Wheelie bin 'cupboards'???

[Box Brownie]

Hi all

We are planning on re-locating our 3 wheelie bins, yes three of them......................all different colours depending on the type of waste where to disguise how awefull they look hope to place them in a housing.

I have seen various commercial (self assembly) types but what is anything are you using and would you recommend it?

TIA for your insights and links as to what to consider to buy

 

[Paul W. H]

Make sure you have space for a 4th, 5th ...

 

[MatBin]

As above, agreed. We used to have 2 bins, now it's 3 plus a couple of boxes.

 

[tijuana taxi]

Some people stuck what looked like camo sticky back plastic on their bins, looked awful and now its all peeling off.
General waste one might chuck up a bit after a fortnight during the summer in a hot cupboard

Oldies near me are always going on about how unsightly the bins are.
Considerably better option than the black bags that the foxes ripped up

 

[Tigger.ufo]

If you put these together properly they are pretty good ..... but only for 2 bins (unless yours are small!)


www.keter.com/en/store-it-out-ultra

 

[srichards]

The cheap bamboo fencing might work. Just make an area to hide them behind.

 

[Box Brownie]

If you put these together properly they are pretty good ..... but only for 2 bins (unless yours are small!)


www.keter.com/en/store-it-out-ultra

Thanks for the link......will need to check actual sizes but think ours are 120litre capacity???

 

[Box Brownie]

The cheap bamboo fencing might work. Just make an area to hide them behind.

Good point ~ needs to be a combination of "look", convenience and just how straightforward to place for access & usability.

 

[bass_junkie83]

We have three bins, and if we had the space then this is what I would go for.
https://www.wayfair.co.uk/garden/pd...ple-wheelie-wooden-garbage-shed-hooo1372.html

 

[Bristolian]

If you put these together properly they are pretty good ..... but only for 2 bins (unless yours are small!)


www.keter.com/en/store-it-out-ultra

We've got one of those in the garden - full of lawn mower, strimmer, patio chairs, et al. Really sturdy and doesn't let the rain in.

 

[Dale.]

I've given up on hiding ours and just accepted that they're there, it's ridicolous. We have a 'general waste' bin, a composting bin, a glass bin, a card bin, a plastic and can bin, a food bin indoors and outdoors as well as, wait for it, 2 bins for 'surplus' for when the others are full.

That's 9 in total!

We'd need an 6x4 shed for that lot!

Have you considered building one? Some timber from a sawmill would be cheap enough and you could build it to your own spec.

 

[the black fox]

We had three at one point as well as bag x3 ,food bin ,box for glass . But earlier this year the council decided to bring in a £30 charge per brown bin for the pleasure of emptying the brown bins so that’s 2 bins returned to the tip and I have picked up 3 one for each garden mega sized 4ft + plus high compost bins for a fiver each supplied and subsidised by the local council you honestly couldn’t make it up

 

[Cobra]

That's 9 in total!

That is absolutely bloody crazy!
Black bag for household general waste ( which we now have to buy, seems it saves the council about £1m / year ...)
Pink bag for mixed recyclables ( supplied)
Small blue box for glass
Green wheelie bin (Optional) for garden and food waste.
These were free many years ago, but I think they are more recently charging a one off £30 fee for new adopters.

 

[Dale.]

That is absolutely bloody crazy!

Indeed,,, and they expect all the cans/glass washed. Oh, and another thing, we are asked not to put out our plastics bin on windy days and keep it all until the next 'wind free, bin day'.

They overflow after a week.

Our council has shot itself in the foot with the new trolleys that hold the card, plastic/cans, glass bins, I see more landfill in their future.

 

[Byker28i]

We have a black bin for waste, a green bin for green waste, have to separate cans and bottles and cardboard and paper into separate storage tubs. Plastics go into a plastic bag.

Black wheelie bin is down the side of the house as is the black wheelie bin. I have metal storage in the garage for the 4 storage tubs for paper, glass, tins etc, then the plastic bags go in the garage also.
It's a thought isn't it, houses just arent made to put all the recycling bins

 

[Cobra]

I see more landfill in their future.

There is still a hell of a lot that goes to landfill, The problem with that is, there is only so many holes you can fill, eventually that option will disappear,
and "probably" the main reason the government raised the "landfill tax" from circa a fiver a tonne to circa £150 per tonne. ( but that is variable on certain waste)

Judging by the companies I deal with, waste goes to a transfer station to be separated, some goes to a burner, to be destroyed, some gets pressed into bales,
and shipped abroad for them to use as energy ( via burning) We are obviously way behind on this one, but slowly starting to catch up.
A small percentage actually gets re-cycled.
And the majority still goes to landfill.

 

[BBR]

I've given up on hiding ours and just accepted that they're there, it's ridicolous. We have a 'general waste' bin, a composting bin, a glass bin, a card bin, a plastic and can bin, a food bin indoors and outdoors as well as, wait for it, 2 bins for 'surplus' for when the others are full.

That's 9 in total!

We'd need an 6x4 shed for that lot!

Have you considered building one? Some timber from a sawmill would be cheap enough and you could build it to your own spec.

Yep. My property looks like a waste disposal yard with all the recycling bins we have to have. Recently read an article in CIWM mag that claims recycling plastic is causing the sea pollution, and should be used as RDF.