Holdfast Training Services Trial Blog

Karl, I have to comment on the waste bin in your blog.

It is quite uncanny that you should raise such an issue about the waste bin on your site. I was reading an article in the Times recently about Dustmen in York are threatening to boycott collections because families are leaving the handles of their wheelie bins pointing “the wrong way round”.

Residents of more than 200 homes have been told it is a “health and safety” issue. Refuse collectors claim they could be injured while turning the bins around to push to their lorries.
Town hall officials are backing them but say it is all about “efficiency” as maneuvering bins is a waste of time.

York City Council has told owners of private apartments in the Victoria Dock area that they must leave their bins in collection cages with the handles facing outwards. The only solution to this problem is for the council to task the bin design authority to rebuild the cages to accommodate bigger bins which would run on castors, making them easier to swivel around. The council refused to comment any further.

A residents’ association spokesman said: “The binmen are saying it is a health and safety issue”….. “If they have to put their hands under the lip of the bin to turn it round they might get their fingers cut if any sharp objects are sticking out.” In my opinion, is this rubbish approach is adopted then it will be a waste of tax payers money.

I think the aforementioned issue is true to your site and it is worth using this case as an example of how to correctly situate the waste bins on your site. Of course, you could refuse!