Neighbours Using My Bin Without Asking

brianposter

Are we sure that that it really is the OP"s bin ?

My neighbour pinched my bin when the bins were first delivered and his house had not been completed. Since then, for over ten years, I have put my rubbish in the bins that he puts out.

Tippytoes

I had neighbours who generated an unbelievable amount of rubbish considering there were only two of them in the house. Wheelie bin lids stuck up every collection.  I caught him dumping rubbish in my bin - smelly rubbish - cat food containers, and I think it had been going on for some time.  Petty or otherwise, I decided that I pay enough for my rubbish to be taken away without subsidising others.  So I made sure that I put my bin out just before the binmen came.  It was a bit of an effort to be honest, especially if the binmen were late for any reason.  It was a case of doing that or wrapping his rubbish round his neck.

hb2

greatcrested said:

Davesnave said:

Deleted_User said:

greatcrested said:

Communicate!

What is the point of escalating a neighbour dispute? Yes, the neighbour is out of ordr but dumping her stuff on their garden will just put her back up (rightly or wrongly) and things will escalate.

Suggest reasonably that you have no objection to the odd item if her bin is full, but that if she has large amounts of rubbish/recycling that her bin cannot cope with she should go to the tip.

Bake a cake and take it with you when you go round to speak (socially distanced of course)

I agree that the OP could perhaps go round and speak to the neighbour, but bake a cake?? Why on earth?! They have every right to question why the neighbour is dumping their stuff in their bin. If anything the neighbour should be providing baked goods for the OP. 

I think you will find that greatcrested, rather like an earlier prolific poster who seems now to have vanished reincarnated, simply has a great liking for cake. It's maybe a case of any excuse will do, or it may even be a metaphorical cake,

It's both. I enjoy baking,and eating cake. Of most descriptions! (though hate marzpan...)

But really it's to make the point that holding out olive branches (or olives, or château neuf du pape) to people is a far better approach than chucking rubbish on their gardens........

Doesn't always work of course.

Smooth tongued or or not, at my age I’m anyone’s for château neuf du pape and Ferrero Rocher.

So that's where I went wrong at the the New Year's party Doozergirl. Knew I should have left the Madeira cake at home....!

I'm happy to take any unwanted marzipan off your hands