How to Deal with Neighbours Placing Bins in Front of Your Bin?

JaneSong on 10/08/2022 - 14:25
Last edited 10/08/2022 - 14:55

Long story short.

I live next to an apartment building on a main road and they have been placing their bins in my driveway in front of where my bins are. The result is their bins are collected and mine aren't. They seem to place them out around 5AM whilst I am sleeping and just before the truck comes in the morning whilst I am placing mine around 10PM at night the previous day.

Before anyone asks why I can't put the bins elsewhere such as the nature strip. There is always a car parked in front of my house which does not even belong to me. At one point someone put a trailer there too, but we had it towed away as it was affecting the collection of the bins (council authorised this).

Is this something to take up with the council or is this an issue where I need to get a solicitor to write to the neighbour's strata manager?

New information. They are placing their bins onto the road when they are doing this.

https://imgur.com/FoNebS0

Solid colored bins = neighbour
Hollow colored bins = mine.

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Comments

  • Xistn on 10/08/2022 - 14:28
    +6

    need photo

    • Quantumcat on 10/08/2022 - 14:32
      +6

      Or @MS Paint diagram

    • SF3 on 10/08/2022 - 14:37
      +1

      need google street view too.

      • Xistn on 10/08/2022 - 14:38
        +1

        Live street view.

    • dust on 10/08/2022 - 14:41
      -1

      Nah no photo. That's a guarantee doxing. MS paint diagram is acceptable.

      • JaneSong on 10/08/2022 - 14:51
        +11

        https://imgur.com/FoNebS0

        Something like that, I can't draw. x_X

        My question is why don't they use their own driveway…

        • SF3 on 10/08/2022 - 15:01

          You should make the car on the road to look like what you've illustrated :), because they are blocking.

        • Hangryuman on 12/08/2022 - 13:02

          the car reminded me of a Space Invader - https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fictionalcrossover/images/…

        • Intoxicoligist on 12/08/2022 - 14:36
          +6

          Call the council. Tell them your bins didn't get picked up and have them pick them up again. Repeat as needed until they realise that they need to empty ALL the bins, not just the ones at the front.

        • Miss B on 12/08/2022 - 18:46
          +1

          Your bins aren't in line with the rest of the bins, why don't you try putting your bins in line with the rest of them? Or if they're putting their bins in your driveway you could put yours in their driveway, just make sure you don't block it.

    • HeWhoKnows on 11/08/2022 - 17:50
      +1

      Definitely council issue

  • Screamingeagle on 10/08/2022 - 14:32
    +2

    Do you place your bins immediately adjacent to the road, in that there is no space between your bin and the road?

    • Quantumcat on 10/08/2022 - 14:33

      I was thinking the same thing, the bins will never be collected if they aren't right at the edge of the road

      • JaneSong on 10/08/2022 - 14:34

        Nope, they are placing their bins onto the road and obstructing my driveway too. I'm not sure if there is any legal remedy since I'm doing it myself (obstructing my own driveway as opposed to placing them onto the road).

        • Quantumcat on 10/08/2022 - 14:36
          +19

          Not sure what the legal/correct way to deal with it is, and I doubt the following would work because it should be obvious that they're doing the wrong thing, but have you tried taping a note to the top of their bin to tell them to please not put their bins on your property?
          Or if you feel like going the aggressive route, empty all your bin bags into their bin when you take your bin back to your house?

          • JaneSong on 10/08/2022 - 14:38
            +4

            @Quantumcat: I'm sort of cool with it, but it has been happening for months and I believe the council knows about it since there is footage from the truck since they do it in-house.

            I just need to put it in the portal and someone comes another 3 days later..

            It's definitely costing the council money, but common sense doesn't really prevail. Seriously they should be using their own driveway… I don't think the council can mandate where the bins are placed, can they?

            • skid on 10/08/2022 - 15:20
              +11

              @JaneSong: Keep hassling the council like you have been. After a while, the driver will know they'll need to get out of the truck to empty your bin every week.

              I've noticed that some drivers will deliberately skip your bin if your bin is near empty. How full is your bin every week?

              • Jasongood on 12/08/2022 - 10:02
                +1

                @skid: genuinely curious, how does the driver know your bin is near empty when most people keep their bin lid shut?

                • skid on 12/08/2022 - 10:05

                  @Jasongood: They rock the bin, I presume. I was complaining to the council for the first few weeks before I realised why.

                  • TEER3X on 12/08/2022 - 19:42

                    @skid: Never heard of such a thing, it just sounds like they don't know how to empty bins.

  • fantombloo on 10/08/2022 - 14:34
    +5

    Hmmm. Maybe 5AM bin-taker-outer owned the trailer and is pissed off?

    • JaneSong on 10/08/2022 - 14:35
      +2

      We got consent from that apartment block to do it, it was affecting both of us.

  • SF3 on 10/08/2022 - 14:35
    +18

    Speak to the council, it's their bins their service after all.

    If they didn't collect, you call them to come back to empty your bin.

  • bengal tiger on 10/08/2022 - 14:36
    +9

    Set an alarm next week for 5:15am and get out there and position your bins to make sure they get collected.

