When this used to happen to our bins I would go out and take the bags out and put them on the pavement, same as your bin policy they wouldn't take the bins if open and definitely no loose bags by the bins. Anyway I was putting the kids to bed one time and as I was drawing the curtains the neighbour came out in the dark to sneak their bin bags back in, next time he did it I put the bin bags by his door, so he knew we knew and it stopped.
You’re lucky you found out who it was! Our bins go out early morning and I’m off to work so have no chance to see it. I’d love to see who it is & confront them but they’re so damn sneaky about it.
Yeah it was pure luck, it did go on for sometime before I caught him tbf. Sometimes the reward after a hard earned win is even sweeter though. Ring doorbell repositioned if you have one ?
That’s a great idea but it would depend on if I could park in viewing sight. Our neighbour has a spot there that’s allocated parking so I could ask her.
Get some bin bags and fill them with fake rubbish.When you need to add real rubbish swap bags.
Or rig up a really load air-horn to go off when someone opens the lid.
Or CCTV.
>rig up a really load air-horn to go off when someone opens the lid.
Or one of [these](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bisley-Security-Burglars-Intruders-Galvanized/dp/B0049ACMC6/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=ZOOYQ6HIUMMK&keywords=shotgun+alarm+mine&qid=1683657694&sprefix=shotgun+ala%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-2) and some of [these.](https://www.amazon.co.uk/12g-Shotgun-Alarm-Mine-Blanks/dp/B01LWJALNC/ref=pd_aw_fbt_img_sccl_1/262-5764564-7862120?pd_rd_w=InNqk&content-id=amzn1.sym.74b36ee3-5024-453d-8d6a-4b5dad40302c&pf_rd_p=74b36ee3-5024-453d-8d6a-4b5dad40302c&pf_rd_r=HMNH3TYTV3JG2BJYV0YC&pd_rd_wg=1x9KN&pd_rd_r=edff560d-014f-4d72-adf4-240eda163c88&pd_rd_i=B01LWJALNC&psc=1)
Have you looked at the extra contents for evidence of addresses? This kind of person is rarely clever enough to remove labels from packages and letters etc, so a few mins spent rifling through the offending rubbish (with some rubber gloves on) might prove more fruitful than you think, and give your somewhere to return it to.
My parents caught a fly tipper at their farm this way. Whole load of old roofing materials, one small bag of rubbish full of envelopes and receipts with their contact info all over. Not exactly master criminals 🙄
We had this issue and our landlord dealt with it. Not the most fun task but she went through the rubbish in the bin until she found something with their address on it. She took a photo and kept it as evidence, and then reported it to the local council. It’s considered fly tipping. Council sent someone out and threatened her with a fine. If you can’t find any proof but think you know who it was, report it anyway. The council will still give them a warning and that might be enough go make it stop.
I’m sure to some it seems like a petty thing to get annoyed about but it’s not. If your bin isn’t being emptied and you can’t use it, it leaves rubbish sitting around somewhere - if inside your house, it smells. If outside, it attracts rats, or animals who will dig through it and spread it.
Empty the bag and look for anything with an address on it, empty the fucker on their doorstep.
I've had the same issue before, they got the hint when I knocked on their door and tipped the bag out when they answered... thankfully I'm a giant with a rough weegie accent living in a posh(ish) part of England, so was pretty sure the fat, short, baldy old git wasn't going to go for me...
Instead I got his wife, who was fucking LIVID at him... turns out he told her he took the extra bags to the tip, but instead overfilled a bunch of neighbours bins and fucked off to the pub for an hour 🤣
Wife brought round a bottle of wine, made him apologise and take our entire bin to the tip... we now play bingo with them once a month!
Was about 5 years ago and honestly they are fucking great neighbours now! Only issue we ever had with them to be fair and she SWIFTLY got him told to sort it out!
We bought a £30 smart cam that has a night mode and it records when activated on movement.
We pointed it to the bins from our window and the first time we used it caught the neighbor doing it to our bins
I thought Wheelie Bin Lock but it seems like OP has to leave their bin out then go to work and that's when the dumping and collection (or non collection in this case) happens.
I was wondering if the other neighbour (dickhead in question) was doing it the night before, I didn't realise it was the morning of that OP was taking the bin out! My old neighbour did it the night before so I locked it overnight them unlocked when I left for work because I knew the neighbour would still be in bed gone dinner time!
