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Original poster

To put my rubbish in neighbours bin…

141 replies

Iwantthissobad · 21/05/2022 23:06

If they have put bins out for collection and it is half full. Aibu to put our rubbish in neighbours bin as ours is full.

he lives alone so bins are never full

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Iwantthissobad · 22/05/2022 06:48

Okay guys…you can relax…I’ll go ask him.

just to add, I always put things in the correct bin.
I’m not able to buy another bin, the council made them smaller and not able to buy extra.

i can’t always get to the tip as I share cars with dh who works shifts.
if I do put rubbish in Its when neighbour is at work at night and would miss the collection, so he definitely would not be adding to it.

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merlinsway · 22/05/2022 07:03

People are weird, I couldn't give a fuck what you put in my bin as long as it's not a dead body.

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 22/05/2022 07:09

Clean bagged rubbish would be fine. It wouldn’t bother me if my lovely neighbours put their excess in my bin.

TenoringBehind · 22/05/2022 07:18

Fine as long as you ask and don’t get upset if they say no.

my CF neighbours filled mine up after a party, a week before bin day, and then denied it was them (but I’d seen them do it!). I came to put something in and there was no room for my rubbish. I took theirs out and returned it to them.

BlackberrySky · 22/05/2022 07:18

Iwantthissobad · 21/05/2022 23:11

I could ask but don’t see much of him, he lives alone and works night so when I’m gone from work he is at work for the night.

I’ve sneaked out when it dark and put rubbish in but DH said I shouldn’t

This sounds a bit like an excuse for you to avoid interacting with him and yet you still want to use his bin. Brush up on your social skills and have a conversation with him.

cookiemonster2468 · 22/05/2022 07:34

Why do you regularly have rubbish that exceeds the capacity of your bin?

Are you a large family? If so, you should be able to get an additional bin from the council.

If not, maybe have a look at what you are throwing away and whether it could be recycled or is it something that should really be taken to the tip?

Blarting · 22/05/2022 07:46

CentrifugalBumblePuppy · 21/05/2022 23:11

Be polite & ask first.

You don’t want to fall out with the neighbours due to a bincident.

GrinGrinGrin

LadyDP · 22/05/2022 07:53

Just pay for another bin.
Poor bloke living next door to you.

SonicHg · 22/05/2022 07:59

ask first. We clean our bins regularly so anyone who puts a leaky stinky rubbish bag would piss me off. Order yourself a bigger bin rather than intrude on neighbour’s property

TheLadyDIdGood · 22/05/2022 08:01

Good that you're going to ask first, that's the decent, polite thing to do.

My friend's ring doorbell has footage of her neighbour dumping rubbish in her bin at 2am. So my friend quickly put it back in the neighbours bin because the boxes still had her name & address on it! 😀

The next morning she heard her neighbour & her partner arguing over the boxes. It transpired the woman bought a v expensive hairdryer (Dyson or similar) & tried to hide it. Her partner found the boxes when he went to put out more rubbish in the morning. The neighbour was a bit stunned by the boxes miraculously appearing in her bin because she thought she got rid of it the night before. So a lesson to be learnt there for all involved!

gunnersgold · 22/05/2022 08:03

Ask first ! I put mine out in the morning so I don't forget as it's at the end of my drive and then often add to it during the day ! I'd be cross if it was full . Me and neighbours often ask if they have space though and it's fine .

Happylittlethoughts · 22/05/2022 08:14

Maybe his freezer is a little empty... why not sneak in and put your fish fingers in ?
Come to think of it... his back garden is always empty and under used. Why not drop a couple of kids over the fence 🤔?

Ask politely first or buy another bin.

TheVolturi · 22/05/2022 08:15

Here we have elderly neighbours each side of us, I have never done what you are suggesting BUT when the bin man comes along to put all the bins at the roadside ready for the wagon, I've seen him quite a few times take a bag out of an overfull bin and pop it in a less full one. If you were possessive about your bin I bet this could piss you off, having someone else's waste in your bin. I've seen people put dog poo bags in bins at the roadside when the bins are out for collection. This IS cheeky because it stinks.

Isitsixoclockalready · 22/05/2022 08:17

I don't think that it should be unreasonable to do it but asking was the right thing to do.

Bayleaf25 · 22/05/2022 08:18

Just ask.

Batinthehouse · 22/05/2022 08:20

Do it OP, be a binja!

Irishfarmer · 22/05/2022 08:21

I think you have your answer, just ask. I'd imagine we won't mind. My mams neighbours use her bin all the time, she lives alone, they are a family of 5. But they asked.

Hallyup89 · 22/05/2022 08:47

Buy yourself a bigger bin, cheeky sod.

fuckfuckfuck2021 · 22/05/2022 08:52

I have no issue with anyone putting rubbish in my bin on bin night as long as the lid closes and it will be emptied. What pisses me off is when they put so much in and the lid won't close then the council won't empty it. Top of the road there are flats and the have 4 bins for 4 people they are lazy and never recycle so the bins are always overflowing and the one guy is always trying to stuff rubbish in other peoples bins throughout the fortnight, not just on bin night. That is being a cf!

Penguinsaregreat · 22/05/2022 08:53

You need to ask.
I’m not suggesting you would do this but my mums next door neighbour once put a microwave in my mums bin!!!! It was placed on the top so the dustbin men would see it!!!
My mum told them to take it out which led to an argument.
The bins weren’t even out for collection so they expected my elderly mum to wheel the bloody thing down her long drive to the roadside too then bring it back.

EmilyBolton · 22/05/2022 09:12

I had to buy new bins from the Council when I moved in. The old bins were full of maggots, remnants of rotting food and excrement and filthy on outside. I felt physically sick taking rubbish out and handling them. The previous owners had clearly been putting food waste and nappies and dog poo straight in bin. Ok, it is rubbish but they’re directly outside my back door and disgusting.
I put all my food waste and any other bio matter into a biodegradable bag first (hang over from previous area where we recycled food waste). Even really dusty and dirty stuff I bag up first in biodegradable bags. My bins are not a health hazard. And they are clean on outside to handle without feeling I have to wear gloves
if some random started putting rubbish into my bin without permission I would go ape shit. I paid for my bins because I want to ensure they stay cleanish and not a health hazard.
if someone asked me I may let them (if they were my lovely neighbours) but I would go out and look at what they were putting in and to ensure it was potentially bagged up if needed.

so YABU . Always ask.

maddening · 22/05/2022 09:14

Yabu without permission, if you ask and he agrees then yanbu.

Isitsixoclockalready · 22/05/2022 09:17

merlinsway · 22/05/2022 07:03

People are weird, I couldn't give a fuck what you put in my bin as long as it's not a dead body.

I wouldn't call it weird to ask first. That's common courtesy.

IncompleteSenten · 22/05/2022 09:21

Yeah, you need to ask first. A lot of people would go batcrap crazy about it. It wouldn't bother me if I had space but I do know that it would bother others.

Perhaps suggest a mutually beneficial arrangement - you take his bins out and bring them back and he lets you add to his bin on the morning of collection if it's not full.

OneTonNoodles · 22/05/2022 09:25

ATadConfused · 22/05/2022 05:36

So, you're putting rubbish out, but no one else is allowed to be?

nor to put it out early doors.

just ask, it's not complicated!

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No idea what you mean. I put it out at a time I'm sure they won't be adding more.

Just makes sense to put out a full bin instead of lots of half bins.

Everything is in bin bags, and nothing's leaky.

Imagine getting upset about a bin that's getting emptied in a couple of hours. Glad my neighbours are normal 😂