Using college skips or public bins

samsung_laptop

I would like to know if I got caught putting my household rubbish in the college skips or in public bins would I get fined.
The reason why I ask is because the council have given us smaller bins and some weeks they are not being emptied properly. I've phoned the council and they say sorry but the crew will not return if they have already attended. Waste can get compacted into the bottom of the bin and it will not come out when they attempt to empty it. Our policy is that we will not return for incidents such as this.

antrobus

samsung_laptop wrote: »

I would like to know if I got caught putting my household rubbish in the college skips or in public bins would I get fined.
The reason why I ask is because the council have given us smaller bins and some weeks they are not being emptied properly. I've phoned the council and they say sorry but the crew will not return if they have already attended. Waste can get compacted into the bottom of the bin and it will not come out when they attempt to empty it. Our policy is that we will not return for incidents such as this.

Yes, you could get fined.

http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Bucknall-man-fined-putting-everyday-household/story-22725005-detail/story.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1512599/50-fine-for-putting-rubbish-in-litter-bin.html

But you'd have to be caught. Don't leave anything that identifies you in the rubbish.:)

kingfisherblue

samsung_laptop wrote: »

I would like to know if I got caught putting my household rubbish in the college skips or in public bins would I get fined.
The reason why I ask is because the council have given us smaller bins and some weeks they are not being emptied properly. I've phoned the council and they say sorry but the crew will not return if they have already attended. Waste can get compacted into the bottom of the bin and it will not come out when they attempt to empty it. Our policy is that we will not return for incidents such as this.

If you are transporting rubbish to your college, why not transport it to the nearest council tip? There is usually no charge for household waste. Assuming you recycle food scraps, your waste should be dry, so you could, if you have garage space, store two or three bags and take them all in one trip every week or fortnight.

Also, do you have recycling bins and do you use them? Recycling can reduce the amount of rubbish in your bins by quite a bit. Where I live, bins are collected fortnightly but recycling is collected weekly (cardboard, plastic bottles, tins, glass, paper, food waste).

Finally, if you have a large family, or someone in the household has a disability which creates additional waste, you might be able to have an extra bin. My council provides a narrow bin in addition to a full size bin for families of 6+ or those who have extra waste due to disability. They don't advertise it, and you have to apply.

cattie

In my area if rubbish is found in public bins that appear to be from residential properties, staff will often sift through it to identify where it came from & take action against the guilty person.

Though one previous poster here mentions leaving out anything that identifies you, remember that as much of the country has CCTV cameras dotted around the place, you could possibly be identified in this way.

fed_up_and_stressed

samsung_laptop wrote: »

I would like to know if I got caught putting my household rubbish in the college skips or in public bins would I get fined.
The reason why I ask is because the council have given us smaller bins and some weeks they are not being emptied properly. I've phoned the council and they say sorry but the crew will not return if they have already attended. Waste can get compacted into the bottom of the bin and it will not come out when they attempt to empty it. Our policy is that we will not return for incidents such as this.

Just take it to the tip !

Or for future -get a broom handle for a couple of quid and whizz it round the bin to loosen the debris at the bottom of your bin.

bairn7

I'll be honest, I had no idea it was an offence to put residential waste in a council public bin. On the odd occasion, I have filled a bag for life with rubbish and put it in a council bin when our bin (which is now only emptied monthly) gets full. Never a full black bag though...that seems a bit cheeky!

I've also taken rubbish and dumped it in communal residential refuse bins (the big ones on wheels that are often on tenemented streets) - I doubt this is an offence but before now I didn't even think it was morally or socially questionable...

Gavin83

bairn7 wrote: »

I'll be honest, I had no idea it was an offence to put residential waste in a council public bin. On the odd occasion, I have filled a bag for life with rubbish and put it in a council bin when our bin (which is now only emptied monthly) gets full. Never a full black bag though...that seems a bit cheeky!

I've also taken rubbish and dumped it in communal residential refuse bins (the big ones on wheels that are often on tenemented streets) - I doubt this is an offence but before now I didn't even think it was morally or socially questionable...

Would you have an issue with someone putting their rubbish in your bin? If the answer is yes then it is probably morally questionable. If not, then your fine.

bairn7

Gavin83 wrote: »

Would you have an issue with someone putting their rubbish in your bin? If the answer is yes then it is probably morally questionable. If not, then your fine.

Someone putting rubbish in my individual wheelie bin, taking up around 1/3 of my total space (which a standard black bag does) is a little different from me putting a bag for life-ful in one of 4 or 5 available communal bins.

But I take your point.

agrinnall

My LA recommends bagging waste before it is put into the wheelie bin, which is what I do. It keeps the bin clean and makes it easy to empty. How frequently is your bin emptied? If it's very week like mine (although I don't put it put every week) then unless you have a lot of people in your house the amount of waste shouldn't be enough to cause difficulties - perhaps you need to increase the amount of recycling you do.

Dizzy_Ditzy

If I have waste that cannot be recycled or composted and is gonna stink in my wheelie bin for two weeks then it gets doubled bagged and goes into the council bin at the top of the road. I'm not going to leave a stinking chicken carcass in my bin when the council bins get emptied daily.

Hermia

bairn7 wrote: »

I'll be honest, I had no idea it was an offence to put residential waste in a council public bin. On the odd occasion, I have filled a bag for life with rubbish and put it in a council bin when our bin (which is now only emptied monthly) gets full. Never a full black bag though...that seems a bit cheeky!

I've also taken rubbish and dumped it in communal residential refuse bins (the big ones on wheels that are often on tenemented streets) - I doubt this is an offence but before now I didn't even think it was morally or socially questionable...

I used to live in a block of flats and lots of people from the local houses would come and put their rubbish in our bins. Our bins would frequently be full up a week before collection day so we had nowhere to put our rubbish. I would confront people when I caught them and they would always tell me to stop getting my knickers in a twist over one bag. They didn't seem to think about how all those one bags add up.