How to lock a wheelie bin 

Hope it works for you.

Yes it’s a pain! However this seems to be working at the moment.:))

Not if you fill it up.

It’s challenging but try to keep your cool x

Omg I didnt know others were having this issue. I thought I was alone. So comforting to know . I'm not alone in this craziness

Me & my neighbour thought we were the only ones too!

My neighbours got the message quite quickly after attaching the locks and I no longer need to pop the locks on. Hope this works for you :)

🤦🤣🤦That Isnt Even Real 🤦🤣🤦

That's unbelievable, try a hidden camera if it happens again.

You're so welcome!

Did u try it

Absolute nightmare! Same thing happened to me once and because of the GDPR laws the property maintenance company wouldnt put up security cameras! All the tenants in the flats had to pay £150 to have the rubbish removed.

@@LitchfieldsLifestyles seems a handy cop out for them

Don’t blame ya! Glad it helped 🤗

Sasskitten that’s exactly why I had to resort to locking mine.! Very annoying indeed.

@@LitchfieldsLifestyles This is the first time she did it but not the first issue I had with her. I mean what happen to the days of neighbors asking to put something in your bin or park in your drive way for an hour or two? She mad because I went so far as to put my bins as close to the end of my driveway as possible so that she would actually have to come ask to park in my drive way. and now she just got her roof foxed and filled up her two bins with the left over stuff and started putting it in my bin. I wonder if I could legally put handles on the side and get a bike chain and keep it closed that way. and maybe a dog chain and hook one end to my porch and the other to my bins so she can't drag either one to her side. My momma had to get a thick chain for her table in the back yard so the jerks on the other side of the alley couldn't take it like they did everything else. So, I no stranger to using chains. Mom was clever when it came to stopping people. She once in our old house pushed her fence back to the alley just to keep strangers from parking on her property.

Take a pic and show it to the hardware store staff and ask what they recommend. You can get straps and attachments. That’s what I would do. Good luck

Thanks for your comment. I used a 5mm drill bit but I guess it depends on the lock size. Good luck :)

Thanks for message. The method served its purpose and the neighbours got the message. The problem has stopped for now. :)

Thank you

Oh my life! That's exactly me @ the min. Cheeky neighbour from across the street & around the corner, thinks it's their extra bins! ( I too live in a flat with 4 Tennants). We have 1 large bin 4 us 4. I confronted this girl who came & put rubbish in. Her excuse was ' it's a community bin.' I said unless I'm short sighted where does it say that on the bin. She said nothing! It's the parents who send the kids out to do it. But I've got a neighbours door no. & I'll be reporting them!

Then put a lock on the opposite side too. This worked for me.

Bagez can you pop a link on please?

@@LitchfieldsLifestyles www.amazon.com/BagEZ-Multi-Purpose-Trash-Holder/dp/B07WJZK8RB/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&refRID=F06AP7826SHQ0EPY7Q58&th=1

I live in a unit block. I'm gonna ask the housing association if I can have a wheelie bin instead.

Good thinking!

Once your bin is put to the kerb here it’s contents automatically become the property of the local council. It is not illegal to put rubbish in a bin on the kerb. You don’t actually own the bin you just technically rent it from the council via council rates. I totally understand what you’re trying to do and why you’re annoyed by this please don’t get me wrong because I agree with you but unfortunately this isn’t going to be a great solution. It may deter some but technically they’re not doing anything illegal using your bin. The camera idea however is great because it is illegal to put the incorrect waste in the incorrect bin so you can catch them red handed in that situation.

@@kazng4023This is false, while you do not own the bin, you do pay for the service, and it is in fact illegal in most areas to use someone else’s bin without their permission, even when it’s rolled out to the street for pickup, and it violates laws/codes in several ways: 1. It is trespassing, 2. It is improper waste disposal, 3. It is theft of service. While it is a hassle that most would rather not pursue, these violations have been successfully adjudicated in court many times.

Good question! I would suggest taking the lock off when the bins are put out for collection.

Litchfield's Lifestyles then that just defeats the whole purpose. For example you put your bin out the night before (locked with your contraption) you then have to wake up before 6am in my area to unlock it for the collection (which could happen any time of the morning from 5.30am-10am). You head off to work before the bin is collected obviously because if you worked from home you wouldn’t need this and your unlocked empty bin sits there on the street till 4pm or later just begging to have more rubbish dumped in it. So what will you actually achieve?

Doh, open it first! Not very bright are we? Less chance to have so much rubbish left in by other waste of space human beings who can’t be a@@@d !

Well yes your right. However the point is that the bin is locked and the night before collection day you remove the lock! It’s not rocket science only prevention.

But then the animals will get in the bin and take the rubbish

That could work too! :)

He probably got someone who knew what they were doing to do that part for him.

Not really. The lock was closer to camera when he held it up and showed us, so it looked thicker. They're not that thick really. I'd want to do a hole exactly the right size anyway, too big and it might run the integrity of the bin when the bin men put that front part on the back of the truck to lift it.

@@reddevil9554 yeah right!

Thank you for your comment however this works for me and my council are fine with it. The hole doesn’t affect the bin in any way. I suggest you check with your council if you have any doubts.

@@LitchfieldsLifestyles I drilled and used a chain and padlock. Council took two bins away in three months. I have now designed a lock which requires no drilling and leaves the bin untouched or damaged.

Philip Robinson then please share a link to it on here. My idea worked for me and others however some people may like to see your invention.

​@nosnibor800 hi, can you please kindly share your solution with the rest of us? Many thanks!