banneredit
1,703
edits
Wheelie Bin: Difference between revisions
→Background: expansion of compressible waste
No edit summary |
(→Background: expansion of compressible waste) |
||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
The [[Wheelie Bin]] has been increasingly used in the UK for [[Household Waste]] and [[Commercial and Industrial Waste]] since the late 1980s, replacing metal cylindrical bins at the household and metal wheeled cylindrical bins at businesses (otherwise known as a [[Paladin]]). The wheels allow for the ease of movement to and from the waste collection lorry and around the premises where the bin is based. | The [[Wheelie Bin]] has been increasingly used in the UK for [[Household Waste]] and [[Commercial and Industrial Waste]] since the late 1980s, replacing metal cylindrical bins at the household and metal wheeled cylindrical bins at businesses (otherwise known as a [[Paladin]]). The wheels allow for the ease of movement to and from the waste collection lorry and around the premises where the bin is based. | ||
The bins are generally lifted on the rear of a waste collection vehicle (known as a [[Refuse Collection Vehicle]] or [[RCV]]) for emptying into the compaction unit of the lorry - and the focus for the waste being collected is therefore waste that is generally light and compressible. The compressible nature of the waste therefore allows the truck to gain efficiencies through volume to weight conversion, maximising the weight able to be transported on the waste collection vehicle. | The bins are generally lifted on the rear of a waste collection vehicle (known as a [[Refuse Collection Vehicle]] or [[RCV]]) for emptying into the compaction unit of the lorry - and the focus for the waste being collected is therefore waste that is generally light and compressible. The compressible nature of the [[waste]] (such as [[Cardboard]] and/or [[Residual Waste]]) therefore allows the truck to gain efficiencies through volume to weight conversion, maximising the weight able to be transported on the waste collection vehicle. | ||
==Wheelie Bin Types and Sizes== | ==Wheelie Bin Types and Sizes== | ||