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Headlines - from the national press
 
Daily Mail, 16th July 2007
MPs: Fortnightly bin collections are an unworkable mess
Fortnightly rubbish collections have been branded an unworkable mess likely to increase fly-tipping, confuse the public and provoke protest riots.
MPs say councils have 'blundered' into scrapping traditional weekly rounds!
photo of waste collection vehicle

The Metro, 15th July 2007
Recycling push is trashed
Recycling to be rubbished?
Fortnightly rubbish collections may not encourage recycling and could lead to widespread fly-tipping, MPs warn in a report.
photo of waste collection vehicle

Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2007
Stolen wheelie bin found in Bulgaria
A wheelie bin from Peterborough was spotted more than 1,200 miles away - being used to mix cement in Bulgaria.
More than 2,500 bins, worth £30 each, have disappeared from Peterborough, Cambs, in the past year.
 

Daily Telegraph, 5th May 2007
Wheelie bin thefts 'rise after cut in collections'
The scrapping of weekly waste collections has been blamed for a spate of wheelie bin thefts around the country.
Victims suspect their neighbours have taken their bins to store the extra rubbish caused by fortnightly collections.
 

Daily Mail, 4th April 2007
Youth 'burning wheelie bins to get high'
A warning was issued today about the dangers of teenagers sniffing the fumes from burning wheelie bins to get high.
Police in South Yorkshire believe dozens of bins in the Barnsley area may have been torched by youths in order to inhale the toxic plastic fumes.
 

The Bucks Herald, 27th March 2007
Arsonist sets fire to wheelie bin
FIREFIGHTERS dealt with another bin fire in Aylesbury last night (Monday).
Suspected arsonists started a bin fire in Edinburgh playing fields, Cherwell Road, Aylesbury.
A firecrew from Aylesbury Station attended the incident, at around 9.45pm.
photo of fire engines in attendance

Daily Mail, 16th March 2007
The 250,000 families with a spy in the bins
The first official trials of pay-as-you-throw rubbish technology have started, paving the way for wheelie bin taxes.
Nearly 250,000 households have had microchips fitted to their rubbish bins in a test of the equipment necessary for sending families bills according to how full their bins are.
 

Daily Express, 23rd November 2006
Now we'll have to stand guard over our bins all night
Hard Line: Tough new rules mean refuse must now be sorted or council chiefs will impose fines.
 

Daily Express, 23rd November 2006
£100 fine if you dump food in the wrong bin
Householders face a £100 fine for dumping food in the wrong bin under a council's new dustbin diktat.
 

The Daily Mail, 20th November 2006
The Daily Mail also revealed that nearly 100 people a day are being fined under laws that punish householders for leaving wheelie bin lids open.
More than 33,000 were given on the spot penalties in the 12 months after the crackdown was launched.
 

The Sun, 16th November 2006
Rubbish Break-In
Burglars carted off their haul of computers in a Wheelie Bin after raiding Kingsthorpe Community College, Northampton.
 

The Mail on Sunday, 22nd October 2006
The First Recycling Martyr
A single scrap of paper in a bin for glass and tins means this young man now has a criminal record which will blight his entire life.
FINED: Michael Reeves had to pay £200
photo of Michael Reeves showing fine

The Sun, 16th October 2006
Bins ID Alert
Nearly half of Britian's household rubbish bins contain all the information a fraudster needs to steal a person’s identity, a new survey shows.
 

The Daily Express, 23rd September 2006
First the bin bug spies, now £100 fines if you put out extra rubbish.
Householders face being fined £100 for putting out extra bag of rubbish.
Extreme new rules mean any refuse that does not fit into a bin and is put out for collection by the dustman can be classed as fly-tipping.
 

The Bucks Herald, 13th January 2006
Hunt for Wheelie Bin Arsonist
LIVES are being put at risk after a rash of wheelie bin arsons in Aylesbury and Long Crendon says Bucks Fire Service.
The warning comes after 12 wheelie bin arsons in the Tring Road area alone in the last three weeks.
Concern for public safety is growing after a wheelie bin fire came dangerously close to exploding a gas main in Grecian Street, off Tring Road last week.
Just last Monday, a Long Crendon family of five were left without a home when fire spread from a wheelie bin to their house, gutting three bedrooms in the process. Fortunately the occupiers were away visiting family on the night of the fire.
The alarming regularity of the arson attacks has prompted Bucks Fire Service to appeal to householders and businesses to be extra vigilant.
Community safety partnership manager Keith Wheeler underlined the seriousness of the fires, all of which have been in the early hours of the morning.
photo of the burnt out bin and fire marks up the wall