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Other people filling our skip

  • 30-04-2011 09:22AM
    #1
    bacon?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 808 ✭✭✭


    I'm away at the mo, left my housemate in charge of getting some new stuff for our jointly owned house.

    We got a skip, but I've just heard it's full of other peoples krap.

    What's the deal here? This isn't our rubbish, what can we do?


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  • #2
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Blast it with piss, etc.

    Rookie mistake tbh, you get all the junk ready, then you order the skip, not the other way around.


  • #3
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,638 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    This happens the whole time unfortunately. One of my neighbours got a skip once and the local restaurant filled it to the brim twice before he got to use it himself.

    At best you might be able to get something with an address on it and report them to the Guards for dumping. I don't think you can just tip it out on to the road though if that's what you're asking.


  • #4
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    You may be interested in my 'Have you ever put anything in someone elses Skip?' thread.


  • #5
    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,556 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    Go through the rubbish.

    look for a bill head, with a name and adress. Sniff tampons if you have to, anything for a clue.

    Then, the revenge is endless.

    I suggest pain


  • #6
    mackeire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭mackeire


    there's 2 options here:

    1: wait for the travs to empty the skip for ya. Once they notice the full skip, they'll have it stripped in no time! And then possibly will try to sell some of the junk from the skip to you.

    2: take one item from your skip and place it in someone elses skip. Repeat this until your skip is empty.


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  • #7
    W.Shakes-Beer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,975 ✭✭✭W.Shakes-Beer


    I threw a bag of dog shíte into a skip yesterday.


  • #8
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Teyla Emmagan wrote: »
    This happens the whole time unfortunately. One of my neighbours got a skip once and the local restaurant filled it to the brim twice before he got to use it himself.

    At best you might be able to get something with an address on it and report them to the Guards for dumping. I don't think you can just tip it out on to the road though if that's what you're asking.

    Did he not learn his lesson the first time they did it?
    How did he know it was the restaurant? Did he take them up on it?


  • #9
    JustAddWater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭JustAddWater


    W.Shakes-Beer wrote: »
    I threw a bag of dog shíte into a skip yesterday.

    While on fire?


  • #10
    staker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,677 ✭✭✭staker


    Post up location of said skip,a problem shared is a problem doubled.


  • #11
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,926 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Talk to the council litter warden.


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  • #12
    bacon?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 808 ✭✭✭bacon?


    Teyla Emmagan wrote: »
    This happens the whole time unfortunately. One of my neighbours got a skip once and the local restaurant filled it to the brim twice before he got to use it himself.

    At best you might be able to get something with an address on it and report them to the Guards for dumping. I don't think you can just tip it out on to the road though if that's what you're asking.

    I found a similar post on askaboutmoney. Girl said she did just that, removed all the rubbish that wasn't hers, to the footpath, with a note saying that who ever dumped it, can they remove it.

    Ye, a rookie mistake... but, the skip was in our driveway, so, it's pretty much the same as waking up with a matress and some other junk in your garden.

    I've no problem moving it to the footpath with a note... it's not my rubbish after all.

    Thing is, can we get into trouble, even though this isn't our rubbish?


  • #13
    Berns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,485 ✭✭✭Berns


    When was movin house the ones that were movin in gotta skip and said use it if ya needa.....

    Dont think he expected us to fill it :rolleyes: Didnt say nuffin but got a disgusted look :P


  • #14
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    You will get no where with the council, guards or litter wardens on this. It happened to us. We knew who done it we reported it and what were we told...

    Guards.... Its impossible to prove.

    Council, Did you get permission for that

    Litter warden, You are responsable for rubbish lying around your skip. It should be in your garden and not on a public road.....

    tbh we now get the big skip bags and have the rubbish ready to go.

    The irony is the "Neighbour" that dumped in ours had thrown out the toys we bought there child and had been complaining the previous year that someone had done the same on them.


  • #15
    bacon?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 808 ✭✭✭bacon?


