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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. | 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 [[ | 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== | ||
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 [[ | 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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The applications can be extensive, some examples include: | 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 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 [[ | * 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 | ||