Reminder on Carmarthenshire wheelie bins
Householders are being reminded that black/blue bags will not be collected from wheelie bins. Residents are being urged to remove the bags from the wheeled containers before putting out for collection at the kerbside. The council’s refuse/recycling crews are unable to collect from wheeled containers for health and safety reasons as there is an increased risk of injury due to the repetitive way in which staff would have to bend to collect the bags of unknown weight. The bins are designed for mechanical emptying and not manual. The council was able to collect from wheelie bins in previous years as the refuse Lorries used had a mechanical lift on the rear. However, these Lorries had to be phased out as the green bin/blue bag recycling scheme was introduced. The council continues to collect from ordinary dustbins, as long as the waste is bagged. If the waste was loose it would mean staff would have to physically lift the bin over the height of the lorry well and whilst this may not seem to...