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To ask neighbours to pick up their rubbish

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Sundaycoffee · 28/04/2023 18:38

Every week without fail, foxes are getting into the neighbours bin and scattering rubbish from their bin all over the communal carpark to the flats. They clearly are aware as you can't NOT see it. They will literally be stepping over it to get into their cars. It's a small car park and only 3 of us use it and I know its theirs as there are even dirty nappies sometimes (they have a toddler)
Though if they are purposely not bothering to pick after themselves is it even worth me knocking and saying something? As its not a situation where they are going to be like "I had no idea".
So I'm worried it will just cause issues instead. I live alone and hate confrontation and awkwardness!!
I'm just fed up of walking over manky fruit, eggshells, nappies and yoghurt pots!

OP posts:
DustyLee123 · 29/04/2023 07:50

Poo in nappies is a health hazard. Speak to whoever owns the building if you don’t want to confront them.

DiscoBeat · 29/04/2023 07:58

I'd be mortified if my rubbish was strewn about for all to see. They need to get to the root of the problem and clean up in the meantime.
Yes it is the foxes but it's their responsibility to make sure the foxes can't do it.

Theunamedcat · 29/04/2023 07:59

What kind of bin is it a wheelie bin would a bin lock work?

BeebleBums · 29/04/2023 08:08

Totally sympathise! Similar problem here with neighbours rubbish being picked apart by seagulls. They don’t do any recycling/separating food into food waste caddy so it’s all dirty etc and the gulls go mad each week. All us neighbours have tried having a word but they don’t care. Now one of us lays a heavy blanket over their pile of rubbish as soon as they leave it out to stop the gills getting into it. The bin men then put the blanket back on the neighbours fence-neighbours clearly know but have never acknowledged what we all do!

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