Going away for school holidays & nobody to do the bins?

[gardenhenn]

We are taking DC away for a significant amount of time during the 6 weeks holidays and will have nobody to do the bins.

Have asked my parents as they live 25 minutes away but have said it's too far and they also workZ

Siblings/cousins also work and have their own kids to look after and would be unfair as again live 25 minutes away in the same town as parents.

Now, I have never had an argument or falling out with neighbours.

But there is tension due to the varying issues around this estate and I don't speak to my NDN on the right ( I would do her bins at times but she has stopped saying hello/speaking to everyone which suits me fine as she makes me feel uncomfortable).

I do exchange small talk/ hello with the other and get on OK but form feel comfortable asking her.

We genuinely don't know what to do.
Anybody been in a similar situation?

The only solution would be to leave the bins until we get back?

Wow imagine asking your working parents to drive 25 mins to put your bin out. Just leave it, they won't be filling up. If you're going away for 6 weeks, be careful as that will likely invalidate your house insurance, most only allow a month vacant.

First world problems 🙄🤣🙄

Just empty the bin now and don’t put any more in. Keep it in bags/indoor bin. Take it all to the tip the day before. If tip is close you could do one now and one just before you go. If you have a small bit of rubbish the day you leave ask a neighbour if they wouldn’t mind you putting it in their bin as you’ll be away? Recycling just leave until you get back!

I know MN is for asking any questions but this feels a particularly obvious answer!!! Am I missing something?!

Either take it all up to the tip before hand or wait until you're back then. It should all be clean and not manky so surely no issue to leave it sitting?

We just leave the bins out ready for collection. We are going away Monday and bin collection is Thursday. So it will just be out out early. If it’s just recycling I wouldn’t worry too much, you could always drop some to a recycle centre/bin before you go or when you return?

I’d just ask the nice neighbour and offer to do hers in return. We don’t have a close relationship with our neighbour but we do each others bins, you don’t have to be pals to do each other a favour.

I'm surprised the OP completely ignored this sensible suggestion.

So wait until you are back?

If I were in your position and I was worried about the bins, I'd do a quick tip run before the holiday.

I want your life.
if you have so little to worry you that you have taken time out to post about this.

ffs. Use your initiative. Use your brain.

THINK ABOUT SOLUTIONS

we could never be friends. Honestly one of the most pathetic posts I’ve seen in a long time e.

I would just put my bins out before I leave.

If you can pop to the tip. Or create a small bag every day and put it in a public bin. If it’s just recycling it won’t go funny in six weeks, it’s not like leaving food waste for six weeks.

just leave it until you get back. complet non issue

I wouldn't care about the recycling.

With the other rubbish it doesn't have food waste in now where we are, so won't be that smelly anyway but if I was concerned I'd take it to the tip or a public bin if only a small amount. or put it secretly in a neighbour's bin at night

So half empty then. Put it out when you’re back.

I can't believe you asked your parents to do a 50 minute round trip to put your bins out 😬

Go to tip

I’ve done both of the following depending on how full the bin is:

Left it if only half full as when I come back I will still have half the bin to fill before the collection comes.

Asked a neighbour to put it out/bring it back in for me or I have put it out if going on the bin day and asked them to wheel it back. We have several neighbours who would do this so I tend to pick who I know will be around. They also ask me to do the same.

However, we also text about taking in parcels for each other and we hold each other’s house keys while one of us is away.

I really think you are making a mountain out of a molehill here. You sound like a pair of over thinkers.

Your recycling should be clean stuff, so it will keep. Just leave it until you get back. No problem at all.

Other stuff - just take it to the dump before you go. You might be able to take food waste there but if not then just get the neighbour you do get on with to pop round and put it out/put it back in again. It will only need to be done once, surely.

I really can't believe you wanted your parents to make a 50 minute round trip for this. Not especially for the bins.

FFS.....what a drama.
Take it to the tip.
Don't take it to the tip