My wheelie bin has been filled with someone else's rubbish

SandC

We used to have wheelie bin wars when there seemed to a be shortage. I was without one for a fortnight right over Xmas once. The problem was that I have to leave the bin out then go to work. The binmen would come sometime around lunch time I think. By the time I'd got home from work someone would have whisked my newly emptied bin away to the privacy of their own back yard.

We now appear to have sufficient bins for all houses and sanity is restored.

Hermia

I think every place I have ever lived has had problems with the bins! In my last three addresses the binmen would not take any rubbish that was not in a bin so people would put their rubbish in other bins. In my present place I frequently find my bin full the day after bin day and none of it is my rubbish! In my last house the council would not collect garden waste and people would regularly wake up to find several bags of garden waste dumped in the garden. I once saw a woman walking down the street at 2am in her nightie with two big sacks of garden waste that she put in another person's driveway!

I think a lock and some marking on the bin to show it belongs to you is the only way to go. I have noticed that a lot of people now keep their bin in the house where I live!

SandC

Once when I had got possession of my bin I didn't bring it in the back yard, it was just outside the back gate. When I went to put some stuff in it I found someone had filled it with rubble. I knew the binmen would never take anything like that so knowing that it must have been one of the neighbour's whose property backs on to the same right of way mine does I simply emptied the lot where it stood then put my bin back in the yard and locked the gate as I should have done immediately.

Whoever it was must have felt guilty and shifted it straight away - it would have been no skin off my nose to have a pile of building rubble sitting outside the back you see but no doubt it would for them.

oldhaggis

I have had the same problem in the past. Once I retrieved my bin, which already had my house number painted on the side, I then painted the house number in giant lettering on the lid. I have done it on all our three re-cycling bins and now there is absolutely no doubt as which bins belong to our house.

mrdunkleysexy

FatAndy wrote: »

We bought some large sticky numbers so we could personalise our wheelie bin. These are specifically made for wheelie bins and I've seen them in a number of charity and discount shops.

You can buy the sticky white numbers from Wilkinson, they cost about 80 pence per number

FatAndy

mrdunkleysexy wrote: »

You can buy the sticky white numbers from Wilkinson, they cost about 80 pence per number

We got Welsh Dragon numbers which we bought from the Happy Faces charity shop on the promenade at Rhos-on-Sea (near Colwyn Bay). Happy Faces is a charity which raises money for children in North Wales so not only is our bin now easily identifiable but a well deserving local charity is very slightly better off :beer:.

alleycat`

Wait until "pay per throw" comes in.
Everyones bin will be full of rubbish they didn't put in it.
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As it stands at the moment if a neighbour asks they can put rubbish in our bin (as long as we have space) and they provide the same courtesy to us.
I get pee'd off when i don't get asked though - it is just courtesy.
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merdoom

I would be tempted to look inside if its not too grotty and maybe have a word.
I live in an area with lots of students in houses with only one bin and fortnightly collections, so rubbish often gets put in other peoples bins, but they do usually wait untill you have put your bin out for collection before topping it up!

Lip_Stick

I've had no end of problems with my bins.

Once I put a load of old clothes to get rid of. I wrapped them all up in carrier bags. I only had 'bags for life' so had to use those. I put them in the recycle bin in the morning then went off to work. As I passed the bin on the evening, I saw that someone had taken all the clothes out the bin, and dumped them so they were straggling out the recycle bin. It was raining heavily so everything was sodden. I had to pick up the soaked grotty clothing and put them in the normal bin... and in there was the carrier bags I'd used with a neighbours normal rubbish in them.

My ongoing problem is with Hull City Council... or should that be Hull Sh!tty Council. For 5 months now, they've not emptied any of the recycle bins, and while all of the city have got new bins for left over food etc, we haven't got any, or any other recycling facilities. I'm not sure if they can't fit the trucks down, if they just forget, or what. I just get told to report a missed collection, and apparently there is sod all else I can do. Thank God they still collect the normal bin otherwise I'd be right in the !!!!!!!

williham

alleycat` wrote: »

Wait until "pay per throw" comes in.
Everyones bin will be full of rubbish they didn't put in it.
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As it stands at the moment if a neighbour asks they can put rubbish in our bin (as long as we have space) and they provide the same courtesy to us.
I get pee'd off when i don't get asked though - it is just courtesy.
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It looks unrealistic that this will happen after several tests.