Large bin for £50

brownbabygirl

Hello, moved to a new rented place and the council want £50 for a larger bin. In our old borough outside London this was not charged for. I resent paying for something that we may not even take with at the end of the tenancy. I am looking for perhaps second hand but have not been able to find one. Any ideas? this is Harrow council. thanks

Hedgehog99

Surely if you're renting, your landlord should supply a wheelie bin if your council will not collect sacks? £50 is a fair price.

Our council charge for wheelie bins for landfill waste, but supply the mixed recycling and garden/food waste bins free because they want to encourage recycling.

Landofwood

Hedgehog99 wrote: »

Surely if you're renting, your landlord should supply a wheelie bin if your council will not collect sacks? £50 is a fair price.

Our council charge for wheelie bins for landfill waste, but supply the mixed recycling and garden/food waste bins free because they want to encourage recycling.

OP said larger bin not bin. If you don't have an exceptional reason for needing a larger bin than everyone else manages to get by with, you have to pay for it.

brownbabygirl

Landofwood wrote: »

OP said larger bin not bin. If you don't have an exceptional reason for needing a larger bin than everyone else manages to get by with, you have to pay for it.

The reason is we are a family of 5 with 3 kids in nappies so it fills up quick. I think even with a reason they would still charge. I will just have to suck it up!

Landofwood

brownbabygirl wrote: »

The reason is we are a family of 5 with 3 kids in nappies so it fills up quick. I think even with a reason they would still charge. I will just have to suck it up!

It may vary by council. My council assesses needs and provides a large bin if they agree you need one.

Do you have a local tip? My wife forgot to put the bin out while I was away last week, so I've had to do a couple of trips to the household waste recycle unit.

pathtofreedom

Ask the landlord, they can only say no, then ask to go halves, again they can only say no.

patman99

Switch to terry nappies. You not only reduce the amount of waste, but can save up to £1,000 per child per year over the costs of disposables (and that includes the cost of laundry).

Lord_Baltimore

patman99 wrote: »

Switch to terry nappies.

Switching to Terry's nappies is a very good idea. When the nappies are full, simply return them to Terry and save £pounds on disposal costs.

Corelli

I know it isn't the answer you are looking for but it really would be worth looking into using re-useables. It is really not the hassle you might expect, and there are big advantages both environmentally and financially. It is also thought that children in reusables find it easier to transition away from nappies as they are more aware of the wet feeling, rather than having all the wee locked away in those crystals.

There are helpful threads on here, and a short google found that Harrow Council will give a grant to help parents swap over. I do hope this is up to date information.

http://www.green-me.co.uk/real_nappies_your_council.php?search_text=harrow&Submit1=search+council

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Harrow London Borough Council

Grants of up to £160 are available to Harrow residents who are willing to convert to cotton nappies.
real nappy officer:
email: [EMAIL="publicrealm@harrow.gov.uk"]publicrealm@harrow.gov.uk[/EMAIL]
phone: 020 8424 1770
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rosie383

I agree with the others on the re-usable nappies. Yes, there are more laundry costs, but definitely it pays for itself in the long run. Worth a try coming into the summer months when you can get them dried outside. And plenty of people sell used but good clean ones. I used ones which had been used for three babies before mine and they were still in fantastic condition. Sometimes people will even be glad to give them away for free.

LannieDuck

Our council will provide a large bin for families of 5+. Worth checking whether yours will.