Neighbours not using their food waste bin

[Bob Buzzard]

My neighbours across the road are not using their food waste bin - I presume they just put food waste in their normal bin! Whereas I always use my food waste bin and it’s regularly filled up. 

[Spartacus]

Maybe they just eat ice and the wrapper made of ice dissolves in their bin.

Have you checked for signs of water inside ? 

[PeckhamNicola]

or worse: they could be putting food waste destined for the little brown bin into the larg brown garden waste bin. tut tut tut.

[Cancerian]

Some of my neighbours don’t use or have a food waste caddy nor a brown bin so it’s just in with the green general bin. Sone people from the council came round last year and stuck big stickers on everyone’s green bin saying something like ‘don’t use me for food waste’ but there are some people who are just not bothered.
People living in blocks of flats I can understand but even so the council have recently provided big drop off stations outside most blocks.

[Bob Buzzard]

The food waste bins were collected this week but they definitely didn’t put theirs out. I might put a note through their letterbox. 

[alice]

Is it a myth that southwark don’t have the technology/ facilities to separate food waste from brown bin contents so it’s all put in together anyway. 

[ianr]

1 hour ago, Bob Buzzard said:

The food waste bins were collected this week but they definitely didn’t put theirs out. I might put a note through their letterbox. 

Do they put anything in any of their bins?

[malumbu]

I don't put anything in my food waste bin, the veg all goes into the compost, and the rest feeds animals. Not a lot of the latter; whilst I am not bothered by the foxes, hedgehogs and badgers I don't want to encourage two of them.

I hope to get a community award.  Please nominate me.

If I had neighbours who didn't do this I would name and shame on the socials.  The street WhatsApp is a good start and fertile ground for such disputes.

Edited Saturday at 08:39 by malumbu

[PeckhamNicola]

20 hours ago, Bob Buzzard said:

The food waste bins were collected this week but they definitely didn’t put theirs out. I might put a note through their letterbox. 

what if they don't recycle your note?

[Bob Buzzard]

I know they eat food as they get a Tesco delivery every week. So they must have food scraps. 

[Spartacus]

BOB, is this you ? 

[Jenijenjen]

Perhaps like Malumbu they compost their food waste?

[malumbu]

7 hours ago, Spartacus said:

BOB, is this you ? 

I find net curtains more useful for spying on neighbours.  And/or some security cameras.  

[Spartacus]

Mal, why are you posting a response to the question posed to Bob ? 

Are we finally uncovering the hideous truth that you are one and the same? 

Oh my, have you got DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) 

Are you a Diddler ? 

[PeckhamNicola]

[BurleyJ]

A lot of my neighbours don't use their waste bins either. One neighbour even said 'why should I? It's the council's job'

[Bob Buzzard]

But I thought that’s what we pay council tax for - so we put our food waste in the food waste bin and the council comes and collects it!