    • JaneSong on 10/08/2022 - 14:41
      +4

      Hmm.. This might be worse than my current situation where I just go onto the council website and submit that the bins were missed.

      • Awoke on 10/08/2022 - 21:38
        -5

        So you don’t have a real problem if waking up and dealing with it is too hard

        • kaleidoscope on 12/08/2022 - 10:28
          +12

          Why? OP doesn't seem to be doing anything wrong, it's the d*cks next door being inconsiderate. OP should either talk to the neighbours or council about it. Placing bins blocking someone's driveway is not right thing to do in the first place.

          • Awoke on 12/08/2022 - 10:31
            -1

            @kaleidoscope: So op is already telling council. Then comes here for ideas. Gets an idea to talk to the person doing it and says ‘nah, easier to keep telling council’

            What does op want? If its too hard to wake up early once to have a conversation with the person doing it, then it’s not really a problem, is it.

            • [Deactivated] on 14/08/2022 - 06:19
              -1

              @Awoke: You never talk to neighbours about problems. They've already proven they're selfish anti-social dogs by knowingly blocking other bins. So talking to them only identifies you as the first target every time someone else "deals" with their selfishness in a different way. Every other neighbour becomes innocent, while you cop the lot though you "did the right thing."

              • Awoke on 14/08/2022 - 08:07

                @[Deactivated]: And then you expect someone else to fix your problems for you

                • [Deactivated] on 14/08/2022 - 16:22

                  @Awoke: Oh, I definitely solve my own problems. ;-)

    • Sawtell on 11/08/2022 - 21:21
      +26

      I'd go out there and take their bins 500m down the road behind a tree or something.

      What a low bunch of pricks.

  • Nugs on 10/08/2022 - 14:37
    +6

    set it on fire (or maybe not)
    .

    • SF3 on 10/08/2022 - 14:51
      +1

      or move them to block the width of the road?

  • dust on 10/08/2022 - 14:38
    +127

    Empty your bin into their bin after theirs has been emptied.

    • bloom on 10/08/2022 - 21:03
      +4

      This is the correct answer

    • Tonyh87 on 12/08/2022 - 08:53
      +17

      And then smear dog shit on their bin handles

      • ankor on 13/08/2022 - 14:34
        +4

        and leave a horse's head in their bed.

        • Tonyh87 on 13/08/2022 - 18:27

          I like it! Making sure they are too scared to retaliate and just move out instead

        • [Deactivated] on 14/08/2022 - 06:20

          What's he doing in their bed?

        • funnysht on 14/08/2022 - 10:50

          instead..leave the trashbin in their bed

      • RSmith on 13/08/2022 - 19:17
        +1

        Just smear some shit and call it dog shit.

        • ChatCPT on 14/08/2022 - 10:47

          true dont have to wait for your dog to provide smearing material

    • Batapotamus on 13/08/2022 - 16:09

      This is a great idea but op may have to bin dive to get his rubbish out…. unless he's Hercules and can lift and tip his bin into theirs!

  • life is suffering on 10/08/2022 - 15:06
    +10

    Start Putting your trash in their bin

  • Daabido on 10/08/2022 - 15:09
    +9

    Wrap their bin in warning tape.

    • DashCam AKA Rolts on 10/08/2022 - 16:44
      +25

      Cable tie their empty bins together!

      • [Deactivated] on 14/08/2022 - 06:21

        Back-to-back. ;-D

        (Makes it impossible to move them. One rolls, the other digs in.)

  • AndyC1 on 10/08/2022 - 15:11
    +41

    Write to the apartment body corporate and say that they are obstructing your driveway by putting the bins there and as such it is illegal to do this. Put the letter in the body corporate letter box and see what happens.

    If they do nothing then make an official complaint to the council that the apartment is obstructing your driveway with there bins as you need to move them to get your car out after the bins are collected.

    • life is suffering on 11/08/2022 - 09:38
      +5

      Body corporate taking swift action! Lmao okay

      • AndyC1 on 11/08/2022 - 11:05

        What swift action are you talking about…..

  • JimB on 10/08/2022 - 15:12
    +21

    Most people who live in apartments, especially tenants don't have any idea how garbage collection works or don't even know it affects you.

    If you're happy to have the neighbours put their bins out on your driveway (I wouldn't), next time it happens stick a note on their bin. They probably don't know it affects you.

    Me, I'd be asking that all your neighbours stop putting their bins on your driveway via the strata manager. No need to get lawyers involved.

    • Awoke on 10/08/2022 - 21:51
      +1

      Tenants don’t care coz it aint their problem

      • JimB on 11/08/2022 - 08:37
        +5

        Some do and some don’t.

        They may not know they are causing an issue. Most people, including tenants aren’t a holes.

        • Awoke on 11/08/2022 - 10:48
          +1

          You assumed I was saying something I wasn’t. In an apartment block, it is, generally speaking, not the tenants responsibility to put bins out. So why should they care?

          • JimB on 11/08/2022 - 11:02
            +1

            @Awoke: Good point.

            I thought this particular bin was placed there by the tenant.

