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Does My Refuse/Recycle Bin Offend You?
By: sandisadie Date: April 9, 2022, 12:01 pm
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The other day someone started a discussion on my "Next Door"
concerning the fact that many people are leaving their blue
recycle and black refuse wheelie bins in the street for more
then is necessary after pickup. This is making vehicles have to
keep dodging them. Mention was made in the discussion
concerning where the bins should the stored between pick up
days. I said that my next door neighbor parked his next to my
property line near the side of his garage. This location puts
them in a direct sight line with my front porch which is mostly
on that side of the front of my house. We have chairs, etc
there so that people can sit with a cup of coffee or whatever
and I am tired of seeing these bins when I'm doing so. Our HOA
prefers that homeowners put these bins behind their wooden
privacy fences. (We all have wooden fences and gates around our
back and side yards.
I said that I was in the process of installing a large trellis
and vines so that I'd have a pleasant view from my porch. I
offered what I'm doing as a way to let others know that there
are creative ways to deal with these bins. Well, people laid
into me for suggesting that the bins might be unsightly and
someone might not want to have them staring them in the face
from their porch. A few people even said that they would do
whatever they wanted with their bins and that we had bigger
problems then talking about bins anyway and in some
neighborhoods everyone kept them in front of their houses - so
there!
Would anyone care to comment on the fact that I expressed that
I'd like to see a nice view rather then refuse bins from my
front porch? I didn't think that what I said would offend
people so much.
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Re: Does My Refuse/Recycle Bin Offend You?
By: oogyda Date: April 9, 2022, 2:02 pm
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They probably saw themselves in your comments. What you were
offering as a (one of many possible) creative way to deal with
the bins, they took as direct criticism.........earned or not.
I think it would be more prudent to research local ordinances
pertaining to items left in the street.
Also research the wording of the rules of your HOA. You've said
the HOA "prefers" residents keep the bins behind their fences.
It could be a "rule" that's enforceable by whatever means the
HOA uses. If it isn't, perhaps it could be voted as one at the
next opportunity.
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Re: Does My Refuse/Recycle Bin Offend You?
By: NyaChan Date: April 9, 2022, 3:35 pm
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I think you referencing your neighbor outright probably put
people off. Had you instead said “I’m planning on using
trellis/landscaping to create some more privacy and block views
of trash bin storage” without complaining about how your
neighbor chooses to store his bins, you probably wouldn’t have
gotten such a bad reaction. To be honest, it would have put me
off too.
#Post#: 74838--------------------------------------------------
Re: Does My Refuse/Recycle Bin Offend You?
By: Isisnin Date: April 10, 2022, 11:07 am
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Our neighborhood plays dodge the bins every week. Our trash and
recycling is collected after people leave for work and the
collectors just toss the bins back toward the general vicinity
of whence they came. So bins and lids all over - especially on
windy days. The collectors could do better but to my knowledge
no one has ever called the powers that be to complain or even
suggest improvement. We all just deal with it. Many just put the
bins (and lids) back in each others driveways. I'm now an
authority in which neighbors own which bins and lids.
Since I'm one of the guilty people who goes to work before the
collectors come, I'd be playing the best defense is a good
offense in that discussion. Probably that is what people in the
discussion about the storage location of the bins were doing.
They are not following the HOA guidelines or rules about keeping
the bins out of sight and don't want to, so they became
defensive and went on the offensive. But you weren't telling
anyone to keep their bins out of sight. You were suggesting what
people can do for themselves to create a nice view for
themselves without asking neighbors to change where or how they
store their bins.
I'm curious, how did the discussion about the empty, travelling
bins get? Anyone get defensive?
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Re: Does My Refuse/Recycle Bin Offend You?
By: lakey Date: April 10, 2022, 11:23 am
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[quote]The collectors could do better but to my knowledge no one
has ever called the powers that be to complain or even suggest
improvement. We all just deal with it. Many just put the bins
(and lids) back in each others driveways. I'm now an authority
in which neighbors own which bins and lids. [/quote]
If it ever does come up for discussion, there is a much neater
system. In our area each home has a small dumpster on wheels
that has a hinged lid. It has a small metal bar on the front.
The truck has a mechanism that picks up the little dumpster by
the metal bar and empties it into the truck. then puts it back
down. The haulers don't touch the bin, lid is attached to the
bin so doesn't fly off, and you never see bins tipped over. If
they ever decide to upgrade or change haulers, this is the way
to go.
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Re: Does My Refuse/Recycle Bin Offend You?
By: Isisnin Date: April 10, 2022, 11:49 am
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Thank you Lakey. My city does use those for the recycling and
they are much better. I don't know why they are not used for
garbage. Maybe the contract with the private garbage company
they hired?? Though it's been 15 years that we've been using the
better recyling bins. You'd think the garbage contract would
have renewed in that time.
The ways of [s]politicians[/s] government are mysterious.
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Re: Does My Refuse/Recycle Bin Offend You?
By: katiekat2009 Date: April 11, 2022, 3:12 pm
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I was driving through an area neighborhood last week and noted
the problem of bins in the street. My thinking is to notify your
city or county officials and have them ask waste management to
return the bins to the sidewalk. Aside from a strong wind, the
binds shouldn't be in the street.
In your case, I wouldn't like to see or smell someone else's
garbage bin. Perhaps contact your HOA about these being placed
in the backyard by a certain time after pickup?
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