Bin fines

felixbelix

My local council is threatening me with a £100 fine for having an overflowing bin (we are a household with 8 people in it). Does anyone know anything about the legality of this? I'm assuming that the council can do whatever it likes but I didn't like the tone of their letter and this seems a difficult one to prove since all the rubbish sits in the street, not on your property - how could they prove you generated the rubbish?

Stevie_Palimo

mije1983

If you haven't already, can you ask for an extra/larger wheelie bin? My local council offers an extra bin if you have 6 or more people living in a property. Maybe something to look into?

macman

The potential fine is not for having an overflowing bin, but for putting loose rubbish on the public highway, which is an offence.

SailorSam

I've got an extra bin for all the 'green' waste 'cos i've got a big garden and i know others that have got a second bin for their general rubbish just 'cos they have a big family. Around here at least we only need to phone our Council and ask.

pinkshoes

Depends which council you are with, but our council takes pretty much everything (except polystyrene) for recycling, so even with a house of 3, we rarely even fill half of our wheelie bin.

Could you not take some stuff down the tip?

Or recycle more?

Or speak to a neighbour that perhaps only has one person living there, and ask if you can put some rubbish in their bin?

rustyboy21

You should be able to get another bin off your council. We have a very large house at the top of our road, which houses 3 adult special need people and they have 3 carers who live there too.


They have 6 general refuse bins outside their house. I have had to wait 3 weeks for a flaming axle and wheels for my bin, after some little !!!!!!! nicked it one night ! lol

r2015

Our council are going to reduce the size of the general waste bin from 200 litres to 120 litres and increase the size of the 120 litre food/garden waste bin to 200 litres and the paper/can/plastic bin to 200 litres as well.
Guess where glass goes?
General waste, they don't recycle glass. If I want to recycle glass I have to take it to Tesco.

wealdroam

r2015 wrote: »

If I want to recycle glass I have to take it to Tesco.

And as you do want to recycle glass, then that's what you need to do.

hollydays

felixbelix wrote: »

My local council is threatening me with a £100 fine for having an overflowing bin (we are a household with 8 people in it). Does anyone know anything about the legality of this? I'm assuming that the council can do whatever it likes but I didn't like the tone of their letter and this seems a difficult one to prove since all the rubbish sits in the street, not on your property - how could they prove you generated the rubbish?

You said they were threatening you, rather than have fined you.
Therefore it's a warning to get your house in order?So do that instead of trying to catch them out.
I once had someone put something in my bin on the street , causing the lid to be left open and they didn't empty my bin!
That was a one off which I highlighted to the council- but if it's happening every week and only to you- go figure..