It's a hog mentality and a moral failing. Many such cases here in the USA
this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2025
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It’s a psychological thing, when people see trash next to the bin they will assume the bin is full and leave their trash outside. Even if the trash next to the bin is too big to fit in the bin, they don’t really think about it and put the trash outside automatically. It helps to talk with your neighbours about this and asking them to be more mindful and check if there is space in the bin before leaving their trash outside.
But....I too leave my food remains outside for birds and cats
You should be very careful with that it doesn’t attract the wrong animals and cause an infestation. Generally in cities it’s a bad idea to leave out food except for birdfeed that is tied to trees and thus not accessible to other animals.
a bird feeder is $10 at your local home goods store
That's 10 dollars more than what Evilsandwican is currently spending to do the same thing
i mean, sure, as long as it is not a refuse pile, but also do that over by the community garden part of the apartment (I'll gladly welcome you to do so and moan to you about how the garden should be entirely free not $50/plot/year the complex isn't doing any damn upkeep, THE OLD LADIES AND I ARE!!!) not the trash area!!!!!!!!
Maybe they didn't want the ferals getting into the bin to be trapped?
i do not think this was a feral cat feeding operation given I have at least 4 different neighbors who gladly feed them wet canned food & canned tuna outside their door. and the fact that rice, beans, and corkscrew pasta is a really odd choice for feeding a bunch of feral cats but nevertheless
I don't know, people, who feed ferals in my area feed them whatever, when they clean out the fridge, but we are a seriously underserved area.