Wheelie bins, black bags and rude people...?

Question

i live in a nice little town (apart from the mandatory chav bunch), and have my wheelie bin collected from an alley way/public footpath to the rear of my garden

why has someone left six black bags outside my rear garden gate? what would they like me to do with it? why could they not take it to the tip themselves? what should i do with the blinking things!

and why, oh why, will the council not take them? - to whom does orphaned rubbish belong to?

any ideas?

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Answer 1

Check the six black bags for ANY clues - Names & Addresses etc. - as to where they might have come from ? If you are able to ascertain where they came from then I suggest that you take them back there & have a word with those people responsible ! If not contact your Council to report them as Flytipping so that the Council can try & ascertain where they came from & if necessary warn those people responsible from Flytipping again ! If the Council should deem it necessary they can take the Offenders to Court & prosecute them for Flytipping which can lead to large Fines (£'s !) if they are convicted & a Criminal Record ! You might also want to contact the Environment Agency who I believe are part of DEFRA (Govt. Dept.) !

Answer 2

Illegals ! (love the 'blinking').

Answer 3

Put it under your pillow, the Garbage Fairy will come pick it up AND leave you a bright shiny pound for it!

Answer 4

They're all right about phoning the council. They do have flytipping agencies and people can be prosecuted and fined for dumping. Different bunch to the regular binmen. On the other hand, lovely though it would be, I really advise against the personal approach or tipping it back outside their door. People who would dump their rubbish outside your house suggests they aren't all that nice in the first place. You could run into any kind of violent thug. It's annoying, but not worth becoming another crime statistic over.

If the council drag their feet, threaten them with contacting your MP and the mayor. If they still don't, write to your MP and the Mayor. Bet you it's sorted if it's easier than facing complaints from above. Not for rubbish, but yes I have used my MP against certain departments. Got compensation and an apology last time. Grins...

Oh, and the local government ombudsman is another good one for beating them over the head with. Talk of MPs and the ombudsman let's them know you know your rights and won't be flannelled or fobbed off.

And following my theory of going to the top, a letter of complaint to the leader of the council tends to loosen the bowels of his underlings - if you follow?

And all this advice gratis.

I used to work for a local council in London. h**l on Earth for three long years. What the expletive deleted was I thinking...?

Answer 5

I think you will have to take them yourself, I'm afraid.

Answer 6

That's illegal dumping of rubbish. You should contact the council by ringing them or writing them a strong letter explaining what this person is doing and what the council is going to do about it. It is their duty to deal with problems like this so don't let them fob you off with excuses like you have to pay to have the bags removed or they can't remove them. It's the council's job to deal with this. Otherwise, what are you paying council tax for?

When you use serious tones of voice and sound as though you won't let the matter drop they get their act together. You should look up the council's refuse department's phone number or address and keep on at them until they act upon the problem. You should be able to get the info on the Internet if the council has got a website.

The person was probably someone who couldn't fit them in their bin and didn't want to have to have them in their street.

Hope you manage to get the matter resolved.

Answer 7

Check to see if there is any discarded mail in it.  That should give you the address of whose trash it is.  It also could give you a lot of other information like what kind of products they use, whether they smoke or drink, etc.  You whole life can be pieced together from the contents of your wheely bin.   Investigative reporters have been doing this since trash was invented.

by the way, what is a chav?

Answer 8

I know that they say about buying at car boot sales one persons rubbish is an-others treasure  BUT this is taking the mick....................... it's probably that the bin men have been on strike ....................... but even so why would anyone think you'd be happy to get their rubbish!!!!!!

Answer 9

How annoying! Why would someone assume you would want to dispose of their rubbish. Hear's my suggestion. Put on some heavy duty rubber gloves and have a little snoop. There must be something in there to give you a clue to their identity. Then you can name and shame them. Or post it all back through their letter box.

Answer 10

fight fire with fire.  take them to the nearest chav garden late at night and launch them over the fence.  Chances are it was a chav that left them there for you.  Failing that, put a face mask and some rubber gloves on and go through the trash.  You may find an address.  Then take it to that address and empty them on the doorstep.