Are Wheelie Bins Better For The Wolrd
The wheeled bin may look like just that, a bin on wheels but they have increased the quality of life in the modern world. The enourmous volume that needs to be transported from source to destination just makes that task of refuse, recycling a little easier. This can only be a good thing for individuals and the community
Growing with the process of urbanisation was the need for standardisation in waste conatiners and then mobile waste containers. That need was first addressed in the 1930s when George Dempster invented the original Dempster Dumpster, a mobile steel waste container designed to be mechanically emptied into a larger dustbin.
The evolution continued in the 1950s with the invention of a specialized vehicle and containers made to fit into its lifting mechanism, allowing the lifting and dumping operation to be conducted smoothly and without the direct touch of a human hand. These were the familiar dumpsters still in use today, but they could only be considered mobile for those with very large trucks to do the lifting. Bins that could be wheeled by a single individual would take a few more years to appear.
The Seventies saw the wheelie bins appearance on the neighberhood stage and then like aliens the invasion began. This was just the thing for the smaller jobs of our waste-producing society, a container of standardized shape and size with a swinging lid, wheels and a handle in back for easy pushing.
The wheelie bins used today are made from a blend of virgin and recycled plastic that is extremely tough and unlikely to be penetrated even by sharp, very heavy objects. This fact together with snap lids makes for an injury free transfer from objects that would hang out of old style bins. Because of this, wheelie bins can be considered a safety measure as well as a convenient method of refuse disposal.
A wheelie bin is a barrier between the user and any hazardous materials that may be inside. A properly manufactured wheelie bin should be water tight and capable of carrying liquid when necessary. This allows the containment of watery waste as well as some of the chemicals produced by industry. While some waste is so hazardous as to require further measures for disposal, the wheelie bin can contain a great many smelly, greasy things and allow their safe transport.
A wheelie bin is part of a full waste management system, and must fit into its proper place. With this in mind, the designers have given the bin a reinforced front lip that can be lifted by a hoist. The wheelie bin can be simply rolled out and left on the curb, where it will be lifted and dumped by the passing truck.
To call the wheelie bin a technological triumph might sound like exaggeration, but it can't be denied that we live in a somewhat cleaner and more pleasant world because of these little devices.
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Operating from a modern manufacturing facility in Rotherham, MGB Plastics has the capacity to manufacture in excess of 1 million wheeled bins per annum. In addition to manufacturing wheeled bins and kitchen caddies, we also have a dedicated "in-house" distribution team that have been responsible for the delivery of in excess of 4 million wheeled bins to households throughout the UK http://www.mgbplastics.com
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