Why would someone steal a bloody bin?

[talksthetorque]

wildcat45 said:

I now have two bins.

Do you live near the OP?

[Impasse]

//Thinks desperately for a Bin Laden pun.//



//Fails.//

[Tinkshusband]

Impasse said:

//Thinks desperately for a Bin Laden pun.//



//Fails.//

those have bin done before. they were a bit rubbish. mostly just trash talk wheely.

[Marvtec]

The Binmuda triangle happened to me once, then a brand new one appeared a couple of days later. Apparently the refuse technicians broke the old one, no idea how.

[4Q]

I've lost a couple over the years, according to the council they occasionally go into the back of the refuse lorry. Both times they brought me another FOC. Btw they also sent me another FOC when I found mine bunt to the ground with just a couple of wheels in puddle of melted plastic.

[CX53]

Ah I suppose that makes sense about the smaller bins & recycling then, not that I think it will help much either!!

And wildcat, did you seriously bother the police with a missing wheely bin?

[Zerotonine]

One of mine got nicked, and the council replaced it free of charge. Like mentioned above, for one two-thirds of the size. So yes OP, it does happen!

[shep1001]

Mine got pinched about a month ago, disappeared on bin day. it got replaced foc but it took a couple of weeks.


No idea why, but hypotheses include.......


It ended up in the back of the bin wagon
The bin police took it because I failed to put it back
Neighbour knicked it to replace their broken bin
Local scallys knicked it to move stolen stuff in
Local scallys knicked it for a laugh

Edited by shep1001 on Sunday 21st August 23:58

[W00DY]

Someone stole mine, but given how odd my neighbours tend to be about these things I suspected one of them had taken in by mistake and didn't want to own up. Sure enough, next collection day it was there next to the others I put out.

Maybe it'll return.

[djc206]

CX53 said:

dxg said:

Someone stole mine.

Council replaced it for free. With one two-thirds of the size. When I complained they stated it was their standard size now, as "we all need to produce less waste" but I could have a free garden compositor if I wanted. For my completely paved garden.

I wonder how a smaller bin really makes you produce less waste? You're not going to throw any less stuff away surely?

Nope, you just nick someone else's bin and fill that as well. 1.33 times the capacity you had to start with...

A compost bin is still useful dxg. We stick all our uncooked foodwaste in ours. I reckon we only fill our wheelie bin every 6 weeks now, that has the added bonus of being so rancid the thing grows legs and walks itself to the end of the driveway.

[wildcat45]

CX53 said:

Ah I suppose that makes sense about the smaller bins & recycling then, not that I think it will help much either!!

And wildcat, did you seriously bother the police with a missing wheely bin?

Just to get a crime number as I imagined the council would get all official about it. they didn't.

Plus there had been a letter through our doors from the local beat officer warning of thefts from outbuildings, and it asked for anything odd or suspicious to be reported on 101. I was surprised when the local plod came round. The police really did seem concerned about gents with a liking for mobile homes and asphalt who had been spotted in the area.

[condor]

My nice, clean bin ( with house number on) got swapped for a dirty, tatty one. The following week I waited for the bin lorry and was reunited with my bin
Presumably a neighbour had taken it by mistake.

[Gretchen]

condor said:

My nice, clean bin ( with house number on) got swapped for a dirty, tatty one. The following week I waited for the bin lorry and was reunited with my bin
Presumably a neighbour had taken it by mistake.

Golly. Thank gosh for that. Absolutely nothing more abhorrent than a filthy dirty, unpolished, wheelie bin. I can't abide them when they're simply not valeted.

[Lewi25]

Charging for a new bin must be a local thing, I asked for two new bins (recycling & waste) about 3 months ago and they were on my doorstep next day without charge.

I only actually needed a new black bin as the lid fell off but we need 2 recycling ones really.

Not council estate area btw.

[All that jazz]

Bristol spark said:

I put my Black bin (full or smelly trash) out Friday Morning for collection.

I didn't come home Friday, however when i came home Saturday midday the bin was gone.

[...]

I live on a relatively upper market new build estate, most of my neighbours have Audi's or BMW's etc so its not exactly a council estate.

What is your opinion on the likelihood of bin thefts if most of one's neighbours owned VWs and Fords? Is the sign of an Audi or BMW on a driveway a good indicator that the occupants are a higher calibre of human being and a more upstanding member of society than someone that owns, say, a VW or Ford and thus would not lower themselves to petty crimes such as stealing a neighbour's waste receptacle?

Or are you just another shallow, insecure bell end that determines one's social standing based on what car they drive?

[TheBALDpuma]

We have a plastic insert in our recycling bit for certain recyclables. It was stolen on our last but one collection, so we ordered a new one. This was stolen in our last collection. No idea why!

[Gretchen]

All that jazz said:

Bristol spark said:

I put my Black bin (full or smelly trash) out Friday Morning for collection.

I didn't come home Friday, however when i came home Saturday midday the bin was gone.

[...]

I live on a relatively upper market new build estate, most of my neighbours have Audi's or BMW's etc so its not exactly a council estate.

What is your opinion on the likelihood of bin thefts if most of one's neighbours owned VWs and Fords? Is the sign of an Audi or BMW on a driveway a good indicator that the occupants are a higher calibre of human being and a more upstanding member of society than someone that owns, say, a VW or Ford and thus would not lower themselves to petty crimes such as stealing a neighbour's waste receptacle?

Or are you just another shallow, insecure bell end that determines one's social standing based on what car they drive?

Not Council - just all thieves then?

The whole car/status symbol is totally laughable these days. I had to visit a traveller's site recently. Every car was 15 plate or newer. BMWs (X5s, 5series), Audis and various 4x4s. Inside two of the 'homes' were immaculate, bleached from top to bottom.

And their wheelie bins were spotless, each with a number neatly painted on - which is how I located the 'property' I was looking for.

[Sheepshanks]

Lewi25 said:

Charging for a new bin must be a local thing, I asked for two new bins (recycling & waste) about 3 months ago and they were on my doorstep next day without charge.

I called the council when the bin lorry swallowed ours and they already knew. Would have been nice for a note from the binmen.

It took a couple of months for a replacement (not new) bin to arrive. Meanwhile they posted us a load of bin bags.

[simoid]

Have you considered that the police might have taken it away for forensic investigation?

[Ste1987]

I've been advised by a neighbour to keep my bins in the back garden rather than out front like half the residents here do because local "yoofs" apparently nick the bins to set fire to them in a nearby field. Explains why my green bin is very new and clean.