Sharing a black bin

[0lly]

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.

[albaqwerty]

Olly, councils are weird.
Ours don't mind (at the moment if our bin lid is raised a little or a lot.)
There's 4 of us at home so our lids are normally raised. Sometimes quite a bit.

[0lly]

cazzz1975 The rubbish would start to smell and could be a health hazard, besides which I keep the blue box for paper in the black bin as there isn't a lot of space for a blue bin, a black bin and a blue box.

[ummmm]

I used to live opposite houses that were converted into flats and also a guest house. If our bin was full we used to run our bags over and put them with theirs :-)

[cazzz1975]

your only option is to ask your neighbours nicely then..

[2sp_]

0lly, everyone giving you advice on here was trying to make your life easier.

Fighting with your neighbours is tiring and soul destroying.

Yes, you should have asked them first. They object - probably because you didn't ask, so you need to find a solution.

Is it really worth starting a war over some rubbish? Be the bigger man here.

[0lly]

albaqwerty. Then naturally I wouldn't put anything in your bin. :-)

[Mick-Talbot]

as there isn't a lot of space for a blue bin, a black bin and a blue box.


Such a long drive and yet no room, what an unusual problem.


I'm just off to check something...brb.

[Mick-Talbot]

Yep....

[0lly]

2sp_. My life would be easy if once every two weeks I could drop my rubbish into a half empty bin and for that reason I think it is worth sticking to my guns and if I continue to find rubbish on my doorstep I shall report them for littering.

[albaqwerty]

lol Olly, there's no room :-D

Am on good terms with most of my neighbours, the brown bin for garden rubbish is used by me and one neighbour. She has pot plants, hanging baskets and the like but no garden.
She asked me 2 years on the trot if she could use it, I told her 2 years on the trot, stop asking, just use it!!

[McMouse]

I live on the exact boundary of two district councils and although only paying council tax to one, get a collection from both each week. Gets confusing as they have different recycling regimes.

[Sipowicz]

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it use its own bin!

[cazzz1975]

we all tried non the less ;)

[0lly]

Sipowicz. Well at least thats funny. (grin)

[chaptazbru]

Just because Olly didn't ask his neighbours if he could use their bin, doesn't mean they have to resort to being childish by dumping rubbish on his doorstep, surely ..... It's only a bin for goodness sakes.

[Psybbo]

We offered the use of our black bin to a neighbour after she had hers stolen twice and if you asked me I would have no problem allowing you to use it

[0lly]

I have a friend. :-)

[mccfluff]

we had that situation, my neighbours kept using my bin as they kept over filling theirs and the bin men would't take it in. they did ask first though and did always take my bin back round for me.

[0lly]

chaptazbru sibton

Two friends. The only trouble is, I didn't ask.

[cazzz1975]

At least they asked first fluff, good manners cost nothing.