There is nothing worse than going to a fast-food restaurant or toilet for that matter and having to use your hands to operate the bin. Talk about un-hygienic. So I thought today I would talk to you about a few options that have a hands-free (care-free) operation for at home, the office and for the [...]
Category Archives: rubbish bins
Some of the Latest Kitchen Bin Designs
The kitchen bin has the distinction of being the most used bin in the home, but that doesn’t mean it can’t look good. But good kitchen bin design is also about practicality. Kitchen bins need a good lid, and a practical method of getting it open. Here are some of the latest bin designs with [...]
Politics of the Rubbish Bin
The subject of rubbish, waste collections and wheelie bins are a common topic in the newspapers and other media. It seems the subject of rubbish bins is a hot topic, but why? The main problem with rubbish and waste collection is the sheer costs involved. Everything we throw away has to be either stored somewhere [...]
Rubbish and Pests – Eliminating Mess, Vermin and Smells
In the good old days many home owners had a large metal dustbin that they would place all their rubbish into before placing the large heavy lid on top. However, times move on and very few of us have a metal rubbish bin; instead a wide variety of wheelie bins and recycling bins adorn our [...]
Intelligent Bins – Sensor Bins
When it comes to disposing of rubbish, there is only one place it can go: the rubbish bin. However, the process of disposing of rubbish can be problematic in certain scenarios. Cooks, medical practitioners and people who work in the food industry are frequent users of waste bins, however, the problem for these people and [...]
Rubbish Story – What happens to our Waste?
Every year in England alone we throw away some 25.5 million tonnes of rubbish in our waste bins and it increases each and every year as we throw more and more rubbish away, and the population continues to expand. That’s enough rubbish to fill every Premiership football stadium in the country and with such large [...]
The Most Controversial Bin in History – The Wheelie Bin
Never has something so innocent and mundane caused as much controversy since its inception than the wheelie bin. Wheelie bins have been around since the 1970’s and since their introduction in British society they are rarely out of the headlines. There have even been campaigns by British newspapers to get them banned from the streets [...]
Why the Dustbin Matters – Importance of the External Bin
They say that in the city, you are never more than ten yards from a rat, whether this is true or not, one thing is clear, if you live in an urban area rubbish bags and unsecured bins are a real menace when it comes to attracting vermin. The increase in littering around the cities [...]
Home Improvement Tips – What about the Rubbish Bins?
How our homes look says a lot about our characters and personality which is why each year in the UK alone £ billions are spent by people renovating, redecorating and replacing furniture around the home. Nearly every aspect of somebody’s home can be altered to match other aspects of the home but surprisingly very few [...]
Types of Waste Bin around the Home
We probably have one in each room of the house and yet very rarely give them a seconds thought but the humble waste bin is an important part of keeping our homes clean and tidy and without them we may find ourselves knee deep in rubbish before we know it. Yet the different types of [...]
History of the Dustbin
Most of us have one and probably have done for most of our lives but very few of us give the humble dustbin much thought. But in fact the dustbin has gone through dramatic changes which have coincided with changes that our society has been through over the last hundred years of so. Whether you [...]
Types of Public Waste Bin
We probably walk past dozens each day and not give them a second thought but the public waste bin is a crucial part of ensuring we are not wading down the high street knee-deep in discarded rubbish. But unlike internal waste bins for our homes and offices, the public litter bin has to cope with [...]
Recycling Bins – Getting it right
Recycling has become a big industry over recent years. Not only are more and more people opting to recycle to ease their environmental conscience but also many local authorities and councils are insisting that residents and businesses start recycling. And fines and penalty notices are now being handed out to home and business owners who [...]
The Gardener’s Friend – The Gardening Waste Bin
Any good gardener knows the importance of a good gardening bin. It seems it doesn’t matter whether we are weeding, mowing, planting or seeding the garden is a key place for generating waste. Many of us are now fortunate to receive gardening bins for our household gardening waste but so much more can be done [...]
Keeping the School Yard Clean
One of the biggest problems with running a school, college, university or other educational establishment is keeping the grounds tidy and litter-free. Schools and colleges can very quickly become untidy, partly because they house hundreds of young people with appetites for crisps and snacks. Most of this rubbish is responsibly discarded in the school litter [...]
