Mass reports and findings by journalists and researchers have led to conclusions that Germans and eastern Europeans are to blame for the mass shortage of wheelie bins in the UK. Most countries have gone green and put in place a set of rules regarding recycling, while this is a good and crucial step for any country, the UK has experienced a huge shortage of wheelie bins due to that very step.

Reason for mass shortage of wheelie bins in the UK

A number of explanations have been offered as to the reason why there is shortage of wheelie bins in the UK and they include;

• Due to an unusually high demand for recycling bins in Germany and Eastern European countries like Poland and Estonia, placement of orders for wheelie bins by these countries has also been high. This has in turn led to a shortage and scarcity of wheelie bins in the UK.
• A bin factory fire has been said to occur in Poland, France, and England and this has led to orders for wheelie bins to be placed in UK bin factories. Due to this high demand from all these countries, a shortage of wheelie bins has been experienced in the UK.

Whether these explanations offered are true or false, one thing is for certain, the wheelie bin shortage in the UK Is a real concern and authorities need to figure out a way of dealing with this problem as soon as possible.

Instances of wheelie bin shortages

Thousands of residents in Derbyshire have been waiting for the arrival and dispatchment of wheelie bins by the city council. The council’s only feedback to them is that they should place their recyclables in black bags. While this appears to be a temporary solution, its drawback is that this new habit has attracted fox and rodents to homes, a fact that scares many residents of Derbyshire.

Another location that has also experienced wheelie bin shortages is Lancashire where individuals that have bought new homes or recently moved have waited for close to eight months to get wheelie bins. The only advice the council gives them is to ‘wait’, a line some residents have not found easy to follow. This has even led to burglary as some sixty wheelie bins are reported stolen every week.

Factory officials in the UK wheelie bin industry are reported to have said that the factories are working at full capacity and yet the supply still isn’t enough to cater for the UK populace. This has been attributed to the fact that most of the bins are being diverted to Eastern Europe.