Neighbour’s invasive plant cut back, who should dispose of the trimmings?

[Singingorangedinosaur]

My neighbour has a climbing plant which has become invasive on our side of the fence. It had climbed up/through our trees, and was reaching towards our garden furniture. We cut it back to the boundary and caught them to ask if we could put it in their green bin, but they said it was full and that was the end of the conversation.
For context, we have to pay for green bins where we live. We do not have one for our house, as we don't have enough cuttings etc to warrant a subscription, nor do we want the extra household cost.
Our nearest tip to dispose of cuttings is 30 minutes away, which is why we don't have plants that create lots of cutting ourselves.
Anyway, DH folded the cuttings up neatly/chopped them up small, and placed them next to NDN green bin. We then received a text accusing us of flytipping and that we should have asked their permission.

I don't know what we could have done differently? What are the rules here? I don't want it to be awkward with neighbours which is why we asked them. Yes we could dispose of the trimmings ourselves, but we would have to go incredibly out of our way (an hours drive then time queueing to get in to the tip which can take ages, plus the time spent cutting it all back anyway). My experience with neighbours in the past has always been that the neighbours dispose of cuttings created by their plants overgrowing boundaries? Is this incorrect?

What do you usually do with cuttings? I assume you have at least some living plants in your garden rather than it being completely bare.

I'm interested to know the type of plant and the size. It's hard to advise without knowing the quantity.

For example - 1 bin bag. Leave it to shrink down a bit and dry out. It would quite quickly halve in size. That would then easily fit in your normal bin or you can have a little bonfire. You could also leave it longer and turn it into compost.

More than 1 bin bag is obviously a bigger job. A half hour trip to the tip is probably worth it. You could try and find other stuff to get rid of at the same time.

There's nothing wrong with a climbing plant on a fence. Many are lovely. If you left some you might actually enjoy having something brighten up that part of your garden.

Just go to the tip. It's not that hard to even with young children. You drive in, pour the contents of your bags into the green waste bins and drive off again

You should have spoken to the neighbour’s nicely and asked to contribute the cost of 1/2 a weekly bin (or however much space the clippings take up) and then they might well have taken it all. Maybe fudge that now and explain it along those lines.

We had neighbours at the bottom of the garden for years who kept the boundary planting on their side really neat and it never caused us issues. The new occupants are clearly not gardeners, and they've let it grow wild... to the extent that we had to have a massive hack back at the weekend and it's given us one full waste bin and about 5/6 more to fill which is a complete pain as it's only emptied fortnightly. And hence we have no space for our lawn clippings etc.....I must admit to feeling a bit narked, but it is what it is. We both said that'll teach us for letting it get that bad waiting for them to deal with it from their side.....

No that's classed as fly tipping.

Jesus this is just stupid.

Just leave the bin bag in your garden until general waste bin next collected and then put that bag in the bin 🤷‍♀️ Honestly not difficult and so silly to create drama with your neighbour over this.

My neighbour has ivy growing over it got so bad that it nearly started growing up my house. I chopped it all back & killed said ivy when they said it wasn’t their problem. To bad, to sad.

I hope they take legal action against you for destroying their property. It will cost you £££ to replace their plant you wilfully destroyed with one of a similar age and spread. You are entitled to cut back to the boundary, without killing their plant, that is all.

They are not entitled to use the neighbours paid for bin for their own garden waste. End of. This is their waste and their responsibility to dispose of.

im 🤯 at all the thought that’s gone into this- surely you’d just put them somewhere out of the way until the next opportunity to dispose of them rather than needing it sorted right this moment?

Just pay for a green bin ffs

You must have no idea how awfully destructive ivy is to say this. It’s a weed.

I know both exactly how ivy is, and the law. You can legally cut back to boundary, but not kill. That is all.

Except when the plant is a invasive vine/creeper causing property damage.
Then you can kill it.

The law on property boundaries and plants is written for trees and shrubs, not invasive vines.

Ivy is more like Japanese knotweed than a tree. It kills shrubs and trees.

You believe very wrongly then

Quote me the law for "regular" creepers, ivy, passionflower, Russian vine etc..

Stuff like Japenese Knotweed has very specific, different legislation, for good reason.

Read what I said again. I did not say use the neighbour's bin.

You were in the wrong I’m afraid. Your responsibility to dispose of them .

Yes legally it is your job to dispose of them but your neighbours are being arses to not put them in their green bin. It's not your plant so it's pretty unfair that you'd have to go out of your way to dispose of it. Does anyone else on your street have a green bin who would let you put it in? I'd let you put it in mine in these circumstances.

You were wrong

What, read, on MN. Flat no 😂

Why does having 2 children stop you going to the tip? I’m a single mum of 3 and go fairly regularly, either just with the youngest when the other 2 are at school, or at the weekend with all 3 of them

You were quite wrong and antagonistic here.

You are absolutely wrong about this, and it would be fly tipping.

@Singingorangedinosaur YABU. Unless we’re talking Japanese knotweed or something else that is a statutory nuisance (not just something you don’t like) then it is your waste and you need to dispose of it. I’ve never, ever lived anywhere where neighbours would (or I’d expect them too) take on my garden waste, it’s just part of being a grownup and having a garden.