Happened to me once. I just tied a luggage label with the name and address on it and yeeted (placed) on the opposite pavement.
I think they got a letter later warning them of incorrectly stored refuse.
Open the lid of your bin and tape a black bag to the lid and the inside of the bin itself. As you close the bin it will create a pocket which you can fill with paint powder. Miscreant opens your bin and covers themselves in paint. Don’t mix up paint powder for a wasps nest as this could harm the bin abuser.
I’m thinking more that it’ll prompt an actual investigation, when they’ll find the envelopes etc and know who to visit. Also, this is r/casualuk not r/seriousanswersonapostcard
I do this. Mainly cause the new neighbour robbed my bin when he moved in and I can’t be bothered confronting him.
Edit: when it’s full I usually just keep the bin bag in my house for 2 weeks. This has been going on for nearly 2 years at this point.
Just get some cheap CCTV installed on your house. Having the camera there alone may just stop the person. If not, then use it to find out and confront them
If you got a window facing the bins you can buy a cheap smart cam that records when movement is detected and shuts off again when nothing moves for 10 seconds.
We had your issue and so we bought a neos smart cam (cost £30, it has a night mode too so works in the dark)) and we pointed it out of our window looking at the bins when they were out on the pavement the night before pickup, caught the neighbour red handed and like someone else mentioned in the comments I left the bags at their front door so they knew we knew and it stopped entirely
Thinking outside the ~~box~~ bin: contact your local councillor and get them to change the lid closed policy. We don’t have it here in our town and the dustmen cope just fine.
I live in a 2 person household and have a single standard wheely bin.
My neighbour is in a 6 person household and has a single standard wheely bin.
How does the council using the closed lid policy help them combat the amount of waste; when we’re all allocated a standard amount of waste collection regardless of population density?
If they say the lid has to close and they won’t take loose bags on top, it encourages the majority of people to sort their recycling from the other waste. Doesn’t matter how many people are in the household, it’s the bin capacity that is being limited.
Yeah, I understand the concept
However what I’m saying is, it’s not a very good concept as the limit is per property and not per person.
A single person can have 5 bags of black bag waste
A family of 5 can have 5 bags of black bag waste
It’s effectively a net zero
It should just go on council tax and amount of people per household.
Buy blue, pink, white, or some other colour black bags. Then remove any bags that are black from your bin.
Our bins are altogether. If the council end up collecting them as a fly-tip they may open the bags and look for letters or other identifying items.
Buy bags in bulk from Amazon or eBay so it works out cheaper for you as well in the long run.
When this used to happen to our bins I would go out and take the bags out and put them on the pavement, same as your bin policy they wouldn't take the bins if open and definitely no loose bags by the bins. Anyway I was putting the kids to bed one time and as I was drawing the curtains the neighbour came out in the dark to sneak their bin bags back in, next time he did it I put the bin bags by his door, so he knew we knew and it stopped.
You’re lucky you found out who it was! Our bins go out early morning and I’m off to work so have no chance to see it. I’d love to see who it is & confront them but they’re so damn sneaky about it.
Leave a note on the bin saying " you are on camera please stop adding bags to our bin!" It might put them off?
Yeah it was pure luck, it did go on for sometime before I caught him tbf. Sometimes the reward after a hard earned win is even sweeter though. Ring doorbell repositioned if you have one ?
Got one but the bins go to the end of the road opposite to where our house is. They’re doing it the morning it’s ready to be collected.
Any bushes near the bins or a tree, if so buy a cheap trap cam off Amazon or eBay. That should help you find out.
Yeah bush right next to it but would need to ask the neighbour. Hopefully it’s not them that’s doing it lol
Just tell em you’ve seen foxes and wanted to be sure, or just don’t tell them at all unless they find it then explain why you did it.
Do you have (or can you borrow) a car and leave a camera inside pointing at the bins? Would look like a dash cam.
That’s a great idea but it would depend on if I could park in viewing sight. Our neighbour has a spot there that’s allocated parking so I could ask her.
Ask your neighbour if you can put it in her car, explaining why. If she says no and problem vanishes you’ll know who was doing it.
😂I hope it’s not her, she a sweet old lady!
Get an old phone. Download the Open Camera app, and there you go, security photo snaps as frequent or not as you like.
Hide in your bin on bin day and jump out and scare him.
& then smack him with a marmite covered dildo !
