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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
In our area, we pay Our Fair City a fixed amount for trash pickup.

That's how it is in most cities, at least for residential trash service.

For those members that might be confused about why this would be a big deal, city trash service and rural trash service are very different animals.

In the city, typically everyone (or almost everyone) has residential trash service that's either performed by the city or contracted by the city, and each home pays a fixed monthly rate as part of their utility bills. Most areas it's not optional. So it's usually not a big deal if that bit of trash goes in your can or your neighbor's can (within reason). It's all the same to everyone.

But in rural areas, a resident will usually have to find and pay a private trash service for trash pickup. The cost of the service is usually higher than city trash rates, and is also often variably dependent on weight/volume/frequency. This means that lots of rural folks choose not to pay for trash service, for various reasons. The more conscientious ones without trash service recycle what they can and burn the rest in burn piles or burn barrels. The assholes take their trash to someone else's trash can or dumpster, as in the OP's case, which may end up costing the owner of the can/dumpster more money. The dirtbags just dump it somewhere on their own property, effective turning a portion of their land into an unlicensed landfill. And the real shitheads dump it somewhere out in the boonies on someone else's land, or on the side of the road.

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
Dump trash at local PD doorstep.

And when the PD checks their camera footage, who are they going to see driving up and dumping trash on their doorstep? Then when they come knocking on your door to inquire about this, what's your response going to be? "Well... he did it to me first?"

If you want to notify law enforcement about the situation, that's definitely not the way to go about it.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
The last time we had a new roof, the roofing company had a dumpster delivered to our driveway a couple days before the work started.

A BUNCH of trash had been deposited in the dumpster before the worker guys even arrived to start stripping the old shingles.

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The dumpsters at Our Little Airport, placed by the Owners Association, with service paid for by association members' dues, used to be on the entrance road. They would fill up quickly with trash being deposited by non-airport users.

The dumpsters were relocated to an obscure location on an interior taxiway, where they were not visible to casual observers. The amount of trash from outsiders is now almost zero.

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Originally posted by rsbolo:
I have a dumpster at my business. Nothing huge, just a 6 yard dumpster which gets emptied twice a week.

Most of the time I'll find the odd bag of household trash on a Monday morning (I am closed on weekends) but one Sunday I came in to do some maintenance and found an entire live oak tree cut up and stuffed in my dumpster. I was pissed. Had to unload the tree onto my trailer and pay to dispose of it.

Bastards.

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Originally posted by EasyFire:
Wouldn't use of another's dumpster be a theft of services? File a criminal complaint if you can get name & address.

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Originally posted by flesheatingvirus:
If I saw someone else's trash in my can, I'd be going through it to find an address. The entire bag's contents would then end up in their yard or at their front door.

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Originally posted by hvyhawler:
Also add a couple of fish to the garbage, smells really good in the heat...

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Originally posted by henryaz
Crabs have got to be the worst. Back in MD, blue crabs from the Bay were popular and plentiful, and when someone would dump their crab detritus in a dumpster, man, that would stink for days.