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Wheelie Bin trial showing promising results!

We recently wrote an article on the planned wheelie bin rollout across Birmingham. The rollout if it goes ahead is planned to begin in summer 2014. Before the plans of the city wide rollout were announced, trials were launched in two Birmingham wards, Brandwood and Harborne. The wheelie bin schemes were amongst other reasons, intended to improve recycling rates within the city. Residents were supplied with a 180 litre wheelie bin for general waste (collected weekly) and a 240 litre wheelie bin for recyclables (metal, glass, plastics and paper) . Prior to the trial scheme, 417 people across Brandwood and… Read more

2nd October 2013 0

Litter Pickers now online at Wheelie Bins Direct2U

The litter clearance range features a number of litter pickers, and other great products created to help keep Britain a tidy place. The range begins with litter pickers at just £19.27, you’d be mad to miss out! Read our article on some of the products available! Our favourite: Kids Clean-up Kit. The kid’s clean-up kit is an ideal solution to educational yet practical hands on learning. Teaching young children to put litter in the waste bin and recycle what waste we can is important from an early age, especially now that recycling rates in Britain are set to rise. The… Read more

25th September 2013 0

660 & 1100 Litre Wheelie Bins

Did you know we now supply 660 litre and 1100 litre wheelie bins? Not only do we supply household sized wheelie bins, we now also supply industrial sized wheelie bins ideal for factories, warehouses, restaurant’s, other workplaces of high employee numbers and areas of communal living. These wheelie bins are ideal in areas where a large amount of waste is supplied weekly. So if you previously thought we didn’t offer the wheelie bins for your needs, we do now!These wheelie bins are produced to the highest EU standards EN840 and accredited to UNE-ENISO9001. The Polyethylene construction enables the wheelie bins… Read more

18th September 2013 0

Wheelie Bins to be rolled out across Birmingham by 2015

It was announced by the council last week, 6th September 2013 that wheelie bins are to be introduced across the rest of Birmingham by the end of 2015. The plans will go before Birmingham City Councils cabinet for approval on 16th September 2013. The council has said they will use a grant of almost £30 million from the government to fund the introduction of the wheelie bins. Councillor James McKay has said he believes the proposal with help close a “funding gap” in the waste management budget. He has also stated that he believes by the end of the decade,… Read more

11th September 2013 0