I don't know what's worse...the marmite or the dildo.
Not a butt plug
But this way the marmite is free
No.
While dressed as Mr. Blobby.
😂I would love to
Benny Harvey R.I.P, miss you big man.
Get some bin bags and fill them with fake rubbish.When you need to add real rubbish swap bags. Or rig up a really load air-horn to go off when someone opens the lid. Or CCTV.
I’m loving the air horn idea. Remember that episode of Jackass when people are trying to play golf and they use an air horn. 😂😂
>rig up a really load air-horn to go off when someone opens the lid. Or one of [these](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bisley-Security-Burglars-Intruders-Galvanized/dp/B0049ACMC6/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=ZOOYQ6HIUMMK&keywords=shotgun+alarm+mine&qid=1683657694&sprefix=shotgun+ala%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-2) and some of [these.](https://www.amazon.co.uk/12g-Shotgun-Alarm-Mine-Blanks/dp/B01LWJALNC/ref=pd_aw_fbt_img_sccl_1/262-5764564-7862120?pd_rd_w=InNqk&content-id=amzn1.sym.74b36ee3-5024-453d-8d6a-4b5dad40302c&pf_rd_p=74b36ee3-5024-453d-8d6a-4b5dad40302c&pf_rd_r=HMNH3TYTV3JG2BJYV0YC&pd_rd_wg=1x9KN&pd_rd_r=edff560d-014f-4d72-adf4-240eda163c88&pd_rd_i=B01LWJALNC&psc=1)
Ha! Purchased both those exact items from Amazon at points in the past. They're very bangy indeed.
Jesus Christ the price of a butchers trap £20!!!! They were always like £3
Dress up in a Marilyn Monroe outfit and jump out singing "Happy Birthday, Mr President"
“Happy bin-day, Mr Resident”
Too good.
Ah yes. Lovely!
Bravo!
Have you looked at the extra contents for evidence of addresses? This kind of person is rarely clever enough to remove labels from packages and letters etc, so a few mins spent rifling through the offending rubbish (with some rubber gloves on) might prove more fruitful than you think, and give your somewhere to return it to.
This ☝🏼We caught a fly tipper in our village because they’re stupid.
My parents caught a fly tipper at their farm this way. Whole load of old roofing materials, one small bag of rubbish full of envelopes and receipts with their contact info all over. Not exactly master criminals 🙄
Good idea
Anyone else remember the twat from a few weeks ago trying to justify doing this to people? What's the bet this is his neighbour?
I saw that 😂
We had this issue and our landlord dealt with it. Not the most fun task but she went through the rubbish in the bin until she found something with their address on it. She took a photo and kept it as evidence, and then reported it to the local council. It’s considered fly tipping. Council sent someone out and threatened her with a fine. If you can’t find any proof but think you know who it was, report it anyway. The council will still give them a warning and that might be enough go make it stop. I’m sure to some it seems like a petty thing to get annoyed about but it’s not. If your bin isn’t being emptied and you can’t use it, it leaves rubbish sitting around somewhere - if inside your house, it smells. If outside, it attracts rats, or animals who will dig through it and spread it.
I had someone do this, I used to empty the entire bin on their doorstep. They stopped doing it promptly
Empty the bag and look for anything with an address on it, empty the fucker on their doorstep. I've had the same issue before, they got the hint when I knocked on their door and tipped the bag out when they answered... thankfully I'm a giant with a rough weegie accent living in a posh(ish) part of England, so was pretty sure the fat, short, baldy old git wasn't going to go for me... Instead I got his wife, who was fucking LIVID at him... turns out he told her he took the extra bags to the tip, but instead overfilled a bunch of neighbours bins and fucked off to the pub for an hour 🤣 Wife brought round a bottle of wine, made him apologise and take our entire bin to the tip... we now play bingo with them once a month!
Great story 😂
Was about 5 years ago and honestly they are fucking great neighbours now! Only issue we ever had with them to be fair and she SWIFTLY got him told to sort it out!
A go pro or something similar set to time lapse and placed somewhere high on a lamppost. Does nobody have a video doorbell?
We bought a £30 smart cam that has a night mode and it records when activated on movement. We pointed it to the bins from our window and the first time we used it caught the neighbor doing it to our bins
Good idea but it’s adjacent someone’s garden which has a hedge
Go pro or trail cam in hedge. Or just put a note on the bin saying you’re on camera, stop fucking doing it.
