I have been looking for a bin that helps us as a family to sort out our recycling from the normal 'black bin' stuff and the prices have always seemed quite high. Argos are offering 25% of any spend over £30 on their ebay account so it puts these bins at a really reasonable price (before voting cold try finding something similar at the same price) Also available in the larger option for £37.49 after discount. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/45-Litre-Recycling-Pedal-Bin-3-Compartments-/361477581758
Delivery is £3.95 if you dont want to collect from store, also seems to work on argos main website using code home25
Scroll down and discount shows in the right hand side...
Features:
Stainless steel.
Foot pedal lid mechanism.
30 litre bin.
General information:
Size H48.5, W41, D34cm.
- Captainbeavus
All comments (20)
EXECUTIVE_STRESS
27 Mar 162#1
RUBBISH !!!!
937666 to EXECUTIVE_STRESS
28 Mar 161#5
mcguire85
27 Mar 161#2
It looks as if it holds about 1 2l bottle or a couple of cans. Very small for a family. Im guilty of not recycling at home even tho i push it at work I fill 2-3 massive black bags every week if not more for 2 adults n 2 toddlers.
escortboy to mcguire85
28 Mar 16#7
I just bought 2 60l stainless steel bins from homebase which sit next to each other in the kitchen. One right one for black bin rubbish, left one for recycling, looks fine and means the recycling bin stays in pristine condition without needing to be cleaned.
pinkbubbley
27 Mar 16#3
just been and purchased one, seems perfectly suitable size for us, we empty it every evening. Though if someone wants to empty every few days it will be too small. I would say it will hold around 12 cans more if flattened. Food waste wise will hold loads.
karlypants
27 Mar 16#4
I have been looking for a suitably sized one at a good price and this one looks to have 2 15L compartments (don't want to pay £60+ just for a bin), the best I have found so far is a 36L one (12L and 24L compartments) from B&Q here that is currently on offer for £39 for those who are looking for a slightly bigger version.
flamesong
28 Mar 162#6
Says £39.99 on the linked eBay listing.
Also, one of my favourite bits of pedantry, it is described as being 'foot pedal operated'; does anybody know of any other kind of pedal?
A pedal is, by definition, foot operated - from pedalis, Latin for foot.
escortboy to flamesong
28 Mar 16#8
Perhaps it's just highlighting this fact so that customers who tend to only skim read descriptions - then want a refund because it's not what they wanted will be targeted.
You are right though, they shouldn't use these tactics because they make the company appear ignorant to the meaning and etymology of the word pedal.
pinkbubbley to flamesong
28 Mar 16#19
Scroll a little further and the discount appears on the right of the page, as per the description?
mikebo1
28 Mar 16#9
I don't recycle; I don't want my kitchen full of bins. I used to where the council provided appropriate wheeley bins, until they do that I personally couldn't give a monkeys where my rubbish goes. Most of it doesn't go to be recycled, the stuff that does can take as much energy to be recycled as manufacturing from new, plus the stuff that can be efficiently recycled can be machine sorted.
logohigh
28 Mar 16#10
Surely there has to be at least 5 different types recycling - but apparently that all goes in to the same section that isn't going to landfill
??!!
logohigh
28 Mar 16#11
I have 40l bin in kitchen, which goes to black bag and council pick up
And 4 ( I don't bother recycling food waste - total waste time ) large solid green bags in basement for cardboard ,metal, plastic,glass
no point in bothering at all otherwise*
all taken to recycling by me - the council collection is useless
escortboy
28 Mar 161#12
I used to have the same opinion as you until I got used to it and got over the initial anger. I think if they passed on council tax savings to people that recycled it would've received a warmer reception.
I recycle now simply to keep enough space in my bins outside, if I didn't recycle I'd have to drive to the tip and dump stuff there, which isn't worth it.
In Spain the bin men take your rubbish away every night! http://m.expatfocus.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.expatfocus.com%2Fexpatriate-spain-waste-disposal&utm_referrer=#2960
flamesong
28 Mar 161#13
Personally, as somebody who left school with just two 'O' Levels, I just find it interesting how incurious people tend to be that something like 'foot pedal' can be parroted without even realising the tautology.
mikebo1
28 Mar 161#14
The cost thing is an issue for me too because the only reason I have seen the council push cycling is because it saves them money. Either pass the cost saving on or they can sort the (my) rubbish themselves.
logohigh
28 Mar 16#15
like the guy above says , id need to change black bags everyday if everything got stuffed into same container
I take my work waste ( smallish ) to recycling most weeks so may as well take the rest recycling
I suppose if you were poor enough/tight/lazy enough you could let the council( you) mechanical sifter do the job for you
sotomonkey
28 Mar 16#16
The less you recycle, the more money the council has to pay out in landfill tax, which can be very expensive these days. Whilst there's lots of ways councils should be saving money there's no doubt that if you recycle more, the council will have more money to spend on public services, like libraries.
Pouring it down the drain on landfill is incredibly wasteful. It's not like recycling takes much effort but I would personally prefer that people were paid to do it.
Not forgetting how good recycling is for the environment, especially with metals as mining raw materials is a costly business.
logohigh
28 Mar 16#17
Ah **** it , let's just take after the Greeks.
What could possibly go wrong :wink:
alistairn
28 Mar 16#18
Very dect
UZOR
30 Mar 16#20
I've seen this at a customer's house. It's way too small to be practical and subsequently I deem it bad value at over£20
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Delivery is £3.95 if you dont want to collect from store, also seems to work on argos main website using code home25
Scroll down and discount shows in the right hand side...
Features:
Stainless steel.
Foot pedal lid mechanism.
30 litre bin.
General information:
Size H48.5, W41, D34cm.
- Captainbeavus
All comments (20)
Also, one of my favourite bits of pedantry, it is described as being 'foot pedal operated'; does anybody know of any other kind of pedal?
A pedal is, by definition, foot operated - from pedalis, Latin for foot.
You are right though, they shouldn't use these tactics because they make the company appear ignorant to the meaning and etymology of the word pedal.
??!!
And 4 ( I don't bother recycling food waste - total waste time ) large solid green bags in basement for cardboard ,metal, plastic,glass
no point in bothering at all otherwise*
all taken to recycling by me - the council collection is useless
I recycle now simply to keep enough space in my bins outside, if I didn't recycle I'd have to drive to the tip and dump stuff there, which isn't worth it.
In Spain the bin men take your rubbish away every night!
http://m.expatfocus.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.expatfocus.com%2Fexpatriate-spain-waste-disposal&utm_referrer=#2960
I take my work waste ( smallish ) to recycling most weeks so may as well take the rest recycling
I suppose if you were poor enough/tight/lazy enough you could let the council( you) mechanical sifter do the job for you
Pouring it down the drain on landfill is incredibly wasteful. It's not like recycling takes much effort but I would personally prefer that people were paid to do it.
Not forgetting how good recycling is for the environment, especially with metals as mining raw materials is a costly business.
What could possibly go wrong :wink: