Going away for school holidays & nobody to do the bins?

[gardenhenn]

We are taking DC away for a significant amount of time during the 6 weeks holidays and will have nobody to do the bins.

Have asked my parents as they live 25 minutes away but have said it's too far and they also workZ

Siblings/cousins also work and have their own kids to look after and would be unfair as again live 25 minutes away in the same town as parents.

Now, I have never had an argument or falling out with neighbours.

But there is tension due to the varying issues around this estate and I don't speak to my NDN on the right ( I would do her bins at times but she has stopped saying hello/speaking to everyone which suits me fine as she makes me feel uncomfortable).

I do exchange small talk/ hello with the other and get on OK but form feel comfortable asking her.

We genuinely don't know what to do.
Anybody been in a similar situation?

The only solution would be to leave the bins until we get back?

Advertise on the local Facebook group and offer to pay?

If you're that bothered take all your rubbish to the tip on the day of your holiday.
Your recycling won't be a problem it's just the smelly waste I'm sure you can get rid of that at the tip.
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They can pop in and nick all your stuff whilst you’re away too.

Leave both until you get back. The recycling in particular will be totally fine. Only issue with the other one might be maggots if there is rotting meat etc So just put that one out if need be and ask a neighbour to put it back. Sorted.

Hilarious! Made me laugh! 🤣

Find a teenager, if you don't know one ask online, pay them a tenner to do both after you leave.

I'm not saying you shouldn't avoid exerting common sense in who you ask to do it, but round my way loads of people offer and very often there's a link via friends of friends/peoples' kids etc. which helps offset that.

My cat sitter offered to do my bins, I was happy to accept the offer. Maybe there’s a pet or house sitting service that can oblige?

You are obviously worried about SMELL of food andMggotts from meat waste. Well why dont you keep all FOOD WASTE separated in the run up to the holiday and dispose of it in another way PUBLIC BIN or prowl the neighbourhood the night before your Holiday and dump the FOOD In communal bins or other people's bins , far away. Wear a HOOD AND MASK at midnight.

Our neighbour does ours. Failing that, I go down the tip the day before.

exactly this.

As others have said, bag it and take it to the tip day before you go, alternatively bag it and take it to your
parents the day before you go, saves them driving to yours or asking the neighbours and means your DC can see their grandparents before a long trip and your waste can be collected with their bins while you’re away.

Offer to pay a local teenager

Why should OP’s parents have their bin overflowing with smelly rubbish for 3 weeks?

It’s best OP takes it to the tip.

Bag it all up, take it to the tip and leave two clean empty bins?

Just take your rubbish to the tip between now and then. Problem solved!

What an unnecessary drama!

Just go to the tip the day before you go on holiday.

Just take it all to the tip before you go. No biggie

Seriously, your DPs couldn't just do it once, after which it'll stay empty until you're back? 25mins each way really is not a big deal!

Just go to the tip🤷‍♀️!

First world problems.

I wouldn't leave the bin out as it signals nobody is home and also it may get nicked. I would do a tip run before going away.

If it's just the recycling, I'd leave it. It's not like it's going to be smelly or attracting rodents. The worst that could happen is a strong wind might blow it over, but you can block it in somehow to mitigate for that possibility.

Take it to the tip or if it’s only half full & you’ll be away just leave it until you’re back

Can you put extra recycling in clear bags where you live?

in my area, if you took recycling to the tip you would need to sort it first. Black bins can go as they are. We are allowed to put extra recycling out in clear bags, just put the rubbish from the bin in bags and leave that out?

I certainly wouldn’t leave my bin on the pavement for 6 weeks, very inconvenient for everyone else. And you can guarantee the bin men wouldn’t out it back on the drive either.