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Is your home blighted by Communal Rubbish Bins
« on: June 27, 2011, 11:47:10 am »
In an attempt to avoid punishing landfill taxes local authorities are setting up hundreds of mini recycling centres on residential streets.
In addition, some councils have stopped the door to door collections altogether, in favour of communal bins placed at intervals along each street.

Brighton and Hove began trails of communal bins in 2003 and have extended the scheme. Manchester has also started trials.
However many residents suffer as bins are placed directly outside their homes - blighting their properties and reducing their value.
Some homeowners are engaging in "bin chess" moving rubbish bins further down the street after dark.

New homeowners should be aware that the Code for Sustainable Homes encourages new developments to have communal bins for at least three different types of waste
and suggests they should be no more than 10 metres from the entrance door of a block of apartments.


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Re: Is your home blighted by Communal Rubbish Bins
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2011, 10:03:33 am »
Apartment and flats buyers beware ....this affects you more than most

If you dont have a cordened off area to keep bins out of sight then lobby your management company to build a proper binstore.
It will be an advantage and make it easier to when it is time to sell.
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Re: Is your home blighted by Communal Rubbish Bins
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2011, 10:16:21 am »
This topic mainly concerns the relatively new practice of large communial bins placed by councils in the street.
Most new apartment blocks should have a dedicated purpose-built bin store, however, some developments built a few years ago may not be able to accommodate all the extra re cycling bins used today.
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