To think that people shouldn't go over their bin allowance and should just do a run up to the tip instead.

[chaosmaker]

Next door neighbours are retired and often are away for several weeks at a time. We currently have a 3 weekly black bin collection (2 black bin bag allowance) and weekly recycling and food waste collections with unlimited bags.

Scummy people further down the street have put bags of recycling and 4 black bin bags outside their house as they know they are away. Surely the point of limits is so that people recycle weekly and shouldn't need to have so much in their black bins at all. Tip local to us is a 10 min drive maximum.

YABU - Mind your own business and don't look out for your immediate neighbours
YANBU - Tell the bin men and report to the council as dumped waste.

What makes them scummy?

Two bags every three weeks is insane. It’s asking for fly tipping etc. Absolutely ridiculous.

Having to make regular trips to the tip is worse than letting the bags be collected....

Surely if you are concerned about the environment it’s better for your neighbours not to make an extra car journey to the tip ( even if they have a car) and just put it out for the refuse folk to collect in their usually electric vehicles. Wildly impressed you can just put out bags though, we have wheelie bins here as the seagulls would rip a bag to shreds within minutes.

2 bin bags every 3 weeks!!! I'd be doomed! I recycle everything I can but with 2 adults half the time, 2 teens, cat litter and a geriatric dog that gets through at least 6 puppy pads daily and LOTS of kitchen roll as there's a lot of cleaning to do daily, I'd be totally screwed. Why do you assume everyone can use only TWO BLACK BAGS every 3 weeks just because you can?

@TheOriginalEmu

i am so sorry to hear about your leg & chemo. How are you doing now?

WTF does your neighbour think she is policing your waste??

I hope you gave her what for & made her feel bad telling her you'd rather still have your keg than using lots of plastic to cope with your amputation/chemo?!?!

i'm steaming on your behalf!

@chaosmaker

can you explain why you think you're looking out for your neighbour?!

I was wondering that.

I have two green recycling bins when most houses here have just one. Collected fortnightly. There's no limit on it as far as I know. We're a family of 5 so I asked the council if we could have a second bin because the recycling was always overflowing. They delivered one.

Green bin day is tomorrow here so tonight I have been really scummy and put both of them out. 🙄😃

Who cares?

I've paid extra for a Big Bin (medical needs) because the truck won't take spares. I still generate more than that some fortnights, so I've got bags of rubbish in my flat on rotation 😩 No car. I walked down to the dump, to find they will ONLY accept refuse brought in vehicles!

I despise fly-tipping, but I sure as hell understand it.

Walk a mile in someone else's shoes, why don't you.

We have a three weekly rubbish collections as well, and have to book a slot to go to the recycling centre (which is only open 9am - 4pm which is not good if you work a normal day as it's closed on a Sun and all Sat slots are usually taken up very quickly). It's also a 20 minute drive away. If my neighbour has space in their bin on collection day I'm goddam using it. Likewise if we have space (alas we never do), I'd not begrudge someone doing the same.

@Titsonboard

theyre talking about going back to bags here. I hope they have a chat with the foxes first.

Some people don't have a car.

A lot of people put non-recyclable waste in with recycling, contaminating the whole truck load. Be happy that people separate their waste at all.

I often put our extra rubbish (family of 5, 2 in nappies) in next doors bin (young couple) they don't mind.

I can't quite believe that you are criticising and judging neighbours for putting their rubbish and recycling out to cover them for being away. What do you expect them to do? Leave it sat in their house, festering in the heat for them to come back to a lovely stench on their return?

Why don't you take your concern out on your crappy council, for having a ridiculous 3 weekly collection and a tight limit of only two bags per 3 weeks.

I think it's preposterous that you expect people to do tip runs, when they're paying thousands per year in council tax for waste collection from their homes.

Being a good neighbour where I live, is talking to your neighbours about when you're away, and taking each other's bins out for them while we're/they're away.

Seriously get a life

That’s what I thought too, am I really reading that correctly??? I’ve never heard of a bin bag limit either.

It would be a nightmare wouldn't it @loropianalover ?

I couldn’t care less about peoples rubbish.
2 bin bags in 3 weeks sounds hard to manage for most households, I’d be more worried about the rats it might attract to the area because a lot of people probably do generate more than 2 bags and don’t put it out and it could be stored in sheds, outhouses etc.
Id be more outraged that you are only allowed to put 2 bags out myself!

Yes, I put my neighbours rubbish out when they are away - only food bin as they decline all others.

Down the street have put 4 black bags outside my neighbours house as well as recycling which there is no limit on. They emptied a car to do this. Never have they put my neighbours rubbish out for them.

Thanks to the people who get this.

Also we have purple bags for nappies adult and child are the same collection days and bags. Most soft plastics can be taken to the supermarket when you do your shopping - the ones that don't go in recycling that is. Our local tip does not need appointments and take pretty much anything that needs to be got rid of and doesn't fit in bin collections of any sort.

Also to the people talking about rats, what do you put out? We have a weekly food waste collection that is in a green bin. Everything in recycling should be rinsed out and then doesn't attract rats.

I've got seven rescue cats. My garden is secured and I have litter trays. The amount t of cat litter thT is bagged up is huge. I could of course not secure my garden, let themdefecate in other peoples properties and then u would have an acceptable amount of waste according to you.

Utterly ridiculous limit from the council. And making an appointment to go to the tip seems daft too.

The vast majority of people recycle as much as they can and don't need limits on numbers of bin bags to encourage them. The minority who don't give a shit won't be encouraged by limits like this, they'll fly tip, use neighbour's allowance etc. Then there's those who are conscientious but have needs requiring more non-recyclable waste and they're the ones whose lives are made hard by this sort of policy.

Yep it now three weekly where I am too. If you have more than one child in nappies you are supplied with an extra bin. It’ll happen everywhere eventually.

Not everyone can physically get to supermarkets.
My council doesn’t do separate bags for nappies, so this would discriminate against young families / anyone with a household member needing to use nappies or incontinence wear.
Not everyone drives. Some of us are disabled.
I only generate one black bag of rubbish a week, as I recycle etc., but having cat litter to deal with means I couldn’t get it down to less - what should people in that position do? I tried a service that provides and takes away eco litter but it was too costly.

My Council are really strict but we mostly have wheelie bins. If the lid is just slightly raised they refuse it and then you have to sort it out yourself but they do collect general one week recycling the following week.

Bags and 3 week collections sound odd but everywhere is different.

My mum's back street looks like flytippers paradise on general bin day.