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This weeks Wheelie Bin Roundup includes stories about Cheshire East Council announcing plans to introduce charges for replacement wheelie bins, residents in areas of Liverpool are dumping dirty nappies in back alleyways despite warnings from the council, and finally a driver involved in a high speed chase was found hiding from the police in a wheelie bin.  

A group of neighbours are hoping that a petition they have started will convince the council that their new homes are not suitable for new wheelie bins .  Croydon council have said the move from boxes to wheelie bins is expected to increase recycling in the area.  

This weeks Wheelie Bin Roundup features stories including a badger being rescued by the RSPCA after getting stuck in a wheelie bin, residents of a block of flats have blamed the bin men for a rat infestation, and bin police are able to call to people's homes and businesses and demand to see receipts of waste disposal.

In Wigan on a daily basis thirty wheelie bins are lost, damage or stolen, which the council are having to fit the bill for.  For this reason residents will now be charged £35 to receive a new bin which they say would cover the admin fee and delivery costs of the bin.  

Residents in Northampton are having their recycle boxes changed for an 'all-in-one' wheelie bin, with all residents due theirs by the 14th September and the new collection schedule set to start on the 17th.  

Yet another story about a council making cutbacks to waste collections, Derbyshire Dales Council is considering the change to monthly waste collections in a bid to save more money.   The council say that other councils are already doing this and it has boosted recycling in their area.  

This weeks wheelie bin news roundup includes stories about an abundance of wheelie bins going missing in Stroud and Gloucester, 50 Derby brown wheelie bins ended up on a beach in Bulgaria with no explanation on how they got there, and finally a whole array of items has been pulled out of a pond in Sunderland including wheelie bins and a crossbow bolt.  

There are a massive 28,000 homes without wheelie bins across Merseyside, with half of this figure in Bottle.  Residents in Bottle are still having to use black bags, an action group has said that it gives the area a bad image and that they are concerned that the rubbish will attract rats.  

Businesses in Perty city centre are demanding the council take action after rubbish bags were ripped open by seagulls and left the contents strewn around the streets.  The council have since confirmed they are considering a proposal for the use of communal rubbish bins to help combat this issue in the future.