{"id":120,"date":"2013-09-11T09:41:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T09:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelie-bins-direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/?p=120"},"modified":"2021-12-02T09:38:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T09:38:30","slug":"wheelie-bint-across-birmingham-by-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wheelie-bint-across-birmingham-by-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheelie Bins to be rolled out across Birmingham by 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>It was announced by the council last week, 6<sup>th<\/sup> September 2013 that wheelie bins are to be introduced across the rest of Birmingham by the end of 2015.<\/h2>\n<p>The plans will go before Birmingham City Councils cabinet for approval on 16<sup>th<\/sup> September 2013. The council has said they will use a grant of almost \u00a330 million from the government to fund the introduction of the <a title=\"Wheelie Bins Direct2U\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wheelie-bins-direct2u.co.uk\/wheelie-bins.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wheelie bins<\/a>. Councillor James McKay has said he believes the proposal with help close a \u201cfunding gap\u201d in the waste management budget. He has also stated that he believes by the end of the decade, we would have an \u00a38 million gap between the budget available to deliver the wheelie bin service and what the service is actually costing.<\/p>\n<p>We previously discussed the trial in Brandwood and Harborne, which a spokesman has now announced were perceived well by the public, with public satisfaction of the bins \u201cvery high\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>The proposed timetable for the wheelie bins rollout<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>July 2014 \u2013 Ladywood<\/li>\n<li>August \u2013 December 2014 \u2013 Hodge Hill, Hall Green, Yardley<\/li>\n<li>February \u2013 June 2015 \u2013 Erdington, Perry Barr, Sutton Coldfield<\/li>\n<li>August \u2013 December 2015 \u2013 Edgbaston, Selly Oak, Northfield<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The council has said that if the rollout goes ahead, it would require investment over the next five years of \u00a365.6m, including the \u00a339.6m on the purchase of new bins and 148 new vehicles used for refuse collection. If the plan is approved, the number of refuse rounds would be increased from 40 to 53, as \u201cit takes more time to collect wheelie bins than sacks\u201d. Staff need to each vehicle would also be cut from on average 4.5 to 3, as the wheelie bins will \u201crequire smaller crews\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>McKay has also claimed that the introduction of the wheelie bins scheme would lead to a massive gain in terms of litter and street cleanliness across the city. \u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen in the pilot where we\u2019ve actually delivered, is that the satisfaction levels are very high, people are very happy with it and don\u2019t want to go back to black bags\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/240L_Wheelie_Bin_Dark_Grey_Open.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-121\" alt=\"Wheelie Bins\" src=\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/240L_Wheelie_Bin_Dark_Grey_Open-151x300.jpg\" width=\"151\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/240L_Wheelie_Bin_Dark_Grey_Open-151x300.jpg 151w, https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/240L_Wheelie_Bin_Dark_Grey_Open.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Here at <a title=\"Wheelie Bins Direct2U\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wheelie-bins-direct2u.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wheelie Bins Direct2U<\/a> we are interested to hear what your opinions on the proposal are. Are you in one of the areas where the rollout is planned, are you a resident in one of the trial areas or have you been using wheelie bins for years, and what effect do you think the wheelie bins will have?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 \u00a330 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 \u201cfunding gap\u201d in the waste management budget. He has also stated that he believes by the end of the decade,&#8230; <a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wheelie-bint-across-birmingham-by-2015\/\">Read more <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,61],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wheelie-bins","tag-wheelie-bin","tag-wheelie-bins-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wheelie Bins to be rolled out across Birmingham by 2015 - Wheelie Bins Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It was announced last week that wheelie bins are to be rolled out across Birmingham by 2015, what is your verdict on the latest proposal?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wheelie-bint-across-birmingham-by-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wheelie Bins to be rolled out across Birmingham by 2015 - Wheelie Bins Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It was announced last week that wheelie bins are to be rolled out across Birmingham by 2015, what is your verdict on the latest proposal?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wheelie-bint-across-birmingham-by-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wheelie Bins Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-09-11T09:41:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-02T09:38:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/240L_Wheelie_Bin_Dark_Grey_Open-151x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"direct2u\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"direct2u\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wheelie-bint-across-birmingham-by-2015\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wheelie-bint-across-birmingham-by-2015\/\",\"name\":\"Wheelie Bins to be rolled out across Birmingham by 2015 - Wheelie Bins Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-11T09:41:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-02T09:38:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/#\/schema\/person\/b933ef44c2b39a8541ac1b7550884ce9\"},\"description\":\"It was announced last week that wheelie bins are to be rolled out across Birmingham by 2015, what is your verdict on the latest proposal?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wheelie-bint-across-birmingham-by-2015\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wheelie-bint-across-birmingham-by-2015\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wheelie-bint-across-birmingham-by-2015\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wheelie Bins to be rolled out across Birmingham by 2015\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/\",\"name\":\"Wheelie Bins Blog\",\"description\":\"News &amp; 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