    Joey the lips wrote: »
    You will get no where with the council, guards or litter wardens on this. It happened to us. We knew who done it we reported it and what were we told...

    Guards.... Its impossible to prove.

    Council, Did you get permission for that

    Litter warden, You are responsable for rubbish lying around your skip. It should be in your garden and not on a public road.....

    tbh we now get the big skip bags and have the rubbish ready to go.

    The irony is the "Neighbour" that dumped in ours had thrown out the toys we bought there child and had been complaining the previous year that someone had done the same on them.

    Our skip was in our driveway, does the fact its on private property make a difference?


  • #16
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,638 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    The-Rigger wrote: »
    Did he not learn his lesson the first time they did it?
    How did he know it was the restaurant? Did he take them up on it?

    I don't know how he knew it was the restaurant (chairs or something), but he went in to them and they admitted it was all their rubbish, so they paid for the skip. He then went off and ordered another skip and when it arrived they did the same thing again. I don't know why they didn't just order their own skip! Annoying for him though as he had to order 3 skips before he could get rid of his rubbish.

    OP, you could ring the council and let them know your skip has been filled and that you are going to put the rubbish on the side of the road and will they collect it. I'm in Dublin City Council and they are brilliant for that type of thing (as long as they're made aware that the rubbish is there they are quite happy to come out).


  • #17
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,638 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    Joey the lips wrote: »
    The irony is the "Neighbour" that dumped in ours had thrown out the toys we bought there child and had been complaining the previous year that someone had done the same on them.

    Nice!!


  • #18
    bacon?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 808 ✭✭✭bacon?


    Teyla Emmagan wrote: »
    I don't know how he knew it was the restaurant (chairs or something), but he went in to them and they admitted it was all their rubbish, so they paid for the skip. He then went off and ordered another skip and when it arrived they did the same thing again. I don't know why they didn't just order their own skip! Annoying for him though as he had to order 3 skips before he could get rid of his rubbish.

    OP, you could ring the council and let them know your skip has been filled and that you are going to put the rubbish on the side of the road and will they collect it. I'm in Dublin City Council and they are brilliant for that type of thing (as long as they're made aware that the rubbish is there they are quite happy to come out).

    Thanks Teyla, I'm in Raheny, North Dublin... I'm assuming this is Dublin City Council.

    I think the fact that it wasn't on the street works in our favour.


  • #19
    Omeceron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 438 ✭✭Omeceron


    Joey the lips wrote: »

    The irony is the "Neighbour" that dumped in ours had thrown out the toys we bought there child and had been complaining the previous year that someone had done the same on them.

    Was it you?


  • #20
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    Omeceron wrote: »
    Was it you?

    Nope. Quite honestly I would not be so ****ty to assume someone would not mind if i done it


  • #21
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    If all legal ways fail and you know who's rubbish it is,give it back to its rightful owner.


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  • #22
    bacon?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 808 ✭✭✭bacon?


    realies wrote: »
    If all legal ways fail and you know who's rubbish it is,give it back to its rightful owner.

    It would probably be very hard to find out who did it... I like Teyla's solution.

    I would love to dump it back where it belongs, but will have to do with the footpath.


  • #23
    Dionysus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭Dionysus


    Victor wrote: »
    Talk to the council litter warden.

    There's your serious answer, OP. They are littering and will receive a fine if you inform your local litter warden and he discovers their names and addresses in the rubbish or you tell him their names.

    /end thread.


  • #24
    Osgoodisgood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 870 ✭✭✭Osgoodisgood


    I caught an arsehole from down the road in the act of putting a kids toy in my skip. It was about 3 am and I didn't feel like dealing with it then so I waited until he was leaving for work the next day and I brought his little present back to him and threw it into his garden. He actually tried to pretend it wasn't his but I told him loudly enough that his wife could hear from the door that I'd seen him putting it in my skip during the night. Red faces all round and no problems since.


