Stolen rubbish..!!

partyguinness

Every Monday night I will put out the wheelie bin for the general waste and every second Monday night the wheelie biin for the recycling bin will go out also. Today was recycling week so both wheelie bins went out to the end of the drive last night. There are a different lorries that empty each bin between about 5.30-7am on a Tuesday morning. Grand. This is a street with about 20 houses.

So last night the weather was awful and very windy. I woke at 3.30am this morning as I tend to do and a few a minutes later during a windy spell I heard the unmistakably crash of an empty wheelie bin toppling over. I thought it a bit strange. While it was windy I would not expect it strong enough to topple over a bin with rubbish in it. I looked out and sure enough our bin was toppled over across the footpath but thankfully the rubbish had not spilled out.

I went out and strangely the bin was empty... The recycling bin was there and all the wheelie bins belonging to the neigbours were all out as usual and a few overloaded so I could tell that the collectors had not arrived at an unusually early time. I brought our bin back in.

The collection lorries arrived this morning in the normal manner around 7am.

There was only only one back refuse bag in our wheelie bin which I put in last night personally and no, I did not accidently put it into the recycling bin- that is not possible as I would have had to lift out the paper compartment to get it in.

It is a mystery...who the eff would nick our rubbish and should I be worried???

The Inbetween is mine

Could be someone looking for personal info, bank statements etc ....identity theft or for fake ID.


Might also be someone looking to whet their disgarded knicker sniffing fetish..

ElChe32

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

Could be someone looking for personal info, bank statements etc ....dentity theft or for fake ID.

StevenToast

Private Detective hired by your wife to go through your sh*t.....

punisher5112

Use it for burning, they may well have one of those things that squashes them into brick like form which is great for starting fire.

Leg End Reject

Maybe it was collected very early?

Sharpyshoot

Talking trash op.

feelings

Identity theft is a wheelie be problem in recent years OP... don't waste your time trying to get answers on boards though. #ghosts

partyguinness

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Maybe it was collected very early?

Nah. That was my first thought. All the other bins were untouched- I could see some lids ajar with rubbish. The lorries are loud there is no way they would be around a quiet residential street at 2-3am.

Anyway the lorries came around at 7am for the normal collection.

partyguinness

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

Could be someone looking for personal info, bank statements etc ....identity theft or for fake ID.

.

Thankfully I am quite careful with things like that. Virtually all statments etc are emailed now anyway and any statements I might get are torn up into little pieces and put in recycling.

partyguinness

Another thing which I noted last night when I was taking out the wheelie bin around 11pm was that it was empty when I put the bag in. Usually I would expect at least 1 other bag.

Now, it is not end of the world strange as we recycle a lot and have a composte bin but we do generally have two bags every week as there are four of us in the house and the wife works from home and she generates rubbish from treatments. But I did notice that last night before the any bins toppling over.

ulster

partyguinness wrote: »

Every Monday night I will put out the wheelie bin for the general waste and every second Monday night the wheelie biin for the recycling bin will go out also. Today was recycling week so both wheelie bins went out to the end of the drive last night. There are a different lorries that empty each bin between about 5.30-7am on a Tuesday morning. Grand. This is a street with about 20 houses.

So last night the weather was awful and very windy. I woke at 3.30am this morning as I tend to do and a few a minutes later during a windy spell I heard the unmistakably crash of an empty wheelie bin toppling over. I thought it a bit strange. While it was windy I would not expect it strong enough to topple over a bin with rubbish in it. I looked out and sure enough our bin was toppled over across the footpath but thankfully the rubbish had not spilled out.

I went out and strangely the bin was empty... The recycling bin was there and all the wheelie bins belonging to the neigbours were all out as usual and a few overloaded so I could tell that the collectors had not arrived at an unusually early time. I brought our bin back in.

The collection lorries arrived this morning in the normal manner around 7am.

There was only only one back refuse bag in our wheelie bin which I put in last night personally and no, I did not accidently put it into the recycling bin- that is not possible as I would have had to lift out the paper compartment to get it in.

