Got too much OzBargains? Get a wheelie good deal on this bin to store them.
Normally $108, historic low according to price hipster. Other colours available - yellow, blue, red
It’s a shame I want the 100L bin which remains $90!
Note: Prices are $139 in NSW / ACT.
pretty smart imo.
you fill ice inside and make a recovery bath
$30 inflatable pool ;)
Cheaper and a lot easier to get in and out of.
yes, we did this at my old MMA gym :))
Exactly what I need.
To dispose of all those displays that won't play Netflix in HD?
My Alienware monitors thanks to you play it a lot higher than HD 😉
To get rid of all those headphones that don't have Band 28
Coucily won't supply one ?
They charge extra for the second one.
Yeah, I had to pay $80 for mine (once off cost)
Get free replacements though if/when damaged
No extra charge added on the council rate for dumping extra rubbish?
@jv: That is nice. WA charges an extra $200+ for an extra green bin in the council rate (bin is provided). Worst still, it is indexed to increase every year.
@fatice: In SA, was told no extra collection charges for the 2nd bin ,but if getting a 3rd then there would be.
As jv said one off fee for the bin and they dropped it off that week, I don't recall if I was charged for delivery it was a few years back now.
@bi7m4p: I get a yearly invoice for $59 for my 2nd green bin from Onkaparinga council im SA.
Jist cancelled a few weeks ago, but they still havent picked up the bin.
@Gazza-75: Ah, alright sounds like it varies, for clarity, I'm in Salisbury council.
Sorry if I have given others a bit of a bum steer.
@Gazza-75: Onkaparinga S.A here too.
Green organics are only $50 a year.
I cancelled my extra green bin and they never picked it up, still got it, and they still empty it.
Turns out that the council do not pay anything to dump green waste, the green waste dump take it for free and turn it into compost and sell it back to the public. Smart business, but $50 a year for a green waste bin is ridiculous.
Depends on your council, BCC $23.42 per quarter ($93.68 per year). They waived the $30 establishment fee.
Thanks , just checked the council 89 $ I believe, then service fee $530 a year ?
Will they know if you put an extra one on the curb?
Don’t put your house numbers on the bin & you should be good.
Mate of mine says that they do know and worked it out. In QLD.
Yeah, BCC do. i'm next to a set of shops and tried sneaking an extra out and they tried to charge me for it.
Yep - they probably will. Council (via their contractor) order bins and those usually have the council emblem embossed on the front. The lids on Council bins also have markings and instructions on them. There are also often slight colour differences between the bins and lids (red, yellow or a lime green). These Bunnings bins have none of these things.
So when the driver is collecting 1,000 bins per a day, all these differences stand out like dogs balls (staffy like balls), and they are instructed to flag the house which has the unique bin.
They have cameras mounted on the trucks to track everything
Some councils have their own colour coding for the lids
Some councils have RFID in the bins to prevent bin baddies.
@mrvaluepack: Yeah Randwick council in NSW for example.
https://www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/about-us/news/news-items/201…
Started it in 2008.
It's reasons for it are a little bit disturbing:
The tag is allocated to the property address where the bin lives. Each time it’s collected, Council’s garbage trucks record the bin tag number, the time of collection and the weight of the bin.
To save money
RFID tags keep costs down. Our waste contractors charge us per tonne of waste and recycling they collect. In the past, we’ve had no way of verifying the amount of waste they say they collect compared to what residents actually put out. Now we can. And this means we can keep costs down and save you money.
To reduce waste
Our goal is to increase recycling and decrease waste going to landfill. The overall data from the RFID tags help us develop waste education strategies to do exactly this. We can track habits and put in place programs to help educate and inform people.
I don't have an extra bin, but i often refill mine once it's been emptied and put it out again on the other side of the street to be emptied again when the rubbish truck teturns to do the other side.
What happens if they do the other side first? Do you track the garbage bin collection route?
And even if you get your bin collected, then refill and put in on the other side, you are just putting it with another neighbours bin then..?
@prankster: The 2 houses opposite us are actually the side of each property as they both front different roads to the one we're on.
They each have a driveway / gate. One house puts theur bin out on the side and the other house places their bin at the front of their property.
Our rubbish truck driver has even emptied our bin and signalled to me to fill it up again and he'll empty it a 2nd time after seeing bags of rubbish sitting by the side gate.
You can just ring the council and tell them it wasn't emptied properly… Gives you time to refill it as well.
@ryang: Not emptied properly sounds a bit suss, I mean they really get everything with each pickup I would say right?
i live in a complex of 7 and 2 extra red lid bins used to go out each week well about 3 years ago we all got a letter and numbers to stick on our bins and the council said they will only empty bins with the numbers displayed and they took the extra bins away
I've been considering using one to try to make a poor man's version of the Hungry Bin Worm Farm.
