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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. | |||
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[[File:4-wheel-waste-disposal-containers-35414-2291079 3 36679.1530023367 35581.1558013620.jpg|200px|left|1100 Litre Wheelie Bin image from WheelieBin Warehouse (all rights reserved)]]__TOC__ | |||
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==Background== | |||
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]] (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== | |||
The most common sizes and types of [[Wheelie Bin]] are listed below, with the smaller 120, 180 and 240 litre bins being the most common applications for [[Household Waste]]. The pictures and measurements below come from [https://wheeliebinwarehouse.com/1100-litre-wheelie-bin/ WheelieBinWarehouse] and may vary slightly from supplier to supplier. Weights and sack numbers are indicative and from WikiWaste consolidated information from a variety of sources. The European Standard is captured by [[BSI]] as [http://www.iso-iran.ir/standards/bs/BS%20EN%20840-1-2014%20,%20Mobile%20Waste%20and%20Recycling%20Containers.pdf BS EN 840] and this sets out the standardisation that, at its core, ensures the same lifting device on the rear of the [[Refuse Collection Vehicle]] lorry (known as a comb) to be compatible with all bins complying to the standard. The standard also sets out, amongst other things, minimum measurements and health and safety requirements. | |||
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! Size (litres) !! Capacity (kg) !! | ! Size (litres) !! Max. Capacity (kg) !! No. of Black Bags/Bin !! General Waste Weight Max. (kg) !! [[DMR]] Max. (kg)!! Image !! Dimensions (cm) | ||
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|120 Litre || | |120 Litre || 48 || 1 to 3 || - || - || [[File:2-wheel-waste-disposal-containers-35414-2290585 1 90326.1544447834 35024.1558013351.jpg|220px|center|120 litre Wheelie Bin image from WheelieBin Warehouse (all rights reserved)]] || [[File:Screenshot 2020-11-09 111934 14498.1619696078.jpg|300px|center|120 litre Wheelie Bin image from WheelieBin Warehouse (all rights reserved)]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|180 Litre || | |180 Litre || 72 || 2 to 4 || - || - || [[File:2-wheel-waste-disposal-containers-35414-2290641 64487.1558013820.jpg|150px|center|180 litre Wheelie Bin image from WheelieBin Warehouse (all rights reserved)]] || [[File:180L Technical Drawings 10204.1619696121.jpg|300px|center|180 litre Wheelie Bin image from WheelieBin Warehouse (all rights reserved)]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|240 Litre || | |240 Litre || 96 || 3 to 5 || 20 ||15 ||[[File:MayGreen240 93858.1556634624.png|150px|center|240 Litre Wheelie Bin image from WheelieBin Warehouse (all rights reserved)]] || [[File:240L Technical Drawings 75556.1619696142.jpg|300px|center|240 Litre Wheelie Bin image from WheelieBin Warehouse (all rights reserved)]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|360 Litre || | |360 Litre || 144 || 6 to 7 || 25|| 20 || [[File:2-wheel-waste-disposal-containers-35414-2290885 61876.1558013413.jpg|150px|center|360 Litre Wheelie Bin image from WheelieBin Warehouse (all rights reserved)]]|| [[File:360L Technical Drawings 16356.1619695944.jpg|300px|center|360 Litre Wheelie Bin image from WheelieBin Warehouse (all rights reserved)]] | ||
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|660 Litre || | |660 Litre || 270 || 10 to 12 || 45 ||30 ||[[File:4-wheel-waste-disposal-containers-35414-2291017 3 29605.1530023365 11433.1558013481.jpg|200px|left|660 Litre Wheelie Bin image from WheelieBin Warehouse (all rights reserved)]]||[[File:660L Technical Drawings 77214.1619696165.jpg|450px|left|660 Litre Wheelie Bin image from WheelieBin Warehouse (all rights reserved)]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1100 Litre ||440 ||70 ||35 || [[File:4-wheel-waste-disposal-containers-35414-2291079 3 36679.1530023367 35581.1558013620.jpg|200px|left|1100 Litre Wheelie Bin image from WheelieBin Warehouse (all rights reserved)]] || [[File:1100L Technical Drawings 51454.1619696225.jpg|450px|left|1100 Litre Wheelie Bin image from WheelieBin Warehouse (all rights reserved)]] | |1100 Litre ||440 || 12 to 15 || 70 ||35 || [[File:4-wheel-waste-disposal-containers-35414-2291079 3 36679.1530023367 35581.1558013620.jpg|200px|left|1100 Litre Wheelie Bin image from WheelieBin Warehouse (all rights reserved)]] || [[File:1100L Technical Drawings 51454.1619696225.jpg|450px|left|1100 Litre Wheelie Bin image from WheelieBin Warehouse (all rights reserved)]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Configurations== | |||
===Materials=== | |||
Most [[Wheelie Bin]] construction is based upon molded [[HDPE (2)]], with the larger 1100 litre and 660 litre bins also available in metal. | |||
===Colours=== | |||
The colour range is extensive, and whilst is broadly intended to link to the type of waste in the bin, this is by no means consistent across the UK. For [[Commercial and Industrial Waste]] collection services the bins are often coloured matched to the branding of the business collecting the waste/providing the service. However, in broad terms the following applies: | |||
* Grey/Black Bins - [[Residual Waste]] | |||
* Blue Bins - [[DMR]] and Recyclable Waste | |||
* Green/Brown Bins - [[Garden Waste |Green and Garden Waste]] (but often also used as a standard, non-branded bin colour for commercial premises) | |||
* Red Bins - [[Hazardous Waste]] (although [[Biffa]] branding has red bins for all waste types) | |||
* Yellow Bins - [[Clinical Waste]] | |||
===Applications=== | |||
The applications can be extensive, some examples include: | |||
* The use of smaller bins for heavy [[Food Waste|food]] and [[glass]] waste that does not compress, and is collected in a vehicle without compaction. | |||
* The use of bins as the 'transporting unit' and not using a [[Refuse Collection Vehicle]] or [[RCV]] i.e. [[Clinical Waste]] transported in the bins in a lorry/truck to the [[treatment]] centre where they are emptied, cleaned and returned | |||
* Use of bins to collect material around a large site, enabling that material to then be bought to a central point for compaction/compression for subsequent transport in the bin that the waste has been compacted into |