The local council’s bin collection in Birmingham operates on a fortnightly schedule. That means that one week your general waste will be emptied, then the following week your recycling and organic waste will be collected and then the week after that your general waste will be picked up and so on.

 

This fortnightly collection schedule means that your waste will pile up for 2 weeks at a time, which, for some households, is a real problem. Larger households such as those occupied by big families and professionals in house shares, for instance, produce a lot of waste and so waiting 2 weeks for every government bin collection in Birmingham can be worrying for residents.

 

Just imagine a missed collection. It could be absolutely devastating for these households. A months amount of waste being piled up around their bins could be a reality and we say around because their bins would certainly be overfilled over this duration and bags would surround the bin itself.

 

Birmingham’s local council has decided to only collect household rubbish every 2 weeks because they want to encourage more recycling as part of the national effort to recycle urged by the UK government. They hope that if residents have to deal with fewer collections they will actively try to produce less waste or make sure they are separating their recycling from their general waste to make room in their bins.

 

And this is all well and good and we certainly support that reasoning. However, it’s also very likely that the UK can’t afford to collect weekly like they used to because of the rising population size and government services restrictions. This means that, for some, weekly collections are something they need but are not getting.

 

That’s where we come in. At PBC we offer a private bin collection service in Birmingham as well as other areas across the UK for households who need more regular collections.

 

Get in touch and we will be able to advise on your waste collection needs and even create a customised package perfect for you.

 

Get a free quote from us today!