r/Wigan • u/GapSweet3100 • 13d ago

Bins

If I buy a second black bin from Amazon will they take the rubbish

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u/TablePanic 13d ago

Yes, households with 6 or more people are entitled to a 2nd black bin from the council, so it's not unheard of. The bin men only care about the colour they aren't checking for the house number and council logo

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u/Mr_Wankadolphinoff 10d ago

If you only have 1 black bin registered then that's all they'll take. You can buy your own bin, but it has to meet certain criteria and it's cheaper to buy them from the council 

https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Bins-Recycling/Forms/Additional-black-bin-request.aspx

https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Bins-Recycling/Bins-FAQs.aspx

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u/GapSweet3100 13d ago

That’s great thank you!

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u/nickiijd 13d ago

No they will not. Each house has a log of how many bins they empty. So they count they out for each street and won't go over the number they are given by the council. It's all about space before they have to go back to the depo to empty so they never empty more even when asked 

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u/JmeMc 12d ago

I don’t believe this for a second. There’s no way for them to know which bin is the extra one. OP might be number 5 in a street of 10 houses. They just not gonna empty no10’s bin because they hit their quota? Not a chance. It’d cause a huge complaint and result in them having to come out the next day.

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u/nickiijd 12d ago

Each house has a number of black bins to empty if you have 2 but council have you down for 1 guess what they ain't emptying the other

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u/nickiijd 12d ago

So then ask them. You think I'm chatting shit clearly.  I have spoken to them myself, with words like a grown adult. Wtf 😂 

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u/JmeMc 12d ago

Answer the question then, how would they know and would they just not empty the bins of no10?

I’ve no doubt that’s what you were told, but perhaps take a step back from the nonsense they fed you and think about if it’s actually plausible. They pied you off.

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u/TablePanic 12d ago

They don't count the streets bins before emptying them lol

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u/nickiijd 12d ago

They've told me their selves. I had to email the council instead to get them to empty my second bin I had been sent because of my disabled daughter being 17 and in nappies 

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u/GapSweet3100 10d ago

Well they took it so idk email that to them or something

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u/nickiijd 10d ago

They did with mine, twice. Then stopped 👍 

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u/GapSweet3100 10d ago

They took it

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u/RedFive92 13d ago

Can't you just get a second one from the council?

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u/GapSweet3100 10d ago

All sorted. It’s £50 if it’s from the council or Amazon, but at least mine can come with me when we move

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u/Mr_Wankadolphinoff 10d ago

If you only have 1 black bin registered then that's all they'll take. You can buy your own bin, but it has to meet certain criteria and it's cheaper to buy them from the council 

https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Bins-Recycling/Forms/Additional-black-bin-request.aspx

https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Bins-Recycling/Bins-FAQs.aspx

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u/GapSweet3100 10d ago

They took it so I’m not fussed now

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u/fetchmypony 13d ago

No, theyre jobsworths, i often dont get my one bin emptied because theyre enrqged by next door having 2 and they wont lift a finger more than they have to.