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Sharing a black bin
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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
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The maisonettes share bins, and I believe all bins belong to the council and not the householder. I do not claim ownership of my bin and anyone can use it if they have too much for their own bin. It just seems silly to put such a small amount into a large bin.
By the way I do not "sneak" it in, it takes two week to fill a carrier bag and I simply take it out on bin day. If I left it on the pavement the bin men would not take it.
By the way I do not "sneak" it in, it takes two week to fill a carrier bag and I simply take it out on bin day. If I left it on the pavement the bin men would not take it.
I don't think it matters strictly who "owns" the bin. The fact is the Council has "loaned" a bin to number 56 for the use of that property, it should only be used by that property.
And anyway, your neighbours don't like it. So whilst it does seem silly, I'd take the view it wasn't worth the hassle upsetting the neighbours.
And anyway, your neighbours don't like it. So whilst it does seem silly, I'd take the view it wasn't worth the hassle upsetting the neighbours.
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