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Karen ([personal profile] karen2205) wrote2011-08-22 07:28 pm

Appropriate use of bins

Yesterday evening, I went out to bring the blue (recycling) bin in and take the black (landfill) bin out. I discovered a red sticker had been placed on my bin indicating that the bin men had refused to empty it as it contained non-recyclable items.

I dug into the bin, removed the coat hangers, someone had placed there, noticed there was a beef burger in a bun and then began to see the cigarette butts. Lots and lots of damp, smelly, cigarette butts, someone had decided the appropriate place to dispose of was my reycling bin. FFS.

Why do people do that sort of thing? There were lots of black bins in the same place as my blue bin and I cannot conceive of a recycling scheme that might accept cigarette butts for recycling. Surely, if you're going to use someone else's bin, because it's convenient, you at least have the courtesy to pick the correct kind of bin for your rubbish?
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[identity profile] lizblackdog.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
people are so often arseholes. our recycle bin is a big communal job so of course this happens all the time. then it gets left for an extra week while it gets stinkier and stinkier and there's a cloud of flies outside the building and coming in my flat which just AUUUUUUUUGH. makes me homicidal with rage and loathing.