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This is a bit silly but here goes. I live on my own and recycle my cans etc. in the blue bin which isn't a problem, but the amount of rubbish I get (tea bags and chip paper etc.) is so small it doesn't even fill a carrier bag in two weeks, so what I do is that I wait while the neighbours put their bin out and then I put my carrier bag in one of their bins.
The trouble is my neighbours don't like it and sometimes I come out of my front door to find a pile of rubbish on my doorstep.
My questions are these
1. Am I doing wrong? I admit I haven't asked them.
2. Am I committing an offence?
3. Are my neighbours committing an offence by littering. As I understand it bins are there to have rubbish put into them, but to take rubbish out and put it by someone's front door surely has to be an offence. They even put rubbish on my step that is not mine.
I feel I would like to stand my ground and I had an enormous row with them yesterday because two of them like to think they own the drive and I feel that if I give into them, my life won't be worth living.
The bin men simply tip the rubbish out of one bin into another anyway and then simply empty the one bin into the back of the lorry.
What course of action do you think I should take, I could use my bin but it seems so silly and I am 68 years of age but fairly fit. Answers appreciated.
Thanks.
The trouble is my neighbours don't like it and sometimes I come out of my front door to find a pile of rubbish on my doorstep.
My questions are these
1. Am I doing wrong? I admit I haven't asked them.
2. Am I committing an offence?
3. Are my neighbours committing an offence by littering. As I understand it bins are there to have rubbish put into them, but to take rubbish out and put it by someone's front door surely has to be an offence. They even put rubbish on my step that is not mine.
I feel I would like to stand my ground and I had an enormous row with them yesterday because two of them like to think they own the drive and I feel that if I give into them, my life won't be worth living.
The bin men simply tip the rubbish out of one bin into another anyway and then simply empty the one bin into the back of the lorry.
What course of action do you think I should take, I could use my bin but it seems so silly and I am 68 years of age but fairly fit. Answers appreciated.
Thanks.
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0lly, if you want to stand your ground, that's up to you.
Personally I wouldn't care if someone put their one wee bag of rubbish in my bin - but I'm not your neighbour.
It just seems to me that you are getting rather het up about this - the easiest solution in my (and other's) opinion would be to just use your own bin.
But as I said earlier, it appears that...
It just seems to me that you are getting rather het up about this - the easiest solution in my (and other's) opinion would be to just use your own bin.
But as I said earlier, it appears that...
16:34 Thu 22nd Nov 2012
It seems the mistake that you made was not to ask the neighbours before you started putting your rubbish in their bin.
If you had asked, it's possible that they would have understood and accepted that you were doing it for all the rightr reasons. However, it's a bit late now so I agrre with the 2sp and snags that the best thing to do now is to use your own bin.
In my area we have green bins for garden rubbish and, particularly at this time of year I generate more of this than all the other near neighbours combined. I therefore asked, several years ago, if I could use their bins for my garden waste - especially leaves from my mature trees. This didn't present a problem to anyone especially as I volunteered to clean their bins with my pressure washer whenever required.
Is there anything that you can do to help your neighbours?
If you had asked, it's possible that they would have understood and accepted that you were doing it for all the rightr reasons. However, it's a bit late now so I agrre with the 2sp and snags that the best thing to do now is to use your own bin.
In my area we have green bins for garden rubbish and, particularly at this time of year I generate more of this than all the other near neighbours combined. I therefore asked, several years ago, if I could use their bins for my garden waste - especially leaves from my mature trees. This didn't present a problem to anyone especially as I volunteered to clean their bins with my pressure washer whenever required.
Is there anything that you can do to help your neighbours?
1. Yes you are - and you know you are, because you sneak your stuff into their bin
2. The council provide a bin (or several) for each household, they are not supposed to be shared facilities
3. If you only have a weeny amount of rubbish, just tie it in a bag and put it in your own black bin - but don't put the bin out for collection, leave it until your bin is more full.
4. If your neighbours put stuff back on your step which isn't yours, it could be that other people are copying your example - your rubbish isn't identifiable.
It's just not worth standing your ground because, IMO, you are in the wrong. Use your own bin, that's what it's for. I would be highly annoyed if my neighbours put their rubbish in my bin.
2. The council provide a bin (or several) for each household, they are not supposed to be shared facilities
3. If you only have a weeny amount of rubbish, just tie it in a bag and put it in your own black bin - but don't put the bin out for collection, leave it until your bin is more full.
4. If your neighbours put stuff back on your step which isn't yours, it could be that other people are copying your example - your rubbish isn't identifiable.
It's just not worth standing your ground because, IMO, you are in the wrong. Use your own bin, that's what it's for. I would be highly annoyed if my neighbours put their rubbish in my bin.
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