          • Leanne59 on 12/08/2022 - 17:05

            @Awoke: It is usually the tenants responsibility to put their own bins out themselves in most apartment/townhouse buildings here in Qld.

            • Awoke on 12/08/2022 - 17:06
              +2

              @Leanne59: Townhouse yes, apartments no as they aren’t individually numbered (by unit) bins

              • Leanne59 on 12/08/2022 - 17:08

                @Awoke: Hmm no, my daughter and her husband live in an apartment here in Brisbane and they all have to take their numbered bins in and out themselves.

                • Awoke on 12/08/2022 - 17:12

                  @Leanne59: Ok, that’s different because they have numbered bins that are dedicated to their own unit. Not common in nsw

  • Yummy on 10/08/2022 - 15:17
    +25

    Move their emptied bin a block or 2 away and drop at some rando's nature strip.

  • djones145 on 10/08/2022 - 15:34
    +12

    check also who is actually placing the bins whether its the
    - apartment owners (my parents do this as only 4 apartments and they have their own bins) (check if the bins have painted their own numbers)
    - strata does it (they hire someone or someone in the apartment) or
    - the council does it (in my council someone goes around getting bins in and out for the garbo)

    once you have figured who is doing it then u can write a message them them not to block driveway and also have the bins in single line

  • ChipsChicky on 10/08/2022 - 15:48
    -3

    Don't be so nice that they chew you, Don't be so ugly that they spit you.

    • Daabido on 10/08/2022 - 15:56
      +5

      Wrong forum reply?

  • crentist on 10/08/2022 - 16:18
    +13

    Drive through the row of neighbours bins blocking your driveway like they are bowling pins

    Then go back and put your uncollected rubbish into your neighbours bin while it's lying flat on the ground

  • Tomcruise on 10/08/2022 - 16:20
    +3

    Leave a Note advising to put bins beside yours otherwise the note will be POSTAL if it continues.

    You can understand how people end up dead.

  • muppet on 10/08/2022 - 17:44
    +4

    I would dump my bin into theirs. Problem solved.

    • Stewardo on 10/08/2022 - 18:49
      +4

      Don’t harder, work smarter, never take your bins out, just use apartments bins.

  • redshirt on 10/08/2022 - 18:12
    +5

    Go to Bunnings, get a long metal chain and padlock. Lock them all together. Bonus points if you have a power pole nearby.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/08/2022 - 06:24

      Why the bonus points… is he throwing the other end of the chain over the power lines? ;-D

  • onetwothreefour on 10/08/2022 - 18:25

    When you don't know what to do do a number 2?

  • elgrande on 10/08/2022 - 20:22
    +18

    Make your bins colored bins instead of hollow colored bins.

    • 2025 on 10/08/2022 - 20:46

      ^This!

    • suzley on 11/08/2022 - 10:59
      +1

      Even better - coloured bins.

  • FoxJump on 10/08/2022 - 20:50
    +7

    orrr
    once theirs is collected (but not yours) .. take a set of their bins and put yours into their building

  • jjjaar on 10/08/2022 - 20:56
    +3

    Definitely contact Council. They can make the area “no parking” for a one hour period each week to ensure that no cars will be parked there and that there is plenty of space for all the bins from the apartment block.

    Out of curiosity - how many apartments and how wide is the frontage they have?

    • JaneSong on 10/08/2022 - 21:59
      +1

      There should be a lot of space on their side as their frontage is around 20m but I suspect they are too lazy to roll it over the grass or all the way to the end to their driveway.

      There are around 12 apartments in that building.

      • jjjaar on 10/08/2022 - 22:05
        +1

        Put yours in front of their property at the far end and see what they do?

    • RSmith on 12/08/2022 - 14:10
      +1

      “no parking” for a one hour period each week

      Won't work. The bin collecting truck won't be able to guarantee that they will be there during the designated hour. Council will instead make the area no standing for at least 6 hours.

      • jjjaar on 12/08/2022 - 16:24

        Works all over my LGA 🤷🏼‍♀️

        • RSmith on 12/08/2022 - 16:31
          +1

          My council made 8 hour no standing zone on the bin collection day for 12 houses. 😢

          • jjjaar on 12/08/2022 - 16:45

            @RSmith: Yeah that’s inefficient. Especially when it can be done better and they’re just not trying to improve it.

  • jakka on 10/08/2022 - 21:31
    +3

    I’d contact the strata manager first. Failing that I would get up early and move their bins out of the way and onto their property. If they don’t get collected a couple of weeks in a row they will probably get the message

  • Awoke on 10/08/2022 - 21:36
    +23

    Grow a set. Wake up early and confront the person doing it - in a nice and polite way of course.

    • rogerwilko on 10/08/2022 - 21:50

      ^^ This.

    • macca9123 on 11/08/2022 - 11:04
      +6

      Bonus points if you ninja up and jump out of your own garbage bin as they do it!

    • Buckshot on 12/08/2022 - 12:25

      Common sense isn't so common.

      Why do we revert to passive-aggressive action before diplomacy? -___-

      • chriise on 12/08/2022 - 13:54
        +1

        For me, getting up at 5am would be the problem. But I'm lazy…

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