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A COUNCIL is refusing to empty wheelie bins if dustmen cannot pull them with just TWO fingers.
The unofficial health and safety policy is designed to protect staff from heavy bins falling off lorries.
Katie Shergold fell foul of it when she left a green wheelie bin containing only grass cuttings outside her home.
She was amazed to see a burly binman tip it back to judge its weight, slap a “heavy” sticker on it and leave it unemptied.

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When she complained to her council she was stunned to learn men are permitted to leave bins if they don’t pass the “two finger” test.
Healthcare assistant Katie, 26, of Warminster, Wilts, said: “They told me it was normal for binmen to leave bins they couldn’t pull with two fingers.
“These were big men and the bin was only 6ft from their lorry but they just left it there. It’s ridiculous.”
Petite Katie, who is 5ft 4in, had no trouble wheeling the bin round to the front of the house herself and putting it out on the pavement.
She ended up emptying the grass clippings into bin liners and driving them to a local tip.
Katie, whose hubby Leigh, 31, is a builder, added: “I work really hard but have to pay £130 a month in council tax. We are charged for this service without getting anything in return.”


West Wiltshire District Council denied an official two-fingers policy but admitted it was used as a way of determining weight.
It said heavy bins could break the trucks’ hydraulic lifting system or topple off.
Spokesman Nicole Smith said: “If a bin is considered by the operatives to be overloaded the resident will have to remove some contents.”
Doretta Cocks, of the Campaign for Weekly Collections, said: “It’s another example of a council introducing a crazy health and safety policy without considering the health and safety of residents who must move bins themselves.”
This week June Kay, 79, was told by a Lancashire council that binmen would no longer drive up to her house.

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This sounds like bad design faults to the equipment, surely it should be capable of doing the job it was designed for or else it isn't safe and shouldn't be used until corrected, rather than putting restrictions on the householders?

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im glad jeremy beedle didnt take a career in refuse collection :eek:


does anyone remember the days when bin men actualy did a days graft :rolleyes:

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harsh accyman, really harsh lol

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this guy would be ideal for the job if you only need 2 digets to be a bin man :D

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lets face it unlike many council employees he wont stand around scratching his backside all day ;)


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The taliban have been lifting 2 fingers at us for years :D

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And so have asylum seekers :D

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read it,front page of mail, was gonna post meself but ya beat me to it, was quite a few Differant Councils taking measures- e.g. a 90 odd yr old man put a ketchup bottle in wrong bin, council have refused to move his rubbish full stop:mad: worlds gone mad.:rolleyes:

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them ware the days when they used to carry the bin over there shoulders and carry it to the wagon but not these days. that's Way they got the wagons to do all the work for then and us as well.

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cash that's health and safety for you not allowed to move bottles ...you have to do it your self:mad:lol

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Seems rather silly, what has it got to do with the Taliban though?

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LOL .. play on words Andrew .. 'Talibin' .. not 'Taliban'. Quite clever I thought.. :D

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As someone has said, it's ridiculous, we do all the work for them while the council just provide someone just to stand there and watch the lorry:rolleyes:

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well bonnyboy your tea bags went it my bin, so i wont get mine emptied now, I'm going to jive them my neighbour. lol:D