The law allows the council to specify the type and size of container that residents must present their waste in, and can specify the type of waste to go in the container. The council is also allowed to make a charge to the resident for the provision of the waste receptacle.
In accordance with the Environmental Protection Acts, Southampton City Council are obliged to provide all households with suitable receptacles for the disposal of household waste, green lidded bins for residual waste and blue lidded bins for dry recyclables.
These bins are used by householders but remain the property of the Council. Effectively we issue the bins on a long-term loan basis.
Due to the number of bins being lost and the subsequent cost of replacing them, we have adopted a system of charging for replacement bins in line with many other Councils.