Neighbours bins and biological waste

ATCQ

Not sure if this is the right place for this but I could do with some advice.

For the second time this month, I've come home from work to my rented property to find tissue all over the front garden (along with some other things like cardboard packets from food etc.). This isn't just regular tissue, it's used tissue that instead of being flushed away, it's been thrown into a neighbours bin. There have also been used sanitary products as well.

I've got two problems with dealing with this:

1. I don't know which neighbour. I live with my friends who are still at uni (They did a year abroad/placements, I have graduated into a full time job) and all our neighbours are pretty much students.

Next door (all women) think they knew who it was the first time but nothing happened from it and they had little proof for it. They agreed to clean it up as it was mostly female products (the first time) and as we're guys they didn't want us to have to do it... (not sure what to make of that)

2. I phoned the council and they couldn't provide me with any advice or assistance.

I'm not sure where to go from here, I thought about maybe putting out a note to all of the houses nearby? Something like "This is the second time we've had your waste products on our front garden, can you please stop putting them in your bins/letting them blow everywhere"

Any advice? I'm literally feeling sick about it, it's disgusting.

tomtontom

Could you suggest putting some sort of weight on top of the bin?

I'm not sure you should be telling them not to put them in the bin, that is the usual way sanitary products are disposed of!

ATCQ

I meant more the used toilet paper... not sure why that's in their main bin.

I''ll have a word with my housemates when they're home, but yeah asking them to weigh it down might help.

Leo2020

After the bin men have been on the recycling day there is usually a few bottles left on the road. I pick them up regardless of who's they were, all though I appreciate used sanitary towels/toilet paper is a little different. Could it be the bin men's fault, is it definitely your neighbours?

marliepanda

Are you sure its actually biological waste? I cannot see why anyone would be putting that type of used tissue in a bin.

Are you sure its not soiled kitchen roll, make up on tissues?

chuckley

marliepanda wrote: »

Are you sure its actually biological waste? I cannot see why anyone would be putting that type of used tissue in a bin.

Are you sure its not soiled kitchen roll, make up on tissues?

You'd be amazed at how some people live...

anna42hmr

thriftymanc wrote: »

Clearly someone's got a temperamental toilet if they can't even flush paper down it *ick*.

either that or are any of the neighbours of foreign origin, for example in certain areas of Greece, Turkey, Brazil and Thailand due to issues with the poor sewerage system, bins are available in some places to dispose of such waste, could it be that it is someone used to that and not aware of anything different?