Too Many Wheelie Bins!!!!!!!

aqua111

I live in a row of 8 Semis with equally small gardens.
3 of the Homeowners (including myself) live alone and have 4 wheelie bins each!
Red, green, brown and grey.
As the gardens are small it is impossible to hide them.
Surely there is a better way for single households.:(

PasturesNew

Yes, these rules etc are decided by people with families, who live in bigger houses, with enough outside space.

pimento

Separating my rubbish makes me mad. I'm pretty sure it all ends up on a container ship to China to go in landfill, anyway.

Sophie-1

In our area they are starting to introduce these, I think its only to save money.

SailorSam

At the moment i've got 4 wheelie of my own but the people next door have got their house up for sale and don't want any clutter so i've also got 5 of their wheelie bins on my path as well.

hollydays

Could you ask for the half size bins? What are these bins for?

aqua111

hollydays wrote: »

Could you ask for the half size bins? What are these bins for?

No half sizes!
I am not sure as my Partner has his own house and takes home the plastic, cans and paper etc as he also lves alone and it would take an age to fill the 8 bins we have between us!!!!

SailorSam

We have small size wheelies, we also have extra large wheelies.
You've just got to ask for whatever best suits your lifestyle.

aqua111

No small bins in Preston.
I asked some time ago but will check again.

donnac2558

In Belfast only pensioners got the smaller wheelie bins. In fact last year the council came round and replaced all the smaller blue recycling bins with the larger ones. We have three wheelie bins black household, blue recycling, brown garden and then the large purple box for glass jars and bottles.

TBagpuss

My previous council stopped doing the smaller size bins. I had 2 small ones (general rubbish (grey) and garden waste (green) but when they introduced a third one (plastic bottles and cardboard) there was on option to have a smaller bin or a box. No explanation as to why they thought a 240l bin was needed for cardboard and plastic bottles, either. We also had black recycling boxes for paper, glass and tins.

New place is much more civilized. One wheelie bin for normal rubbish, plus green box for paper and glass, black box for cardboard, tins and plastic, and a brown caddy for food waste.

And unlike the previous house, where there was no option but to leave all the bins on the pavement at all times as we had no front gardens, I do now have space to keep the bins out of sight!

I don't think the councils really consider the issue of smaller households, or properties with limited space.