Wheely Bin Locks UP DATE 6/10/06

seanmckeever

I live in an appartment block and my wheely bins are stored in a bin enclouser area along with 20 other bins.

Dose anyone know of any Companys that sell Gravity Locks for wheely bins!

Seakay

Found this, don't know if this is your area or if these are national companies:

http://www.dlrcoco.ie/env/gravitylocks.htm

abisnail75

Having this problem myself. However, think they are only readily available in Ireland at the moment as many areas in Ireland are charging households by the kilogramme for disposal and has therefore become an issue. Will investigate further if I can as I work in the waste industry but I don't hold out much hope on an individual basis. Most of the bin manufacturers make them but need to be ordered up front I think.

Sorry I can't be of more help. A.

SusanCarter

Are the bins personally allocated and do they all end up overflowing by the time they're emptied? I used to live in a block of flats and there were enough bins for one for each flat but (17) but only about seven were actually used. Loads of them blew down the back road as they were empty and nobody ever moved them back as they weren't really needed. I just used to put my rubbish in the nearest bin with space. I'm not saying you don't need a lock as obviously the set up where you are may be completely different to what I experienced but it would be a shame to spend the money unless you really have to.

abisnail75

I dream of empty wheelie bins! I'm not too bad and tend to have some room left after 2 weeks due to my recycling. However, my neighbours aren't very good and I'm swamped with black bin bags littered around the bin sheds attracting rats and flies. Quite often they are desperate and fill my bin too.

I do have sympathy for one neighbour as we have half size bins due to space restrictions and they are a family of 4 with the children both in nappies. They also don't have a car so can't go to the tip. But that's why I want a lock too as I want my bin to still have room in it the night I put out the rubbish before it's collected!!!

seanmckeever

Sometime ago I posted a request regarding wheelie bin locks.

After weeks of reserching I have found a lock that can be fitted to wheelie bins.

This lock can be fitted to most makes of 2 wheeled bins.

The lock, when fitted to the lid can only be opened with the key provided while the bin is sitting on the ground.

On collection day the bin is put out as normal for the collectors. No need to unlock the bin as the lid opens when the bin is lifted up into the colectors lorry just as the bin tilts forward.

Its great, cos now no one but myself can fill my bin, better still the management company that looks after the development where I live had also asked me to fit the locks to all the bins in the development and they paid me for the job.

I think I may be on a winner!

The cost of supply and fitting the lock was around £35.00.

Not much considering each owner now has to use their own bin and when the local Council implements a policy of pay by weight at least I won`t be over charged!

ailuro2

good for you!

You could have a nice wee sideline going round the flats in your are offering the same service!

Altarf

I can see the local authority refusing to empty the bins as they now cannot check that there is anything prohibited in a bin before it is emptied into the back of the lorry.

sophie_maxwell

How do they check for stuff like grass if it's say in the bottom of a wheelie bin in a black bag?

seanmckeever

The fitting of locks on the wheely bins will not make any difference to the collectors regarding bags of grass or any other items that are in the bottom of the bins. If the collectors were to check every bin before the bin was emptied, the collectors would surely have to remove all the contents of the bin. I had never saw this happing and the Local authorities do not have any problems with the locks.
The Management Company encourage all the Residents in the development to follow the Local authorities recycling program and this project so far is working.

However, all comments to this post is intresting.

Altarf

seanmckeever wrote:

The fitting of locks on the wheely bins will not make any difference to the collectors regarding bags of grass or any other items that are in the bottom of the bins. If the collectors were to check every bin before the bin was emptied, the collectors would surely have to remove all the contents of the bin. I had never saw this happing

Just because they never did before doesn't mean they won't want to now. Previously if they wanted to check they could, even if they chose not to. Now they cannot even if they want to.

I appreciate the practicalities of checking the contents, but that has not stopped local authorities from taking people to court for putting the 'wrong' thing in the bin. With councils now enforcing recycling, it is now a case of making sure that there are no recyclable items in the general waste bin and only recyclable items in the recyclable bin.

seanmckeever wrote:

the Local authorities do not have any problems with the locks.

I hope you have that in writing from someone in authority, and are not just taking the fact that to date the bins have been emptied that everything is OK.