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Dealing with an Overflowing Wheelie Bin?

Dealing with an Overflowing Wheelie Bin

So you have just finished tying up your refuse bag and walked out to place it in your wheelie bin… only to find out it’s completely full? The bin collection is another four days away and there is absolutely no place in your wheelie bin. Don’t worry, we sometimes underestimate the amount of household waste we produce and are shocked to see an overflowing wheelie bin! Depending on your local council, some wheelie bins will not be collected. This includes wheelie bins with a lid that can’t be fully closed, are too heavy, or accompanied with extra refuse bags on… Read more

27th January 2017 0

Australia are Wheelie (Bins) crazy

A group of circus performers in the Perth Fringe Festival, Western Australia have made wheelie bins famous. The Melbourne based trio ‘Trash Test Dummies’ are booked for six shows at the festival which starts later this month. The group have signed up to a further 23 shows in Adelaide before going to the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Their act includes wheelie bin acrobatics, hiding in them and bin surfing. They put their popularity down to being three normal guys with an imagination meaning a lot of younger boys can relate to them. They are also quite mischievous which appeals to the… Read more

5th January 2015 0

Bins Sent in to Tidy West London

Wheelie bins are due to be rolled out to a further 22000 homes across Hounslow in the next month following a successful trial run. The new bins are set to be delivered to homes in parts of Chiswick, Brentford, Isleworth, Heston, Feltham, Hounslow and Bedfont. The dates of deliveries are around 10th-21st November and collections will commence from 24th November. Where it all began Wheelie bins were first issued to about 7,300 homes in the summer of 2013 on a purely trial basis. A council survey found that 94% of recipients supported the introduction of the bins. Recycling in the areas… Read more

7th November 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