Summary
The early years of the 21st century will be remembered as the time when the Great Wheelie Bin War was fought in Edinburgh. Never in the field of city planning has such a great battle been fought so passionately by so many, over a receptacle for household rubbish.
When Edinburgh City Council took the decision to rid their streets of black bin bags and introduce the giant metal bins into residential areas, they could scarcely have guessed the spleen that would be vented. However, the complaints that greeted the new bins in Stockbridge, Marchmont and Trinity last summer was nothing on what was to come. Behind the Georgian facades of the New Town, people were getting ready to fight.See the full content of this document
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Thinking Outside the Bin
Objections to the bins were raised on grounds of noise and smell, that they attracted vermin, jeopardised road safety, used up valuable parking spaces, encouraged fly tipping but most complaints were about their appearance. They were described as "an act of cultural vandalism" defacing a World Heritage Site. Placards waved outside the City Chambers, newspaper letters pages blazed with anti- bin vitriol. Prince Charles wrote to the council asking them to explain thei...
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