Wheelie Bins Direct2U News

If you haven’t already, now’s the time to get your clean on. We recently blogged about a very exciting event taking place during the first weekend in March – ‘Clean for the Queen’, it has since come around fast and it’s not long now until lots of people across the country will spruce up the Kingdom! The big clean-up has been organised for next weekend by Keep Britain Tidy.  Over one million people are expected to take part and clean up their neighbourhoods in time for the Queen’s birthday on the 21st April and her official birthday in June. There… Read more

With all the Christmas parties and get togethers with family and friends over the holiday period, there’s always a lot of rubbish. If you’re in need on an extra wheelie bin before Christmas then you’re in luck. We’ll be delivering our popular Next Day Delivery wheelie bins up until the 23rd December. To make sure you get your wheelie bins in time you need to have placed your order before 12pm on Tuesday 22nd December. The quickest way to do this is through our website and you can now pay using your PayPal account as well as the usual card… Read more

Keep Britain Tidy and Eco Schools have teamed together to start their next big clean – ‘Clean for the Queen’ in 2016. The ‘Clean for the Queen’ campaigned was launched in September’s issue of the Country Life magazine, outlining the aim to tidy and clean up the UK in time for the Queen’s 90th Birthday. What’s the Plan? The campaign is hoped to bring together an army of volunteers across the UK who will clean up their local areas over the next 9 months. There will also be a dedicated clean up weekend on the 4-6th March 2016 where everyone… Read more

For most of us it’s a little bit of a mystery. We’re told to recycle and that it’s good for our environment – so we just do it. We clean all our jars, glasses and plastics put them in our boxes, wheelie bin or recycling bags and leave them to be collected. We have seen the facts and figures about how recycling has helped the environment, and we know of the EU 50% recycling target that the UK needs to meet in 2020, but still the recycling process remains a little in the dark. What happens to our papers, bottles… Read more