Landlord responsible for bins?

sevenhills

I live close to some flats, two separate flats with multiple occupants.

I have reported the bins of one flat, but we are now having issues with the bins of another flat.

These are private flats, and two HMOs. Is it the landlord or the tenant's responsibility?

DE_612183

Are they council bins?

In that case I would suspect it's the person registered for council tax - which may or may not be the Landlord.

Have you reported this to  the council?

What exactly is the "issue"?

sevenhills

DE_612183 said:

Are they council bins?

In that case I would suspect it's the person registered for council tax - which may or may not be the Landlord.

Have you reported this to  the council?

What exactly is the "issue"?

There was an issue, one bin and 6 flats, there is now 4 bins, but rubbish on top of the bins.

The landlord was taking the rubbish away. But the issue is still not resolved.

There is litter from these council bins.

user1977

It's the occupier who is primarily responsible. The council can take action no matter whether it's landlords or tenants causing the problem. HMO mis-management is also something which the council can enforce against the landlord.

theartfullodger

Bins IMHO always belong to council (but they may charge punters for them when provided.)  Occupants responsible for complying with regulations... but tricky with tenants, especially when they are unfamiliar with the processes.

And with blocks of flats and ranks of bins outside pretty much impossible to decide who did what bad thing.

sevenhills

theartfullodger said:

Bins IMHO always belong to council (but they may charge punters for them when provided.)  Occupants responsible for complying with regulations... but tricky with tenants, especially when they are unfamiliar with the processes.

And with blocks of flats and ranks of bins outside pretty much impossible to decide who did what bad thing.

These are council bins. I know that you can report overflowing bins to the council. But can they be fined for that, or do the council need some rubbish in the street with their name and address on?

There has been a rare case of people being fined for leaving their bin on the street 24/7, so perhaps there are many laws that the council can use, if they really want to.