{"id":437,"date":"2015-04-20T12:16:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T11:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/?p=437"},"modified":"2022-03-01T16:44:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T16:44:33","slug":"birmingham-has-wheelie-bin-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/birmingham-has-wheelie-bin-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham has wheelie bin success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the controversial wheelie bin programme, which saw 22,000 wheelie bins rolled out across Birmingham, there has been a huge increase in recycling rates across the city.<\/p>\n

Recent figures show that there has been an impressive 18.5% increase in recycling over the last year.<\/h2>\n

Ladywood, Aston, Winson Green and Nechells were some of the first areas to receive their wheelie bins, now almost a year ago. Since then Bin Men have reported that they now collect more plastics, glass, tins and paper than they used to. And the statistics are there to back up these claims.<\/p>\n

Birmingham Council\u2019s figures comparing waste disposal in the period August 2013 \u2013 January 2014 to the period August 2014 \u2013 January 2015 show that:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Residual (Household) Waste \u2013 decreased by 16.54%<\/strong> from 9604.48 tonnes to 8015.20 tonnes<\/li>\n
  2. Multi-Recycling (Plastic, Glass & Tin) \u2013 increased by 18.5%<\/strong> from 795.22 tonnes to 939.59 tonnes<\/li>\n
  3. Paper Recycling \u2013 increased by 9.6%<\/strong> from 596.90 tonnes to 654.06 tonnes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The figures also show that there was a 16.5% fall in the amount of residual (household) waste going to landfill or to the incinerator, when comparing the two periods.<\/p>\n

    This huge achievement is the result of the wheelie bin programme that was launched across the city last year, which met much disapproval and complaints from some residents. It is hoped that the success of introducing wheelie bins, which replaced black bag waste collection, will help to put the minds of those against at rest.<\/p>\n

    The success of the programme is likely to continue as homes in Yardley, Hall Green and Hodge Hill have recently received their bins, and homes in Sutton Coldfield, Erdington and Perry Barr will be expecting their bins within the next two months.<\/p>\n

    It is the councils aim to have rolled wheelie bins out across the whole city by the end of 2015.<\/h3>\n

    If you\u2019re from Birmingham and have been issued with a household wheelie bin<\/a> let us know your thoughts. Do you think the wheelie bin programme has been a success?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Since the controversial wheelie bin programme, which saw 22,000 wheelie bins rolled out across Birmingham, there has been a huge increase in recycling rates across the city. Recent figures show that there has been an impressive 18.5% increase in recycling over the last year. Ladywood, Aston, Winson Green and Nechells were some of the first areas to receive their wheelie bins, now almost a year ago. Since then Bin Men have reported that they now collect more plastics, glass, tins and paper than they used to. And the statistics are there to back up these claims. Birmingham Council\u2019s figures comparing… Read more <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recycling"],"yoast_head":"\nBirmingham has wheelie bin success - Wheelie Bins Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wheelie bins rolled out to homes across Birmingham have help decrease the amount of waste sent to landfill. Read more on Birmingham's recycling success here\" \/>\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\/birmingham-has-wheelie-bin-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Birmingham has wheelie bin success - Wheelie Bins Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wheelie bins rolled out to homes across Birmingham have help decrease the amount of waste sent to landfill. Read more on Birmingham's recycling success here\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/birmingham-has-wheelie-bin-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wheelie Bins Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-20T11:16:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-01T16:44:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/04\/wheelie-bin-birmingham.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"266\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\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\/birmingham-has-wheelie-bin-success\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/birmingham-has-wheelie-bin-success\/\",\"name\":\"Birmingham has wheelie bin success - Wheelie Bins Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-20T11:16:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-01T16:44:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/#\/schema\/person\/b933ef44c2b39a8541ac1b7550884ce9\"},\"description\":\"Wheelie bins rolled out to homes across Birmingham have help decrease the amount of waste sent to landfill. Read more on Birmingham's recycling success here\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/birmingham-has-wheelie-bin-success\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/birmingham-has-wheelie-bin-success\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/birmingham-has-wheelie-bin-success\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Birmingham has wheelie bin success\"}]},{\"@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 & Info from Wheelie Bins Direct2U\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/#\/schema\/person\/b933ef44c2b39a8541ac1b7550884ce9\",\"name\":\"direct2u\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d857f6c299b80df115111e308c9d083?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d857f6c299b80df115111e308c9d083?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"direct2u\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.direct2u.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/author\/direct2u\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Birmingham has wheelie bin success - Wheelie Bins Blog","description":"Wheelie bins rolled out to homes across Birmingham have help decrease the amount of waste sent to landfill. Read more on Birmingham's recycling success here","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/birmingham-has-wheelie-bin-success\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Birmingham has wheelie bin success - Wheelie Bins Blog","og_description":"Wheelie bins rolled out to homes across Birmingham have help decrease the amount of waste sent to landfill. Read more on Birmingham's recycling success here","og_url":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/birmingham-has-wheelie-bin-success\/","og_site_name":"Wheelie Bins Blog","article_published_time":"2015-04-20T11:16:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-01T16:44:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":266,"url":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/04\/wheelie-bin-birmingham.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"direct2u","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"direct2u","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/birmingham-has-wheelie-bin-success\/","url":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/birmingham-has-wheelie-bin-success\/","name":"Birmingham has wheelie bin success - Wheelie Bins Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-04-20T11:16:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-01T16:44:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/#\/schema\/person\/b933ef44c2b39a8541ac1b7550884ce9"},"description":"Wheelie bins rolled out to homes across Birmingham have help decrease the amount of waste sent to landfill. Read more on Birmingham's recycling success here","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/birmingham-has-wheelie-bin-success\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/birmingham-has-wheelie-bin-success\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/birmingham-has-wheelie-bin-success\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Birmingham has wheelie bin success"}]},{"@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 & Info from Wheelie Bins Direct2U","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/#\/schema\/person\/b933ef44c2b39a8541ac1b7550884ce9","name":"direct2u","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d857f6c299b80df115111e308c9d083?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d857f6c299b80df115111e308c9d083?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"direct2u"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.direct2u.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/author\/direct2u\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1242,"href":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions\/1242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/direct2u.co.uk\/blog\/wheelie-bins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}