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  There are so many pros and cons re whillie bins.
  
  Certainly they should prevent the seagull mess that occurs with rubbish being pulled out of sacks and creating a unsightly mess.
  
  However, one sees in some areas where whillie bins have been introduced that they become a permanent fixture on the pavement as people do not move them back onto their property. Some Councils adopt a strict control with respect to ensuring residents do not block pavements.
  
  The DDC website has a Q&A section and I asked the following:
  "Will the Council ensure residents are told that if they put wheelie bins on pavements for collection they must remove them onto their own property after collection.
  For the disabled such bins are an obstruction and can be described as a health and safety issue if bins remain or are permitted to be on pavements"
  
  Reply from DDC
  "I can confirm that the new contract will provide a collection from the boundary of the property therefore where possible bins will not need to go out on the pavement for collection.
  However, all residents who place their bins out for collection will be asked to take them back onto their property after their waste has been collected"
  
  Currently DDC are very good at taking up cases where black sacks are left out on non-collection days and I hope they will take whatever enforcement to keep wheelie bins from remaining as "permanent fixtures" on pavements.
  
  Interesting I was told some time ago that for re-cycled waste that is collected it is credited to DDC whereas recycled waste taken to the tip is credited to KCC. Not sure what "credited" means, is it volume or financial.

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