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| Contamination risk if wheelie bins are used irresponsibly |
A RED tag scheme to reveal abuse - either deliberate or accidental - of wheelie bins is to be rolled out across North East Lincolnshire.
During December - the first month of a trial - crews red-tagged a total of 156 bins in an undisclosed part of the borough.
Random items found in rejected bins included kitchen cupboards and a bike seat in the grey recycling bins and bedding, carpet off-cuts and a coffee machine in the blue bins.
This is deemed inexcusable.
Each bin is clearly labelled with symbols showing what can be put in them.
Paper and card go in the blue wheelie bin. Washed plastic bottles, food tins and drink cans and glass bottles and jars go in the grey wheelie bin.
If householders find a red ‘Ooops!’ tag on their bins, it means they have put something in the wrong bin, potentially causing a contamination issue.
The crew will not empty tagged bins.
And the tags show people why the bins were not emptied.
Households that are given a tag need to check their bins and take out anything that is in the wrong bin. The crews will then empty the bin on the next scheduled collection day.
Comments Cllr Stewart Swinburn, the council's portfolio holder for Environment and Transport: "We have introduced the tags to encourage people to put the right thing in the right bin.
"Putting the wrong thing in the wrong bin can contaminate the whole load.
"Paper and card collected from some rounds recently was rejected by the reprocessing plant because the load was contaminated.
“When the lorry was unloaded, workers found chip board, carpet, bedding and food packaging. None of these things go in the blue bins - the blue bins are for paper and card.”
Adds Cllr Swinburn: "We are rolling out the red tags to make sure the quality of our recycling is as good as it can be."
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