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Plastic Fantastic: Why Plastic is the Perfect Material for Wheelie Bins

Wheelie bins evolved when along came plastic to give us the trusty bins we know and love today. Plastic gets a bad press and in many cases, rightly so. But when it comes to bins, plastic wheelies are the unsung heroes. They are the tough, durable soldiers who report for duty and do their job every day, no matter the weather.

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Wheelie Bin News Roundup 11th November

In this weeks' Wheelie Bin News Roundup around 3000 homes across Northampton could move to fortnightly wheelie bin collections over the next few weeks. At this time of year, it might seem like appeals from the fire service and police fall on deaf ears, but it appears the warnings about not deliberately starting fires have got through to some people. Fire crews in Merseyside dealt with 40% less deliberately started fires than they did last Bonfire Night, according to figures and a couple in Northamptonshire got a big surprise when a bull broke into their property and decided to headbutt their wheelie bin, trample their lawn, do its business on their patio, and then took an hour-long nap...

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Wheelie Bin News Roundup 28th November

In this weeks' Wheelie Bin News Roundup a couple in Leicester fined for leaving their wheelie bin in the street after collections have ended up being chased by the council for £1000 in costs after they didn’t pay the original fine. The annual charge for green waste collections in South Ribble, Lancashire will be reduced from £30 to £25 from April 2020 and it’s that time of year again, when fire services across the UK are having to issue warnings about nuisance wheelie bin fires...

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Wheelie Bin News Roundup 14th October

In this weeks' Wheelie Bin News Roundup an engineer in the US has invented a self-driving wheelie bin that takes itself to the kerbside on collection day, rogue wheelie bins in Bradford are angering local residents into taking action, thousands of families in Cheshire have been told that their bin collection day will change as part of a revamp of services and a year after Merton Council introduced a controversial new bin collection service, recycling rates have soared to record levels...

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Recycle More Glass in Your Hospitality Business with Bottle Bins

We all enjoy a night out in a bar or restaurant, and inevitably, we get through a few bottles of beer, or a bottle of wine (or two). Have you thought about how many glass bottles hospitality businesses must get through?

 

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Wheelie Bin News Roundup 30th September

In this weeks' Wheelie Bin News Roundup Gwynedd Council are implementing fines for people who leave their bins out all day, Greenwich has installed 'litter-crushing' smart bins in an attempt to have the 'cleanest streets in London' and a survey has revealed that people are turning to a growing black market to buy stolen Wheelie Bins due to less frequent collections...

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Wheelie Bins

Wheelie bins might not be the most glamorous of things, but they have an important job to do. We like to think of them as the unsung heroes of our daily lives. So what are they made from and what makes our bins so durable and reliable? Let us tell you!

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Wheelie Bin News Roundup 16th September

In this weeks' Wheelie Bin News Roundup Burnley Council is getting ready to upgrade recycling collections by delivering new wheelie bins to 22,000 homes. Also a freedom of information request has found that more than 50,000 rubbish bins have not been collected by refuse collectors in Suffolk since 2015 and an overhaul of bin collections in Croydon last year has led to a nine percent increase in the borough’s recycling rate...

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Bin Men Who Found the Weirdest Things in the Trash

Do you ever find your job just a little bit soul-destroying? Spare a thought for these refuse collectors who got more than they bargained for while they were on their rounds...

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Will We Be Sending More Waste To Landfill After a No-Deal Brexit?

Could a no-deal Brexit see more waste being sent to landfill? There are concerns among those in the waste industry that a no-deal outcome could disrupt the export of waste to EU facilities so the waste in question would probably end up in landfill.

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