It is a mystery...who the eff would nick our rubbish and should I be worried???

Yes you should be worried

BrianD3

Some sad individual looking to get at you? Take the rubbish out of your bin, fly tip it somewhere and then make an anonymous complaint to the litter wardens. Assuming of course that the warden will go through it and find something identifiable in there.

PARlance

So someone targeted your bin between 11pm and 3am on a wet and very windy night... dedication.

That or your bin fell over and the bag was blown down the road / under a car or something.

And that you honour is why I shouldn't be fined for littering.

partyguinness

PARlance wrote: »

So someone targeted your bin between 11pm and 3am on a wet and very windy night... dedication.

That or your bin fell over and the bag was blown down the road / under a car or something.

I know it sounds nuts. There was no rubbish whatsoever strewn around the place which was my immediate fear as I did not fancy a cleanup job in my dressing gown at 3.30am. Because there was only one bag I would expect it it still remain within the bin as it would still have a long way to travel to fall out onto the footpath. Or even the possibility of foxes but surely they would leave a trail of rubbish.

Quiet street, no cars parked up and down the footpath as all the houses have ample driveways.

65535

Bin Companies are 'pay by weight' now unfortunately, however it means that you can now ask/go online and see what weights were emptied on the day/night in question.

Graces7

Bin got blown over; bag fell out and was blown away.

punisher5112

I know who it was.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxgWHzMvXOY

greasepalm

I have attached an elastic securing device from rear to front and as bin has been blown over before its still inside and only need it on 2 bins as compost bin is heavy enough to not need it.

Are you a person that could be targeted and think of what is put in there?

punisher5112

Put a lock on the bin, these open as soon as the bin is turned upside down....

Poor Uncle Tom

It's the CIA, they're onto you, #partyondude

Somebody probably was used your rubish for revenge leaving mess beside somebody door or on car bonnet.

Mad_maxx

partyguinness wrote: »

Every Monday night I will put out the wheelie bin for the general waste and every second Monday night the wheelie biin for the recycling bin will go out also. Today was recycling week so both wheelie bins went out to the end of the drive last night. There are a different lorries that empty each bin between about 5.30-7am on a Tuesday morning. Grand. This is a street with about 20 houses.

So last night the weather was awful and very windy. I woke at 3.30am this morning as I tend to do and a few a minutes later during a windy spell I heard the unmistakably crash of an empty wheelie bin toppling over. I thought it a bit strange. While it was windy I would not expect it strong enough to topple over a bin with rubbish in it. I looked out and sure enough our bin was toppled over across the footpath but thankfully the rubbish had not spilled out.

I went out and strangely the bin was empty... The recycling bin was there and all the wheelie bins belonging to the neigbours were all out as usual and a few overloaded so I could tell that the collectors had not arrived at an unusually early time. I brought our bin back in.

The collection lorries arrived this morning in the normal manner around 7am.

There was only only one back refuse bag in our wheelie bin which I put in last night personally and no, I did not accidently put it into the recycling bin- that is not possible as I would have had to lift out the paper compartment to get it in.

It is a mystery...who the eff would nick our rubbish and should I be worried???

its most likely someone out to frame the residents of the local halting site

punisher5112

Mad_maxx wrote: »

its most likely someone out to frame the residents of the local halting site

That's the Amish

B.A._Baracus

Likely reasons are:

- Someone wants to get your PPS, DOB etc.
- Someone can take your bag and hope there are letters with your name on it then dump it in a park etc. So if the litter warden checks you'll get hit with a fine for dumping.
- Private Investigators do this.

I would look towards the neighbors first. Have you had a spat with any of them?
Is there anyone else you had a dispute with?
Do you have any personal claims at the moment?

Odelay

Could be a hit man looking to check he has the right address, find some clues into your daily routine etc.

Be right back

I had someone who took next door's glass bin and emptied it out behind my house before taking it. Very kind of them.