So tomorrow is the day of the bin-off.

[Anonbindrama]

So the bin men broke our bin. Just gobbled the lid. Hardly that deep.

Rung the council to request a new lid. Nope, don’t do them. Ok.
New bin.. yes but we can only give you a 140L skinny bin (previously a normal size 240L).
We said sorry that won’t work for us. Don’t worry we will buy a bin.
We are not allowed to buy a bin.

Much confusion. Multiple calls. All jobsworths. Stalk the street. Many an unbranded bin so I think we will be fine. Buy a bin. But ours is shiny.

I have thought about rubbing mud on it but then that’s not nice for the bin men so shiny it is.

Will they take it? Big mystery.

And if not then I have no idea what we are supposed to do. But I will worry about tomorrow.

Hurrah for bin success - do hope it’s not a short-term win for you, but will continue to serve you in perpetuity 🤣

My local council have driven me bonkers lately.

Here is my list of woes that no one asked for:

-bin collection changed to fortnightly instead of weekly on X day. Bins go out on X day and no one turns up for them. They then proceed to turn up on a random day with no warning and not collect any bins that haven’t been put on the pavement, which is 99% of them, because no one knew
-issuing fines on the high street for parking a regular car in an electric vehicle charging point space. This would be fine except they got rid of the chargers months ago but becuase they haven’t got round to scrubbing the floor markings yet that apparently warrants charging someone £60.
-1 day parking suspension put along a large residential street where only 30% of houses have driveways for gutter cleaning works. 50+ cars forced to find alternative parking elsewhere for the day. No workers show up to do anything. The parking warden did though to slap tickets on the two cars that didn’t move because they were on holiday though.
-sat in my car this morning, council worker turns up with a leaf blower which he uses facing all of the parked cars sending showers of stones clattering down all over my car and all the others clearly not giving a shit. Going to hazard a guess that the council will be uninterested in reimbursing for chipped paintwork or windscreens should any complaints arise 🤨

Rant over, apologies and glad your bin dilemma is sorted 😂

This is what just dawned on me! Honestly why is this so bloody annnnnoyyying 😭

They broke it in the first place!!!!!

😂

Gotcha. I am scared of 'sharp bin things' so they all go in an old paint can and off to the tip for them. Also scared of sharp tins in the recycling ever since I sliced my hand on one, so no recycling bin jumping for me! Although you do sound rather athletic to be able to do so. I can't imagine how you clamber in. Anyway - tell Shiny Bin to keep hold of his lid properly!

New fear unlocked 🥹

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I ordered a skinny bin when ours broke and a fat one was delivered. Every time I put it out I live in fear of silent judgement from the neighbours as we don’t have 2 kids in nappies or a big household #innocentofbinfraud

Absolutely mental! How does the truck know what bin is being emptied into it?! 😆 it's just the council's way of trying to cut down on general waste, I'm pretty sure the bin men won't care and will empty it if it fits on the truck

I love my bin stickers!! Accidentally ordered too many so each bin has 3 stickers!

And i only ordered them because of my bin thief neighbour who has now moved away, probably stealing somebody else's bin now!

Yes. It was very disappointing. I was expecting an altar or some sort of bin shrine. This thread is much more satisfying.

Recycle your soft plastics.

Bingo you only need a skinny bin. Even on a two week collection.

Problem solved.

A family even of 6 does not need a big bin if they do this, unless they are generating huge amounts of waste. We al should be working towards this.

Supply them with monkey nuts in another part of your garden and they'll leave your bin alone. Distraction techniques aren't just for toddlers 😉

Congratulations Shiny Bin and OP!

You'll manage. We do, we aren't allowed a. 240 either and are a family of 5 with a cat so litter tray gets regularly changed along with nappies. Stop wasting so much shit instead.

Maybe this has been asked already but couldn't you just buy two skinny bins? Where we are, we have neighbours with 4 bins or 3 bins and some of them have painted the top of their red topped bin black so it looks like am extra waste bin. The bin men still take them. Although our bin men are pretty good. Come Xmas they will take any extra recycling that's out next to the bins in boxes. Or if we've forgotten to put the bins at the end of the drive they will come to the house and take them

Our bin lorry was on fire (again) yesterday we were stuck behind it in traffic while they legged it back to the depot with a plume of smoke flowing out the top no idea what people are putting in their bins but it happens at least once a month

It's one of my bin fears 😨

I get my grandchildren to jump in mine. Although I put a bit of card or a box on top. They love it.

Binclusion.

Exploding batteries.

People are just throwing spent batteries into the bins instead of taking them to supermarkets to recycle them.

Maybe OP’s bin could get some festooning to sate? I’m thinking fairy lights to provide up-lighting, maybe an eternal flame?

How the hell does someone set fire to a bin lorry with a wheelie bin?!?! 🤯🔥

Just wanted to say OP - I LOVE your writing style. Wish everyone delivered information like you.

I've no idea there has been some social media posts off them saying stop putting batteries especially lithium ones in the bin so it might be that maybe?

The world´s 7th economy can´t do better than every two weeks? Two weeks? I´m horrified. Ours is taken every morning early. Not point of thread but this my uptake.

No need to show off. 😉😁

Not sure we'll be 7th much longer either, but that's a whole different bin