Yesterday, a Tidy Bin showed up in the visitor parking, without any notice to owners. I checked the interior of it and at the time it had some material in the far end of it that clearly was in the bin when it was delivered, mostly consisting of wet cardboard and some flat pieces of wood. Someone had placed what looked like an upright vacuum cleaner or carpet cleaner right inside the door.
The entire floor of the bin was wet and covered in a mix of small rocks and some unknown but very stinky material, reminiscent of manure or sewage. It is clearly not sanitary. I would strongly advise everyone to not enter the bin.
If you pull the door open and let go, the placement of the bin is such that the door will close until there is only a small gap, meaning anyone wanting to put in larger items would need someone else to hold the door open or use their body to keep it open.
There is no signage on the bin saying what can be disposed of and more importantly, what can’t.
The bin is covering one of the three accessible parking stalls in the visitor parking.
Since the bin must be discussed and approved by a majority of council, then ordered by the strata manager, it is unclear to me why no notice was given of its arrival. This is table stakes. In fact, the same council did manage to post notices when the last Tidy bin was here in July 2025–so why not this time?
The shot below shows two things: apparently someone thought it was a good idea to park beside a giant garbage bin (it is not)–if the door is swung all the way open, it would strike the side of the car. This also shows how large the gap is with the door open, hardly enough room to get items in. Not that I’m recommending the door be kept open, given the stench.
Per the last council meeting, apparently council was going to get a bin in between Christmas and New Year’s, to complement the one that’s usually here in the spring, but for whatever reason, that never happened. And it seems somehow a majority of council was convinced to go ahead and get a bin in early February, instead of just holding off for the usual spring bin–and then told no one who might use the bin that it was arriving.
This is a failure all around.
My recommendation: Tell Tidy Bin the bin is in unacceptable condition, have them remove it, then get a refund. Order a bin in the spring and give owners and residents proper notice.
I have no confidence the above will happen.
The bin, as of 10:30 a.m. February 6:
