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Birmingham: Wheelie Bins or Sacks?

Birmingham City Council has confirmed that residents living in hilly neighbourhoods of Birmingham won’t be able to opt out of the city’s new controversial wheelie bin scheme. Instead of being able to opt out, the council will decide which homes are unsuitable for wheelie bins and still need to use the current black sacks scheme. Councillor Jon Hunt who represents the steep inclines of Perry Barr warned the authority that they would be bombarded with appeals if the bins were imposed on voters in his area. The Liberal Democrat group deputy leader said: “Our surveys in Perry Barr show householders… Read more

29th September 2014 0

Dorset Get Microchipped Wheelie Bins

Many residents of Dorset will have received new wheelie bins fitted complete with an electronic tag. Why we hear you say? Well, Dorset Waste Partnership say it is so residents are able to track their bin is it was to ever go missing and the tag can also be used to settle disputes between neighbours over wheelie-bin ownership. How? This new tracking technology involves an electronic chip carefully hidden under the moulded front lip of the wheelie bin that is used for non-recyclable waste. As the bin is lifted by the collection truck, the chip passes a special antenna fitted… Read more

23rd September 2014 0

Wheelie Bin Climbs A Mountain

A travelling bin? Three young men caused a stir when they littered Ben Nevis during a charity stunt. Deciding to make amends, these men have now staged another charity event, in which they will pull a wheelie bin from Glasgow to London in measure of their contribution. They also took the wheelie bin back up the 1,344 metres (4,409 ft) tall Ben Nevis and collected any litter. What? Glasgow based Matt Blake, 20 and his two friends Jay Bell (23) and Ramon Valenti (24) made headlines earlier this year after they ‘tramped’ up Ben Nevis carrying a wooden bench as part of a… Read more

15th September 2014 0

Do East Riding need more blue bins?

Keen recyclers have been offered more blue bins by East Riding in Yorkshire Council to help tackle and control the amount being sent to recycling. The majority of homes in the area already have three bins, a green bin for general waste, a brown bin for gardening waste and food and a final blue bins for recyclable goods. Locals have been filling the blue bins up quickly and find that they tend to have too much recycling to fit into one bin and end up having to put it in the general waste. In order to keep the high levels of recycling up and… Read more

9th September 2014 0