Involving police to get new wheelie bin

jobbingmusician

I agree with Moonrakerz. Why is it your problem if someone else's property is stolen from the street? Why should you have to report it? I can't see any possible reason why it should affect your insurance!!!!

BruceyBonus

When my wheelie bin disappeared, the council couldn't wait to send us another! When our old one turned up again (we think a neighbour took ours by mistake) the council douldn't be bothered to take the second one away!!

CIS

In our area the council record the serial numbers against the property . They'll replace the bin, but first of all they ahve a check around any bins they can see in the street.

When ours went missing, the council found it was the people across the road, they got a warning and we got our bin back.

mh1923

Who wants a smelly old wheelie bin anyway? The only possible use I could see for taking one would be to replace your own if it had gone missing, which still begs the question who would steal the first one.

c_smith

If your wheelie bin gets stolen in our area, YOU have to pay for a new one (unless you live off the state, then you get it for nothing like everything else).

BruceyBonus

If mine was stolen, and the council refused to give me a new one; I would firstly point out the card that was delivered with the wheelie bin that states "The bin is the property of **** council and must not be removed from your house", or wording to the similar meaning. If that didn't work, I'd then just leave my rubbish in bags on the grass verge outside my house - that's what we used to do and it was never a problem!!!

Dumbledore55

Reluctant_spender wrote:

The Police will only give you a crime number if a crime can be established.

Round our way a spate went missing and what was happening was that the dustbin carts were swallowing the occasional one up.

Report you bin lost and get a lost property number - give this number to the pen pushers instead. The fact it is lost is probably nearer the mark

Our council now replace your missing bin without any number crime or lost property. They too found out the carts were 'eating' some of them. If the bin fell into the machine, no-one would put their arm in to get it out so they just let it get crushed.

agal

Our wheelie bin was stolen in 1989. The police said it had probably been taken either to make a dog-kennel or to put a bomb in for easy transportation. We never bothered replacing it - we just dump 7-10 black bin bags per week at the local skip site.

TAG

BruceyBonus If mine was stolen, and the council refused to give me a new one; I would firstly point out the card that was delivered with the wheelie bin that states "The bin is the property of **** council and must not be removed from your house", or wording to the similar meaning. If that didn't work, I'd then just leave my rubbish in bags on the grass verge outside my house - that's what we used to do and it was never a problem!!!

Trouble is there are alot of areas where you can't do that now.

Where I live a special council van goes round collecting any black bags that have been left out. I have watched them open these bags to look for anything that might have a name or address on it. If they find one then you get a letter warning you if you do it again you are liable for a £50 fine. I know cos we got one.

All councils will do this eventually if they don't already.

Wheelie bins, fortnightly collections and recycling is/will be here to stay. Two things I mention there is why wheelie bins grow legs and walk (except those eaten by the bin lorries). People hate the fortnightly collections and a majority are too lazy to recycle. Hence they end up with too much rubbish, see a stray wheelie bin and have it for themselves.

dougk_2

agal wrote:

Our wheelie bin was stolen in 1989. The police said it had probably been taken either to make a dog-kennel or to put a bomb in for easy transportation. We never bothered replacing it - we just dump 7-10 black bin bags per week at the local skip site.

Thats a hell of a lot of rubbish! - any thoughts about slimming down the amount you throw away?