  • #25
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Here's how the pro's do it.

    Skip dropped at property empty. Get standard step ladder, stand it in middle of skip, cover skip with tarpaulin and tie it to skip. To the untrained eye, covered skip looks full. Repeat at end of day.


  • #26
    slimjimmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,783 ✭✭✭slimjimmc


    bacon? wrote: »
    I found a similar post on askaboutmoney. Girl said she did just that, removed all the rubbish that wasn't hers, to the footpath, with a note saying that who ever dumped it, can they remove it.

    Ye, a rookie mistake... but, the skip was in our driveway, so, it's pretty much the same as waking up with a matress and some other junk in your garden.

    I've no problem moving it to the footpath with a note... it's not my rubbish after all.

    Thing is, can we get into trouble, even though this isn't our rubbish?
    You could be the one prosecuted for dumping. Basically once the junk is on your property it's your legal responsibility to dispose of it properly. If you 'relocate' it to the footpath you're committing a offence.
    bacon? wrote: »
    Our skip was in our driveway, does the fact its on private property make a difference?
    Yep, it makes it your problem.
    bacon? wrote: »
    It would probably be very hard to find out who did it... I like Teyla's solution.

    I would love to dump it back where it belongs, but will have to do with the footpath.
    See above re you possibly getting done for dumping.


  • #27
    Wheelie King
    Closed Accounts Posts: 238 ✭✭Wheelie King


    This happenend to us only a few years back. Got the skip on the Friday evening to fill on the Saturday and when we woke up Saturday morning it was been used by the locals as their own private dumping area. One fecker even went as far as to throw black sacks filled with rubbish in the front garden beside the skip. The fools did'nt know i've a small but powerful cctv camera set up as part of my house security system and i had it pointed at the front door/driveway which is where the skip was placed, so had each and every person who dumped stuff in it caught red handed bar one guy who had his hood up and i could'nt make out who it was. I went down to each persons house all of whom lived within doors of me and asked them to remove the rubbish from the skip. Each person denied they where guilty until i mentioned the cctv and the litter warden being called in to which said waste was removed. Just catching the feckers who dumped in the skip was worth the price of the cctv set up alone.:)


  • #28
    themandan6611
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,631 ✭✭✭themandan6611


    Wheelie King wrote: »
    This happenend to us only a few years back. Got the skip on the Friday evening to fill on the Saturday and when we woke up Saturday morning it was been used by the locals as their own private dumping area. One fecker even went as far as to throw black sacks filled with rubbish in the front garden beside the skip. The fools did'nt know i've a small but powerful cctv camera set up as part of my house security system and i had it pointed at the front door/driveway which is where the skip was placed, so had each and every person who dumped stuff in it caught red handed bar one guy who had his hood up and i could'nt make out who it was. I went down to each persons house all of whom lived within doors of me and asked them to remove the rubbish from the skip. Each person denied they where guilty until i mentioned the cctv and the litter warden being called in to which said waste was removed. Just catching the feckers who dumped in the skip was worth the price of the cctv set up alone.:)


    cctv, mass dumpings - where the hell do you live ?


  • #29
    bacon?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 808 ✭✭✭bacon?


    slimjimmc wrote: »
    You could be the one prosecuted for dumping. Basically once the junk is on your property it's your legal responsibility to dispose of it properly. If you 'relocate' it to the footpath you're committing a offence.


    Yep, it makes it your problem.


    See above re you possibly getting done for dumping.

    So, if someone dumps a load of junk in your garden, you have to get rid of it? That can't be right.


  • #30
    ronan45
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭ronan45


    The CHEEK

    My neighbour had the decency to ask me before he filled it with his old bed and novelty rocking horse!!!


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  • #31
    Sir Oxman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,490 ✭✭✭Sir Oxman


    bacon? wrote: »
    So, if someone dumps a load of junk in your garden, you have to get rid of it? That can't be right.


    Knowing this country, it probably is right :mad:


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