I hate

For balance - I slagged off people who number their bins in the ‘Ive never got’ thread and it’s touched a nerve.

It turns out it’s a hugely emotive subject and the Venn diagram of LFGSS and mumsnet involves a significant overlap.

Loo roll is another one to add to this box! I went for the tiring but chaotic "do everything in one day" and now I am moved and unpacked but completely exhausted.

I am confused. Do you hate loo roll or people who steal it?

Didn’t see your slagging off but I can understand both sides now. It’s like having a bike stolen, some people create a rat bike/bin, others buy locks or special storage, and others plaster godawful bikeregister ID stickers all over.

Fuck I wish someone would steal my bin. It's rank.

That is defo multi level. I've used sharpies, rattle can, and even carved the number in. They still disappear frequently but on weeks they don't I can see which is mine.

I'm guessing the mumsnet level is nestly aligned pretty stickers and a weekly jetwash concierge service to maintain "as new" bin status?

That there’s your problem. Give it a good clean and it’ll be gone within a fortnight on these mean London streets.

Airtag.

I think you’re joking but that’s actually less expensive than a new bin.

number their bins

Number? What for? Don't they have different colours? It all goes in landfill anyway.

Ah, you mean, like house number when there's a whole bunch of bins? We just have massive communal bins so this is not a problem. #smart

Been ('bin') away this week, asked a friend to move our bin 5m up the driveway so it was collected. She forgot, it wasn't collected, and it's another 10 days until the next collection 🤢

Bin theft must be a London thing. I’ve never heard of it. Even when I lived in London.

Is there a black market?

No use when the M.O. of our bin theives is to make fires.

A neighbours bin went this week, we could see it burning from our windows. There was a perfectly flammable wooden pallet that they overlooked in preference for the bin too, such is their obsession with bin burning.

I got a new bin a few months back cuz our old one was knackered, someone went and swapped it!

I don't get it...

Coz people are twats

It's recycling/landfill alternating weeks here. If you miss a landfill collection it can sit there for four weeks. Imagine a big wheelie bin full of chicken carcasses, fish heads, messy toddler nappies and other unsanitary revoltingness sat baking in the summer sun for four weeks. Around week, three you can no longer get the lid shut and the maggots REALLY start to take hold...

I've bleached and hose-blasted that thing regularly but it's still wretch-inducingly foul. I hate taking the bins out.

This is a problem you can solve.

Don't miss the bin collections.

Compost / bokashi / wormery / etc the food waste.

Tie the nappies in (biodegradable) nappy sacks, or go reusable.

bleached

I can’t remember what product was recommended to me instead of bleach for these purposes. White vinegar maybe? I think that’s it, sprayed generously all over, rinsed and repeat if necessary.

I’ve definitely substituted bleach for something less toxic and it actually worked better. Can’t remember what application though …. Might’ve been for removing stains or washing floors 🤔

I've bleached and hose-blasted that thing regularly but it's still wretch-inducingly foul. I hate taking the bins out.

Jeyes fluid ftw

Vinegar is now my multi-purpose cleaning fluid of choice. It seems to be the answer for virtually anything: cleaning the bins - vinegar. De-scaling the kettle - vinegar. Humane punishment for unruly 3yo - vinegar.

What sort of vinegar?

Balsamic.

White vinegar. Malt would probably make your house smell like a chippie, which may or may not be good news.

What fancylad chippies do you use?

All the Essex ones use a non-brewed condiment.
(Far superior to Malt Vinegar)

Cider Vinegar for pickles

Malt vinegar for chips

White vinegar for cleaning track tyres