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Wheeled bins

Reduce it!

From early April until the end of June 2008, we will be delivering 180 litre wheeled bins for household waste. You can start using it as soon as you receive it, as there is no change to the weekly collection routine.

Details of how to use the bin and what you can put in it will be delivered with the bin. All bins will have an electronic identity tag that will help the council manage and improve the service. More information about using your grey-lidded bin for household waste.

When can you expect your bin?

• Salisbury, Laverstock and Wilton – April
• Northern Area – May
• Western Area – May/June
• Southern Area – June

Why wheeled bins?

Plastic wheeled bins have been in use in the UK for well over 20 years. There are more households using wheeled bins than any other container. They are easy to handle and provide most householders with the best means of storing and moving waste. They also prevent vermin getting to your waste. Providing the lid is closed, waste is properly contained with no spillage or littering as there can be with torn bags. Wheeled bins are also much safer for the refuse collectors to move and empty. See Image showing sizes of wheelie bins 22kb.

Kerbside collection of plastic bottles and cardboard for recycling starts October 2008

From mid-August until the end of September, we will be delivering a second wheeled bin in readiness for an October start for this new fortnightly service. These 180 litre bins will be fitted with a blue lid and you can use them straight away for your cardboard. Please – no plastic bottles until October. Until we deliver this bin we will continue to collect cardboard separately on the same day as your black box. More information about the blue-lidded bins.

Garden waste

Between April and July 2008 wheeled bins will be available for those who would like the council to remove their garden waste.

Assisted collections

If you require assistance with any of your waste and recycling collections, including your new wheeled bin, you may be eligible for the assisted collections service.