I'm a mum & don't own a bin – I think piling up rubbish is gross but I'm not alone, it's a telltale sign you're council

The Sun

2 days ago

THERE'S nothing worse than an overflowing bin that you can smell as soon as you walk into the house.
And that's exactly why Gem has always used a bag instead of a bin.
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In fact, despite having her own home, she still doesn't even own a bin - and says the lack of one in a house is a telltale sign she's "council".
"I've just seen a post that said, 'Are you even council if you haven't got a bag hanging on the door instead of a bin?'" she began her video on TikTok.
"Now, I am council and I do not own a bin! We don't have a bin. We have a bag.
"We don't have a bin - I don't like them. And I don't know if it's a council thing.
"I just don't like bins.
"I've said it before but no, the rubbish goes outside... you don't have the rubbish indoors!"
Gem's daughter Rose was even left giggling when she saw the previous video about being "council" for having no bin, and said: "That's mummy, isn't it!"
"Are you even council if you don't have a carrier bag on a door instead of a bin?" Gem wrote over the top of her video.
And she quickly found that she wasn't alone in her thoughts about where to put rubbish.
"I moved out of my parents 14 years ago and I have never owned a bin," one wrote.
"Straight into a 30p carrier then goes outside!"
"No bin in my house, they always get in the way and stink," another said.
"I spent years using a plastic bag but I found a small bin that hangs over the kitchen cupboard door now!"
"Currently sat here with a blue bag hanging off my door handle," a third laughed, as someone else joked "I've found my people!"
"Same!!!!! People think its odd we don't have a bin indoors," another added.
"I'm not council but I've NEVER had a bin! Into a bag then straight to the outside bin every night!!" someone else insisted.
What is a hack for making changing the bin easier?
THERE is in fact a way to make your rubbish-collecting chores far simpler - and it involves using multiple bags.
Want in on the time-saving trick? Here's what you need to do.
Step 1
Take out a fresh bin liner and open it up - but don't put it in your bin yet.
Step 2
Take a second bin bag, place it inside the first bag and open it up - so that they're nestled inside each other.
Continue to do this until 10 bags are neatly inside.
Step 3
Carefully place the entire bin bag fusion inside your bin before folding the tops over the lip.
The next time you fill a bag, simply lift it up out of the bin and another one will be good to go straight away.
There you go! You'll never change your bin in the same way again.
"Grew up council, not council now but still do this," another wrote.
"Bag for me! I'm council and I hate bins," someone else said.
"Hate the smell, hate the dirtiness, hate the germs and hate emptying when the bags over full.
"I fill a bag and throw away or it goes straight out to the bins to right."
"I don't have a bin in my kitchen," another wrote.
"You can take the girl out the council but you can't take the council out the GIRL!"
"Whatttt! I did not realise this was lower class stuff!" someone else laughed.
However, others were more on the side of bins, with one admitting they have "three bins AND the bag".
"If I'm paying 30p a carrier then I'm using the way I want too," one said.
"Bin all the way!"
"I have to walk down 3 flights of stairs, cross the main road, walk down a little bit, unlock a door on the main road, go down a shady little alley, put my rubbish in my bin & make my merry way home," another said.
"I'd be doing this hourly if I didn't have a bin!"
"I'm council but I've always had a bin," a third insisted.