will then be rejected by the bin men or otherwise contaminate the whole lorry load. I pity the bin men who probably end up getting abuse and criticism for being jobsworths from idiotic residents - for being humans with a practical job to do according to the laws of physics rather than elfin bin fairies with a magic rubbish-be-gone wand.

I don't want them wrecking my facilities or jeopardising my services and inconveniencing me with their own lack of basic ability to use a bin properly, that leaves me with a mess to clear up, somebody else's rubbish to dispose of and my bin going unemptied because of their thoughtless addition on top.

Normal bin - doesn't bother me, I'd rather that than in my front garden - I'm always out there picking up other people's rubbish..... but..... I have a garden waste only bin, which is huge, and I've had people put normal rubbish in there - I'm not tall enough to fish it out so it's a pain trying to get it back out again

YABU. Picking up after yourself shouldn’t be a function of the surrounding bins. If you don’t find one carry it home, If there aren’t any public bins for dog poop… don’t walk your dog there!

Also in theory this is usually places with heavy foot traffic.. so it’s rarely a question of sole passerby tossing the odd item into the correct bins.

This too!
our collections are once every 3 weeks for specific waste.

I second the suggestion of a bin lock. They're not to expensive either.

The bin locks sound very sensible, under the circumstances.... but whoever would have thought that we'd reach a position where we needed to lock our bins, the same as our houses, cars and other valuable stuff?

It's a cheek. A poo bag. 😧

We live at the beginning of a popular dog walking trail. Us and our neighbours need to hide our bins or they get full of poo bags and the wrong rubbish in the wrong bins. I'd be less annoyed if they put it in the right bin.

I wouldn’t like it and don’t do it. It’s a private bin. Dog poo smells. In some areas bins are only collected once a fortnight. Ours live by back door not pleasant if they smell. Plus people put things in wrong bin - a crisp packet in garden bin means it’s not emptied. House with a skip has a sign on saying don’t put dog poo here I was shocked people would - building work been going on for ages who wants dog poo for weeks just outside lounge windows 🤢

My bins are also mine not the councils I paid for them (Newbuild) was over £100 can remember saying how much.

This. I don't have a dog and do not want someone else's dog poo stinking out my bin.

You mean you walk in to peoples gardens to use their bins? Congratulations on achieving your cheeky fucker crown OP!

I don't want someone else's dog shit in my bin, and if things are in the bin and not in a bin bag the bin men won't take it. Which wouldn't affect you at all, but it would mean i had a full bin and nowhere to put my rubbish for 2 weeks.

Take your shit home with you.