cheap wheelie bin

zooankski · 7 Oct 2009 at 19:48

Any one know the best place to pick up a cheap wheelie bin? there are loads online but it is hard to see what sort of quality they are and i do not want the bottom to fall out after a week.On the other hand i don't want to pay an arm and a leg!

NeoVo · 7 Oct 2009 at 19:50

Ring your local council?

aa6972 · 7 Oct 2009 at 19:57

just out of interest why are you paying for your own wheelie bin?

Duke · 7 Oct 2009 at 19:59

Our council does cheap used ones, only a tenner or something.

twist3d0n3 · 7 Oct 2009 at 20:01

cambridge council are absolutely USELESS, i can see why the OP is getting his own bin...

chrism · 7 Oct 2009 at 20:01

pinch next doors

Greenlizard0 · 7 Oct 2009 at 20:01

Go to your local council. We get really solid sturdy purple bins around here that people then steal.
Edit :

chrism said:
pinch next doors

Kutter · 7 Oct 2009 at 20:07

B&Q £20 if i remeber correctly. they are exactly the same as the council use round here

Monkeynut · 7 Oct 2009 at 20:07

chrism said:
pinch next doors

Problem with this: If they think on the same lines, they'll pinch it back.

aa6972 · 7 Oct 2009 at 20:18

will the council still pick them up even if they are your bins?

TaKeN · 7 Oct 2009 at 20:43

aa6972 said:
will the council still pick them up even if they are your bins?

No chance, ours won't.

They will only take the Black or Green bin, nothing else by the side of it (bags etc) I think they sometimes refuse taking it if the lid isn't closed properly :eek:

zooankski · 7 Oct 2009 at 20:46

The bin is for my bro in london so using the local council is out. Also they are useless as has already been pointed out!

I will take a look in B and Q then i guess.

Kennysevenfold · 7 Oct 2009 at 20:59

chrism said:
pinch next doors

This.

I have 3

haha

Bit tbh, im sure the council will give you one free?

zooankski · 7 Oct 2009 at 21:12

apparently they will not give him one and so he now has a small rat problem out the back :rolleyes:

Kennysevenfold · 7 Oct 2009 at 21:20

zooankski said:
apparently they will not give him one and so he now has a small rat problem out the back

Thats weird? why wont they?

I just said mine got stole and they delivered one within a week.

Fourstar · 7 Oct 2009 at 21:25

zooankski said:
apparently they will not give him one and so he now has a small rat problem out the back

So does he leave his bags on the street for collection?

If he just wants storage until collection day tell him to look round the local pound/hardware shops they normally have metal dustbins on sale. Failing that B&Q do them for something like £25.

Cosmic182 · 7 Oct 2009 at 21:26

Hide yours in the garage...Ring your council up and say some chavs have nicked it! then when you have 2 give one to your bro.

jak731 · 7 Oct 2009 at 21:27

I think leeds council is the worst for bins atm, my street smells, bins haven't been emptied for over a month.

Cob · 7 Oct 2009 at 21:39

We get charged £50 for a new bin.

I tend to go ballistic if it's still sitting out on the street when I get home from work on a Thursday evening. Needs to be brought in as soon as it's been emptied before some **** nicks it yet again.

Speaking of which...is it black bin or blue bin day tomoro...?

Begbie · 7 Oct 2009 at 21:45

Steal one, gets my vote. Used to do it as a kid, for the wheels, for our karts.