Funny you mention the HB.
Another version of poor man's HB.
I was given one yesterday. Lady said come after 7pm and husband will help me move it when he's home from work. She'd removed top parts and hosed it down.
But when I came when both realised it was too heavy to put in the car and would prob break when I took it out. The bottom part was rock hard.
Luckily I had a fall back position and wheeled it home (bit over km away).
wheeled it home (bit over km away).
Thats dedication for you.
@xoom: Yeah, would have been no effort if empty, and did require a bit of effort up hills half full, but it's pretty pricey and I do need it, and this way it's very sustainable.
Definitely can work. I built one and it worked reasonably well. I've since bought a Hungry Bin. The major problem with the Hungry Bin is lack of aeration. So ensure you add plenty if you DIY or buy.
Nice to hear. I've actually wondered how the hungry bin gets air. Does it not have holes or something near the top?
@CodeExplode: Yeah the top has some holes in the lid, but really not adequate. I've been meaning to 3D print some pieces to put in to add aeration through out
@AvvY: It might be a good idea to attach some mesh screens to any holes you create since apparently worms will climb out when it's dark? Though I've never had a worm farm so you're probably more aware of anything like that.
@CodeExplode: My experience with worm farms is that the worms are pretty happy inside as long as the environment is kept right. So - too much heat, acidic, waterlogged, anaerobic etc = worms trying to escape.
They will also move to the surface and sometimes out before a rain - they can sense change in humidity and do it so they don't drown. Even in an enclosed worm farm.
Your suggestion of mesh is still a good idea - mostly to prevent other things getting inside
council supplies them, problem is neighbours CCTV if I want one for other than council rubbish collection …..
Some councils don't supply them.
When I moved to my current house that was the case and you had to buy your own for both rubbish and green waste bins .
Fortunately that has now changed and the council supplies them.
Showing $139 via the link?
Same
Coming up $59 for me
is this a wheelie good price?
Wheel, it’s never bin this low, so I think it’s an open and shut case
Your puns rubbish as it was already in the description ;)
Oooh, trash talk!
You're bin-credible at coming up with these puns!
I think it's store dependent.
Showing $69.90 for most WA stores
I've checked the states and it's full priced in NSW / ACT, and at a deal price in VIC, QLD and SA.
It’s $139 for me in QLD
$139 on powerpass but $59 on mobile site. I'm picking up 2 from Rocklea. Thanks OP
Interesting I’m tweed heads NSW and it’s definitely $59 at my store, maybe be because im so close the the QLD border…
This. Seems to be $139 in NSW/TAS/NT/ACT, $59 in QLD/VIC/SA, $69.90 in WA
If I use it as the second green bin, will council collect it?
Others have already commented on this above
yes, the truck doesn't check the house number …. problem is neighbours will take it if there is no house number on it ….
Rubbish trucks record every bin they collect with GPS. Some even video the contents as they're going into the truck.
When dumping at the landfill site they also record the position and elevation of where they deposited their load. That's why the police know where to dig at the dump when looking for evidence, they know where each runs rubbish is and what streets it was collected from.
Good to know.
Looks like someone's been watching too many crime shows lately
Mental note. Wheelie bin not a good stashing place.
Don't think they have time to go through each simple case since the process is costly
I had a second bin for years but then new truck driver moaned at me for it, said I have to pay extra. So I now put it across the road and he picks it up.
I dunno who's bin he think its is there as there's no houses, but he doesn't grumble at me any more. :)
How can he possibly know? I thought most council have contractors doing rubbish collection.
I dunno mate, I just live here.
How can he possibly know?
Not having the council logo on the bin makes it pretty obvious. Not exactly the Device Code.
Device Code?
…?
Two bins side-by-side and only one house. If you had to drive forward 30cm to pick up the next bin that is clearly not meant to be there you'd notice it by way of being annoyed every time.
Is it a park? and he collects despite no houses?
empty residential block
Good to know. I am thinking to sneak one across the road where it is a park
Helps if you have a second driveway
"Mate! Where's ya bin?"
"I bin on olidays"
"Nah mate, where's ya wheelie bin?"
"I wheelie bin on ozbargain but I tell everybody I bin at work"
On ya cobber.
CAMS approved for annual ozbargain wheelie bin derby
Got one thanks. Exactly what I needed. Ill take my chances with council.
Just more room to dump more rubbish. Recycling bins arent even checked in my council. You could pile them full of rubbish and they would never know.
This one time a random neighbour put plastic bags and put some plastic films (the ones you find holding together a pack of water bottles), in my recycling bin. That day, the council was doing bin checks and my bin got tagged/flagged for those items and wasn’t emptied. Had to wait a whole two weeks and I don’t know who put those plastic pieces in my recycle bin.
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