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