Council struggle with frozen bin lids

Is this a very early April fool to test us out. My 8 year old recently told me the bin lid was stuck with the frost but she tried again and with a little bit of effort (remembering she is 8) it opened.!!!!! Easy of you try I guess.

Yes Sarah, it beggars belief doesn't it.

How about asking residents to leave the bins out opened rather than shell out overtime to come round again tomorrow (when they might well be iced shut again)

I think the crews have done a remarkable job this morning. I certainly would not want to be emptying bins on such a cold morning. We can easily make it a lot easier for them in this weather by freeing the lids ourselves. I always find the guys great.

I would agree they do a good job most of the time but stories like this do them no favours. We are in the middle of winter and you would expect frost in winter, its nothing new so why is it this year the lids have frozen to the point that men can't open them. Last year we had temperatures of -14 and I can't remember the lids freezing so badly then. All it would take is a little team work if they really are so badly frozen that a man can't open it.

How come the garden waste bins everywhere else were fine, maybe a little frozen but nothing an adult could not manage.

Have to agree with Alex - They do a great job in all weathers.
I love the fact that the Waste and Recyclng manager is Mr Skipp.
Made my day!

I think you'd be the first to complain that a corner of your bin had snapped off and you'd cut yourself on it!! Leave the bin men alone! If they spent extra time trying to get them open then they wouldn't finish the round and have to come out again anyway so doesn't make any difference!

It's not just the lid - in the green bins the contents themselves freeze and no matter what you do - the damn thing will not empty.

I agree with Sarah and others, this has JOBSWORTH written all over it. The decision NOT to empty the green bin was taken before crews left the depot, I was told this much when I phoned on Friday. Whilst I don`t condemn the crew I blame the manager who is new and that speaks volumes. For the last 2 years green bin collections were suspended to facilitate
extra dry recycling collections from green boxes, we did not get thst this Xmas. So it boils down to money and ridiculous EU landfill targets (which were drafted with 2 countries in mind Netherlands & Denmark, both small & densely populated). Any landfill just go to prop up rich EU bureaucratic spongers. I visited Luxemburg in August having not been for many years and was honestly shockrd by how much it had changed, only the finest designer shops and classy restaurants everywhere catering to a highend market. And these self serving "wasters" are keen for you to have slop bins next. That will be fun when they freeze. I will hand mine back and install electric waste disposal under the sink.

Hummm - my green bin was emptied ok - after i gave it a good kicking to free its contents :-)))