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Welcome to our new Wheelie Bins Site!

Wheelie Bins New Site

We would like to welcome you all, new and returning customers, to our new Wheelie Bins Direct2U website! As you have most probably seen by now we have totally revamped our website. The new contemporary design brings the site closer to our other new Direct2U sites. We hope you will find it more user friendly, easy to navigate around and find all products you are looking for. Ultimately our aim is to improve your overall purchasing experience with ourselves. As always we strive to offer the best customer service, with quality products competitively priced and with no delivery charge when… Read more

10th October 2014 0

Recycling Bins Success in Kent

In Gravesham, Kent wheelie bins are proving to have given recycling a great boost. An increasing number of people are recycling their waste since the council introduced wheelie bins and recycling bins into the borough. The previous recycling rates in Gravesham were 24% and that figure has now grown to 36% thanks to the introduction of the wheelie bins and recycling bins. This particular area had one of the worst performing councils nationwide in regards to recycling and the new wheelie bins and food caddy were aimed to inspire and encourage residents to improve the recycling rates. The council received… Read more

8th October 2014 0

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