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Wheelie Bin News Roundup 24th September

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.  

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Croydon Residents Petition Against Introduction of New Wheelie Bins

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.  

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Wheelie Bin News Roundup 10th September

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.

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All-In-One' Wheelie Bin Replaces Recycling Boxes in Northampton

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.  

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Wheelie Bin News Roundup 27th August

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.  

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Business Owners in Perth Demand Action as Gull Problem Persists

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. 

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Wheelie Bin News Roundup 13th August

This weeks Wheelie Bin Roundup features stories includiung residents are furious in Greenock after their wheelie bins were taken away by the council, almost two thirds of recycling collected in Barrow is classed as comtaminated with offenders being targeted by the council, and finally a couple ordered a camera online, only for the delivery driver to leave the item in a recycling box which was subsequently collected.

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A New Font Has Been Created from Letters Scrawled on Bins

A new font has been created that has been made up entirely from letters that have been scrawled onto peoples wheelie bins.  Already downloaded over 3700 times, Frazer Price started taking photographs of bins and isolating the litters to create a font.  

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Wheelie Bin News Roundup 30th July

This weeks Wheelie Bin News Roundup features stories including the introduction of wheelie bins across Bridgend to help the county plastic free, 950 wheelie bins were reported last year in Sunderland, which has gone up from 800 the year before, and finally a Welsh student has been living off produce that supermarkets have thrown out.  

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Heatwave Leads to Changes in Bin Collection

With the recent spell of hot weather has forced many of the local collections to alter their collection times for safety of their staff and provide less risk of pest infections, as a result of this, many councils have increased collections in parks and city centres.  Some councils have atttracted scrutiny for not increasing their collections, Wigan for example are still on 3 week collections.  

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