Stopping wheelie bins from blowing over?

[Andy Burns]

Bungie strap to hold the lid in place? Shouldn't matter if it keels over then, but more bungie straps could fix that too ...

[Mathew Newton]

In our case a bungee cord tying together the handles of two bins together back-to-back has worked wonders. Separately they'd walk around in the wind, often falling over entirely, but together we've had no issues.

[ss]

I have a piece of rope, one end tied to the garden bench the other end has a lump of paving slab tied to it, when windy I pull the rope over the 3 bins and sit the slab on the ground.

[PeterC]

'Companiable' push-chairs are even wider! We have a standard footway then a wide verge. The bindroids (dimdroids?) mange to leave the bins in the middle of the footway. Another metre wouldn't be too difficult, surely.

[Richard]

My envy cup runneth over, not. We have to cope with a black plastic bag and clear plastic bag for recycling. I don't bother with the bottle box, just use the recycling bin at the nearby supermarket car park.

[Tim+]

Watching how the bins are inverted and slammed about by the emptying mechanism, I think a fixed internal weight would soon tear the bin base apart (and annoy the bin men).

Tim

[Rob Morley]

But water would just tip out and drain out the bottom of the truck.

[Tim+]

Fine, but I?m not talking about water. Not sure the bin men would be happy about everyone loading up their bins with water. That?s a lot of extra work for them.

Tim