Neighbour has put their rubbish in my bin

[Toucan22]

Me and my neighbours all put our bins on the corner of the cul de sac for collection. Bin day is today and I went to put something in last minute before they collect and one of my neighbours has put a big bag of rubbish in my bin. I'm a bit annoyed tbh, wouldnt you ask first? I also dont know whats in this big bag that they are disposing of in my name. I wouldnt have minded if they were struggling for space and asked me but I think its cheeky to just do it.

Oh God it's the great wheely bin divide again, do we not all remember the dog poo lady from the other day!?!?!
50% of people adore their bin, believe it is a reflection of themselves and should be cleaned, loved and only filled with their own personal waste, neatly bagged and likely labelled.
50% of people could not give a flying fuck, especially on collection day when the bins are out, they seem them as council property anyway. Never clean their bins, happily grow maggots and feed pests from it, aren't worried about any smells as they shut their doors and keep it firmly outside. Their wheely bins are coated in all sorts of waste and always will be and you're welcome to throw whatever crap you like in so long as it all gets taken away on bin day.

These two groups regularly cross paths and the fall out is immediate. For what it's worth I'm in the latter group and wouldn't have even noticed the additional bag, as I've no clue what's in my black bin, have no desire to know, and couldn't care less. I've no clue if our bins are weighed (barely know when bin day is tbh), occasionally they're so over filled the bin men refuse to take them, which is the only time I'd be annoyed by a neighbour wacking their rubbish in.
If it has caused you any issues OP, I'd flag it, but I honestly wouldn't be able to look someone straight in the face and say "you put a bag of rubbish in my bin, there were no consequences at all, the bin men took it fine, but imagine what could have happened". So it depends on the actual outcome.

100% this. My next door neighbour offers me her bin space as we have a bigger household. She often gives me a wave through her window when I’m sticking extra rubbish in her bin the night before it’s emptied!

@cardibach. All bins are weighed when they are hoisted onto the lorry and about to be lifted up and tipped. There is a built in scale

There’s never been a weight regulation anywhere I’ve lived. We don5 even have bins here. 3 black bin bags every 3 weeks.

For me, once I put my bin out, it’s available to anyone who would want to add bits - especially if all the bins went to a communal meeting spot to wait for the bin man. Once mine is out, I never have more than the odd wrapper or tea bag I might throw in from that morning and I wouldn’t expect someone to ask permission. It wouldn’t bother me in the slightest if someone used up my spare space unless it caused me issues ie they added normal waste to my recycling so I got one of the dreaded stickers and refusal to empty, or like some are suggesting I had a limit to the weight of my bin and it took me over - or they threw their chopped up husband away and I ended up in jail. That kind of thing.

Surely once yours is out for emptying, it’s not really an issue if someone uses up the space you weren’t using minutes before it’s emptied

I largely agree with this approach but it only works in a 'good faith' environment. If one of my neighbours dropped a normal black domestic waste bag in my bin on collection day I really could not care less. It becomes an issue when twats start using your bin for commercial / non collectable waste that results in non collection. I had one moron leave all the old tiles from their bathroom refurb in my bin, that's just moronic.

Absolutely. I must admit I live in a lovely area with really nice neighbours so no one would abuse each others bins - so I suppose my thoughts on this are bias towards decent humans!

I must admit I do this mainly to help the garbage pickup. I have very little trash, mostly recycling, so I sneak my trash into my neighbors bin. I figure it’s one less bin to bother with. Is that wrong?

Yes it is wrong and unlawful. It's fly tipping. If you want to do that why don't you actually ASK your neighbour if that's ok with them rather than 'sneaking' about.

Some people may not care. Others do. People may care if they make an effort to keep their bin as smell free andclean as possible and maggot free and so don't want others shit dripping out of the bag into their bin. Your own waste is your own waste. Who want's someone elses used nappies or sanitary pads or snotty Covid ridden tissues in their bin?

Just because the bin is accessible to you doesn't mean either the neighbour has finished filling it. They may want to add additional bags later that night/day that they can't fit because you have stuffed your shit in it.

They have no guarantee that there is nothing in your bag that will lead to a fine or refusal of the bin being taken like batteries, builders rubble, vapes or neon bulbs.

and don't pretent its about helping the garbage pick up. It's because you are too lazy to put out your own bin.