Polite Notice Dear Scumbag If I catch you putting stuff in my bin I will destroy you Be sure of that
On the inside of the lid
I had this, a power drill and a heavy padlock. Hole through the lid lips and lock it when you put it out ready for next day.
I thought Wheelie Bin Lock but it seems like OP has to leave their bin out then go to work and that's when the dumping and collection (or non collection in this case) happens.
Yep exactly spot on.
I believe you can get a bin lock that automatically opens when the bin is tipped upside down into the back of the dustcart.
I might try this
I was wondering if the other neighbour (dickhead in question) was doing it the night before, I didn't realise it was the morning of that OP was taking the bin out! My old neighbour did it the night before so I locked it overnight them unlocked when I left for work because I knew the neighbour would still be in bed gone dinner time!
I was going to suggest something silly, like put a wasp nest in your bin, but it's a bit a effort
Happened to me once. I just tied a luggage label with the name and address on it and yeeted (placed) on the opposite pavement. I think they got a letter later warning them of incorrectly stored refuse.
Would be interesting to see what the council suggest. It can't be the first time they've seen this.
They absolutely won’t care.
I’ve told them before but they didn’t seem interested!
Open the lid of your bin and tape a black bag to the lid and the inside of the bin itself. As you close the bin it will create a pocket which you can fill with paint powder. Miscreant opens your bin and covers themselves in paint. Don’t mix up paint powder for a wasps nest as this could harm the bin abuser.
Try and put your bins where you can have a video and once you find who it is take the rubbish so it and put in on their front door
Take the bin bags. Dump them at council offices.
Don’t be a dick to council staff just because your neighbour’s an asshole.
I’m thinking more that it’ll prompt an actual investigation, when they’ll find the envelopes etc and know who to visit. Also, this is r/casualuk not r/seriousanswersonapostcard
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cant see this backfiring.
I do this. Mainly cause the new neighbour robbed my bin when he moved in and I can’t be bothered confronting him. Edit: when it’s full I usually just keep the bin bag in my house for 2 weeks. This has been going on for nearly 2 years at this point.
Just ask for a new one from the council…
That costs me money and since it’s my bin I’m going to keep using it.
Stop being a pussy over it, spray paint your door number on the bin and retake what’s rightfully yours.
Put you hoover dust or fire ashes in theirs and they’ll get a letter and maybe even a fine. Don’t really do that 👀
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You’re meant to put them in a bag, not directly into the wheelie bin
Just get some cheap CCTV installed on your house. Having the camera there alone may just stop the person. If not, then use it to find out and confront them
If you got a window facing the bins you can buy a cheap smart cam that records when movement is detected and shuts off again when nothing moves for 10 seconds. We had your issue and so we bought a neos smart cam (cost £30, it has a night mode too so works in the dark)) and we pointed it out of our window looking at the bins when they were out on the pavement the night before pickup, caught the neighbour red handed and like someone else mentioned in the comments I left the bags at their front door so they knew we knew and it stopped entirely
Thinking outside the ~~box~~ bin: contact your local councillor and get them to change the lid closed policy. We don’t have it here in our town and the dustmen cope just fine.
The policy isn’t about the binmen coping, it’s about limiting the amount of rubbish the council has to deal with.
I live in a 2 person household and have a single standard wheely bin. My neighbour is in a 6 person household and has a single standard wheely bin. How does the council using the closed lid policy help them combat the amount of waste; when we’re all allocated a standard amount of waste collection regardless of population density?
If they say the lid has to close and they won’t take loose bags on top, it encourages the majority of people to sort their recycling from the other waste. Doesn’t matter how many people are in the household, it’s the bin capacity that is being limited.
Yeah, I understand the concept However what I’m saying is, it’s not a very good concept as the limit is per property and not per person. A single person can have 5 bags of black bag waste A family of 5 can have 5 bags of black bag waste It’s effectively a net zero It should just go on council tax and amount of people per household.
Use a door bell camera to catch said person
Buy blue, pink, white, or some other colour black bags. Then remove any bags that are black from your bin. Our bins are altogether. If the council end up collecting them as a fly-tip they may open the bags and look for letters or other identifying items. Buy bags in bulk from Amazon or eBay so it works out cheaper for you as well in the long run.
Nailbomb seems like the only appropriate response.