How to prevent residents putting rubbish in my new wheelie bin

Legacy_user

My council are changing their refuge collection from bags to bins in a few weeks time. As I don't have a yard or garden to store my bin, it is placed by the communal front door which I share with just one neighbour.

As I live alone, I don't want other people living near me to take advantage using my bin as to put their excess rubbish (they should be recycling more). So I had a look at bin locks. They are very pricey and got poor reviews.

What do you think I should do? Before anyone asks, I did put my bags of rubbish in a bin just inside my front door, the bin never went outside.

Rusty_Shackleton

I'm confused what the problem actually is? Do you think your neighbours are going to fill your bin up so much that you won't be able to use it? That's pretty doubtful surely, and as long as you can still use it, does it really matter?

Also, if the area is going from bags to bins over the coming weeks, aren't you worrying about something that will be a problem for a few weeks, at most?

Tom99

If you can look for one with a gravity lock, when the bin is up-ended to empty it the lock automatically opens.
Otherwise you will have to unlock it some time before its due to be emptied.

Mistral001

It must be a custom in some areas to put rubbish in other people's bins. I have never come across it at all or even heard of it. It is illegal as well as anti-social. It is in fact a form of fly-tipping. I have seen that in my area and I just cannot understand it as it happens in a rural area so must have been brought there by a vehicle and yet there is a council recycling yard only 5 minutes drive away.

You cannot guard against all crime by security measures such as locks, so my only advice is to catch them in the act and report them to the Police.

FreeBear

Mistral001 wrote: »

It must be a custom in some areas to put rubbish in other people's bins. It is illegal as well as anti-social. It is in fact a form of fly-tipping.

Do it round here on an irregular basis. BUT we do ask the bin "owners" first.

Rusty_Shackleton

Mistral001 wrote: »

It is illegal as well as anti-social. It is in fact a form of fly-tipping..
....
catch them in the act and report them to the Police.

Would you rather people cheekily chucked some stuff in your bin or threw their litter on the ground in your neighbourhood?

As for contacting the police, are you under the impression that they're so well resourced that you should bother them with trivial nonsense about bins? I'd love to live in your area if you'd get taken seriously... in mine you'd be lucky to get an officer out for a burglary or assault!

System

Rusty_Shackleton wrote: »

I'm confused what the problem actually is? Do you think your neighbours are going to fill your bin up so much that you won't be able to use it? That's pretty doubtful surely, and as long as you can still use it, does it really matter?

Also, if the area is going from bags to bins over the coming weeks, aren't you worrying about something that will be a problem for a few weeks, at most?

They frequently dump furniture and white goods on top of the entrance and when it was Christmas, they left their rubbish out for 10 days. I can see them taking advantage of my bin as everyone has been give a 120 litre bin - which are those small, narrow bins,

kpwll

A lot of councils are promoting recycling and are checking the bins. Some have spoken about bringing in fines for putting 'recycling' in the rubbish bins.
On our local Facebook pages some people have had their bins left un-emptied because the 'wrong stuff' is in it.
This might be the case here now, or in the near future.

System

kpwll wrote: »

A lot of councils are promoting recycling and are checking the bins. Some have spoken about bringing in fines for putting 'recycling' in the rubbish bins.
On our local Facebook pages some people have had their bins left un-emptied because the 'wrong stuff' is in it.
This might be the case here now, or in the near future.

One of my mum's friends has bin locks on her three wheelie bins as she came back one day after having a few days away someone dumping general rubbish in her paper/cardboard bin. She knew who it was as the bag was a white kitchen bin liner and they culprits put some envelope with their name and address facing the outside! Bit silly and they live 10 doors away.

stator

Most plastic wheelie bins you could drill a hole in the lid and bin and just use a big padlock

lessonlearned

Rusty_Shackleton wrote: »

Would you rather people cheekily chucked some stuff in your bin or threw their litter on the ground in your neighbourhood?

As for contacting the police, are you under the impression that they're so well resourced that you should bother them with trivial nonsense about bins? I'd love to live in your area if you'd get taken seriously... in mine you'd be lucky to get an officer out for a burglary or assault!

The problem is if the person putting rubbish in your bin doesn't sort it properly and puts the wrong type of rubbish in the wrong then the council can refuse to empty it.