The wheelie bin and why it isn’t always a bad idea to have one
posted in Recycling Tips |If you live in the UK, you would have to have been living under a rock for the last six months to have not heard of the new wheelie bin recycling measures recently introduced. With proposed wheelie bins being introduced to every home in the UK by February 2008, the move has caused quite a lot of debate as to whether or not the bins will actually make the environment better or not.
Saving Space with Your Wheelie Bin
Now the main concern which many people have with the wheelie bin is whether they will be able to fit all of their rubbish into it or not. With the new fortnightly rubbish collections and the limited amount of space available in the bin, surely it can only mean trouble if not all of your rubbish can fit into it? It will attract pests such as flies which in turn will lay eggs and you will end up with maggots in your rubbish. Those maggots will then attract birds, foxes and rats and they can cause havoc in and around your home. It is simply not hygienic and there is certainly a fear that the new bins will cause a lot of problems with pests. However, it really doesn’t have to be that way.
The new bins being introduced are introduced alongside recycling bins. The new recycling bins are designed for you to put more of your waste into them so that you do not end up with as much ordinary waste as you usually would. Glass bottles, plastic bottles newspaper and cans can all be washed and placed into your recycle bin. If done properly, this can potentially save you quite a lot of space in your wheelie bin. So that would make things a lot easier for you.
Now some plastic cannot get recycled so you may find that it takes up most of the room in your wheelie bin. In order to save space, you should try to squash as much air out of the plastic bags as possible. This will obviously allow you to put more into the bin and the same goes for anything that you throw away. Ensure that you squash the waste items as much as possible before they get placed into the bin.
Generally you need to make sure that everybody in the house contributes the same way that you do. It is pointless doing your best to save space in the bin if somebody else just comes along behind you and throws in something that takes up more space than it needs to. So educate everyone in the home about what is expected of them. That way you will ensure that your efforts are not wasted and you should easily find that you can fit in all of your waste without any trouble.
Overall a wheelie bin takes up less space than dustbins do. For every wheelie type bin, it takes the place of three dustbins. So that means you have more room in your garden too. So if you have no idea how you are going to cope now that the rules have changed, remember that there are things you can do with your wheelie bin to make it more spacious to fit everything in.
Editors’ notes:
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