Putting rubbish in a public bin

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Someone I know regularly puts a carrier bag or two in a public bin. It’s because her bun is always full and she doesn’t want to put the dog waste in her own bin.

She has said that sometimes people driving by will give her dirty looks and beep their horn as if she’s doing something wrong?

I personally wouldn’t bat an eyelid if I saw someone putting rubbish in a bin, but it got me thinking whether others think this is wrong and if so why?

Its the height of selfishness and entitlement imo to decide that nappies and food waste that you and your family have produced are too smelly and maggoty for your bin, but not for bins that everyone uses. Wow.

We don’t. General waste, recycling and garden waste only.

Or bones

It is classed as flytipping. Someone where I live was prosecuted for this.

You're not seriously using the "this silly thing I'm doing is keeping somebody in a job" argument, are you? 😐

I do not know anyone who scrapes poo from a disposable nappy into a toilet.

Also where can you put meat waste if not the bin.

You can put meat and bones in our council food waste bins, it's on the list

Try bokashi composting for meat and bones. Then when it's ready you can put it in your compost bins or in your wormery.

I’m another one who thinks it’s flytipping, around here the council empty public bins so infrequently that rubbish spills out so I would think it selfish to throw a bag of household rubbish away.

Assuming this isn't your first option, of course.

Yes as it degrades or on a bonfire

Thanks! If you had something like a bokashi compost bin what would you do when it was full if you don't have a garden?

This.

I can't believe anyone is suggesting it is okay to put rubbish in bins in public parks / the High street because they smell too much to want them in their own bin

It’s using the bin for its intended purpose.

No it isn't. A bin in the High Street is for wrapper of something you might have bought and used in the High Street. A bin in the park is for rubbish produced whilst they are in the park by people using the park. Ditto beach, etc. It is not a receptacle for domestic waste.
If you are producing too much for your regular bin collection you need to either look at how it is you are producing so much waste, or take it directly to the tip yourself.

I do not know anyone who scrapes poo from a disposable nappy into a toilet.

You must have a pretty limited circle of people with babies. That is the most obvious and sensible thing to do with poo. Why would you want to carry it around with you or store it in a bin, when you could flush it away ? I find it quite peculiar that anyone would want to take the poo out of the bathroom with them.

Our local bins say no domestic waste on the side. People still do it.

Great, thanks! Where do you live? 😀

We’re a family of four and our bin is barely half full every fortnight (and it doesn’t smell but we do have a separate food caddy). Recycling is rarely full within a fortnight either. How big are these families with overflowing bins?!

Nappy bins are collected weekly in our area. probably due to the smell in summer. Our Neighbour was a childminder and was given an extra large nappy bin.

Why do people care if their wheelie bin stinks?! It’s not like it’s sitting in a corner of your kitchen.

We have companies around here who will come and clean your wheelie bin. Just…why?

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I don't.

I said people in caravans leave black sacks by the bins if the bins are full.

On their way home from their holiday.

I take a carrier bag up when I'm passing and I don't put it in an overflowing bin. There must be at least twenty bins.

We used our food caddy once and a mouse chewed through it during the night. Never used it again.

If you are a vegetarian how can you justify owning a cat?

You will only get maggots if flies can access the rubbish. Wrap it and keep the lid closed, and they won't be able to lay eggs on it. We don't throw food away anyway.

Nappies and animal waste should be double-bagged according to our council.

Litter bins aren't suitable for household waste because they don't have lids. It's certainly flytipping.

It really isn't.

This is what fly tipping means. It’s not fly tipping.

the activity of illegally leaving waste or unwantedobjects next to a road, in a field, in a river, etc.:

If you get maggots, rinse your meat trays or fishy packets before u add to bin.
If you get maggots, use Fly Spray. That kills ‘em.