RUBBISH: the right way to manage wheelie bins

Section 13, banning damaged and unclean bins, reads...

Section 13, banning damaged and unclean bins, reads...

"A person presenting household or commercial waste for collection in a wheeled bin shall keep the wheeled bin in a clean and proper condition and shall not present, or cause to be presented, any such waste in a wheeled bin in circumstances where the wheel or lid of such wheeled bin has been removed or damaged, or in circumstances where such wheeled bin has been damaged to such an extent that it is not fit for the purpose for which it was designed or is not capable of being conveniently or safely emptied."

Section 21, allowing the waste collectors to empty the bins, reads: "Where a waste container is or remains in the prescribed place during the prescribed time it shall be deemed to have been placed in the prescribed place by a person with the intention that it be presented for the collection of waste therein and that the service provider, its servants or agents has or have full and irrevocable authority to undertake the collection of the waste therein and take such readings or download such information or other data from any micro-chip implanted therein or in any way attached thereto."