Bin Storage Is No Longer a Luxury – It’s a Necessity
What do Stoke-on-Trent and Cambridge have in common? How about Dublin and Dunstable? Or even Neath and Coventry? The answer is that all six places have recently been in the news for a criminal craze that is sweeping our towns and cities. Incidents of bin theft have dramatically increased and, to be fair to the aforementioned places, we could have named almost anywhere in the United Kingdom or Ireland. What is causing this rubbish racket and wheelie wickedness? More importantly, what can we do to stop our bins from being breached? Is luxury bin storage now a necessity!
Why are thefts going up?
One reason for the increase in thefts is the growing black market in bins. With many councils now charging residents for replacements. Organised gangs of ‘white van men’ have taken to stealing them from under the noses of homeowners before selling them on to other victims. Who themselves desperately need new wheelies. In some areas of the country, so harsh are the penalties imposed by local authorities for legitimate replacements that stolen bins fetch up to eighty pounds.
Lewis Herbert, the leader of Cambridge City Council, speaking to The Daily Mail, said; ‘We are effectively creating a black market in black bins. I would not be surprised if people choose to buy them back cheaper from other sources. If the council does not change its policy of charging for replacements, there will be many more incidents.’
Any other reasons?
The other major cause of wheelie bin theft is less organised but far more dangerous. It is particularly prevalent at this time of year. It involves gangs of yobs, stealing bins en-masse in order to provide fuel for their illicit bonfires.
One such incident happened in Stoke-on-Trent last week. Thieves stole twenty bins before setting fire to a ten-metre-wide pile of rubbish on a nearby playing field. Firefighters spent forty minutes tackling the blaze.
Speaking to The Stoke Sentinel. Bernard Brassington, a local resident, recalled: ‘I woke up at 2:30am and saw lights flashing from a fire engine at the bottom of the street. It was then joined by a police car. I only knew what had happened when I got up and went to put something in my bin and it was gone. I looked around and there were no bins at all. The ones across the road had been taken too. It’s strange. Who would want to steal a bin?’
So what to do about it? Is Bin Storage no longer a luxury?
Unfortunately, not all people share the sensible attitude of Mr Brassington. As we have seen, the answer is an alarmingly high number of people. But what can we do to prevent ourselves from falling victim to this crime? Short of keeping a twenty-four-hour vigil over our bins, there is only one answer: a wheelie bin storage unit.
Necessary vs. Luxury Bin Storage
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