Is it okay to use someone else's bin?

[Northworth]

My view is that if the bin is out on the curb then it is okay to put your excess rubbish in a neighbour's bin... but otherwise it is a no-no.


A few years ago, when I lived in a flat, the other tenants used to adopt communal bin usage (when the bins were all stored together) and it was just plain annoying to have your bin full before the week was even half through..

But if someone has put their bin out on the curb to be collected, I think it is ok to use their bin.... what do others think?

 

[Quivorir]

I think if someone is going to have a go at you for using their bin, they have bigger problems than you using their bin.

 

[DustinsGuns]

It's okay for me to use someone else's bin but if someone wants to use mine the can GAGF.

 

[Bluelegs]

I'm all for it especially if a neighbour has had a party.

 

[Hot Pocket]

I'm in europe and they seem to have way less bins here than in australia. I was pretty perplexed taking out my rubbish, they had like 5 bins for about 30 houses. I felt guilty even using it.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Yeah, if it's on the curb it's not a problem.

I live in an apartment building so all we have is communal bins. If people throw the wrong stuff in there a picture of them goes up in the building telling them to fix it or face a fine.

 

[Silent Alarm]

I can see how some people can be offended. And I can see how some people will overflow the bin of a neighbour, leaving them with the street faux-pas of spilling rubbish. Probably best to knock on their door and ask them. Me and my ex-wife would do that all the time.

 

[Hot Pocket]

As a teenager I used to order a lot of pizza in between ripping bongs and playing tony hawk. To dispose of them I used to frisbee them across the road into the street drain. I don't know why it just seemed easier.

Then one day I came home from school and the council workers had dug up half the nature strip of my neighbours and no less than 50 empty pizza boxes were sitting there directly across the road from my house.

I started using bins after that. Just remember, neighbours, it could always be worse than having someone use your bin.

 

[GROTTO]

No problem what so ever as long as:

the rubbish is sealed;
no spillage;
done later in the night;
if garbage overflows onto the ground during a pickup you clean it up.

 

[Silent Alarm]

As a teenager I used to order a lot of pizza in between ripping bongs and playing tony hawk. To dispose of them I used to frisbee them across the road into the street drain. I don't know why it just seemed easier.

Then one day I came home from school and the council workers had dug up half the nature strip of my neighbours and no less than 50 empty pizza boxes were sitting there directly across the road from my house.

I started using bins after that. Just remember, neighbours, it could always be worse than having someone use your bin.

ur lucky the cops didn't bust in 2 w/ a warrant for ur renegade ways. jesus christ. POT. what has my son become???? hot pocket, we gave u EVERYTHING! a $17,000-per-year private school enrolment, trips 2 to the Blue Mountains, a bright red Brighton Beach Hut (2 be given 2 u when we die)... and this is how u repay us? the devil's grass? jesus

 

[benneth]

I think if someone is going to have a go at you for using their bin, they have bigger problems than you using their bin.

Unless you've got a bin full of rubbish take out and you have to keep it in the house for another week.

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[kickazz]

Yeah it's ok to do now and then. Just make sure the bin has actually been put out and you don't overflow it or put maggots or somthing like that in that will stink it out for ages. If you have to do it every week then probably better to see why you are generating so much waste and try to reduce it.

 

[Hot Pocket]

ur lucky the cops didn't bust in 2 w/ a warrant for ur renegade ways. jesus christ. POT. what has my son become???? hot pocket, we gave u EVERYTHING! a $17,000-per-year private school enrolment, trips 2 to the Blue Mountains, a bright red Brighton Beach Hut (2 be given 2 u when we die)... and this is how u repay us? the devil's grass? jesus

Soz dad but a life of crime beckoned.

 

[Mancey]

I live next door to a widowed self funded retiree. She makes bugger all rubbish and always says we are welcome to use it...which is bloody handy. Especially at christmas/after big parties.

As said, if its on the curb and you aren't overflowing it/sticking in rancid crab shells or the like...no biggy. But yeah, if someone does it without asking and I see it, for whatever reason it grinds my gears.

 

[Keys]

Me and my ex-wife would do that all the time.

Wait wut?

You have an ex-wife. I thought you were barely 20?

 

[Impunity!]

Yeah Silent Alarm what is this

 

[Gough]

Child brides.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

No problems. Good neighbors usually have a collective understanding about bin etiquette

 

[The_Reaper]

If it is on the curb yes. If I have excess for my own bin I'd normally ask permission.
Neighbours always say yes and we help them out when they need to.

 

[Impunity!]

I could care less about my neighbour using my bin. But if his dog shits on my lawn one more time, I am going to fill their bin with hydrofluoric acid and biff the dog in

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

I could care less about my neighbour using my bin. But if his dog shits on my lawn one more time, I am going to fill their bin with hydrofluoric acid and biff the dog in

Real big man eh? Try taking on your neighbor, not the dog pal

 

[Impunity!]

Real big man eh? Try taking on your neighbor, not the dog pal

There's room in the bin for you too champ

 

[Keys]

There's room in the bin for you too champ

There'd certainly be room for you

 

[Silent Alarm]

Wait wut?

You have an ex-wife. I thought you were barely 20?

I still love her, think about her everyday. But she's in a better place now. I hope her and her partner are enjoying Wollongong.

 

[SugarShane]

Only permissable if the rubbish you're throwing in is the empty bag of the peas that you stole from their shopping trolley and is, therefore, technically their rubbish anyway.