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.

Someone had built a paved plinth for the bins.

The bin men broke the lid on our bin. The council charged us £25 for a new bin and promised to take the old one away, which they never did. A neighbour now has our old bin, which he uses on his allotment.

THIS is why we need the laugh emoji back.

The secret to maximising your bin space is compaction. If you have any spare weights or big rocks, keep them on top of the bags in your wheely bin and remove them before you put it out. Works surprisingly well

I couldn't deal with a skinny bin! No way, can barely deal with a normal bin.. our bin men are amazing though, take extra bags and everything. So I always give them money at Xmas as a thank you 🤣

Do not allow your DP to jump into the bin to squash the bags down, as he will fall out onto the pavement and break his wrist.

Silly man. I didn't realise he'd done it until he screamed. I just asked him to squash them a bit.

Good luck! I’m rooting for you, Shiny Bin.

Where the fuck do you live?!

I have two kids and i kind of never get how people fill up the bigger bins!! We have fortnightly collections (eg 1 week general waste & green bins and the other week plastic/glass/cardboard. Food waste bin as well.

If anything the thing i struggle with is the food waste bin. We have made a massive effort to cut waste but it fills up with chicken carcasses/bones, apple cores, veg peeling & masses of coffee grounds.

We attempted to home compost with shredded cardboard as well but it just never actually turned to compost!

I've got an Eastleigh Borough Council bin, but I don't live anywhere near Eastleigh, it was here when we moved in, its a different colour to all the rest, but they empty it every 2 weeks and have done for 8 years.

New forest? saw on the news the other day they are just starting to roll out wheelie bins (pardon the pun)

Can we get some bumper stickers made?

#TeamNewBin

There is a reason British people talk about the fucking bins as much as they do the weather. It’s a constant source of stress and worry.

No, “everyone else” does not manage with a skinny bin. You might, I wouldn’t.

😂

Neighbours bins were ignored because they contained too much stuff that should have been in the recycling bins. Both bins were left with the stickers of shame on their lids advertising their owners slovenliness to the world.

In other bin news, we live in Birmingham and they've been on strike since March. I can only dream of bin related incidents. I hope everything goes well tomorrow. Please try and post a picture of shiny bin after they've been.

Gosh
when our council brought in skinny bins they forcibly rounded up the fat bins and took them away, if any had escaped the first fat bin cull (on holiday, forgot to put it out), they were never collected again.
Now they only take our skinny bins once every three weeks.

No one should fat shame my bin. Luckily the council, despite being otherwise all kinds of crap and bankrupt to boot, are inclusive of fat bins.

I'm overly invested now and can't wait to hear if the shiny bin was emptied.

How are you actually doing that!

You have no idea.
Yes, bin thieves walk amongst us. That's why when people get a new bin they have to rummage about for an old tin of paint with enough in the bottom to paint their house number onto said bin. I know who stole our lovely clean and cared for paper pod but could never prove it because DP forgot to paint the number on it.

I'm surprised people didn't just immediately throw away their new skinny bins in their existing fat bins!

I used nail varnish once as it was all I had. Lasted ages though.

You can have one of my bins OP.
Im in Birmingham & haven't had a recycling collection in 3 months.

All the talk of regular collections of both refuse AND recycling is making me quite nostalgic. How I long to be stuck on a single lane street behind a bin wagon while hi viz heroes take away the cardboard & yoghurt pots.

All the best for tomorrow. We're all behind you & your shiny bin.

Check your bin privileges.

My elderly mother (Ceredigion resident) doesn’t have council bins. She still has to lug the council provided rubbish bags to the side of the road. As for garden waste…. don’t get her started (seriously don’t, as she really doesn’t shut up about that). She has to buy the garden waste bags from the local library - £2.20 each bag.