FOI Request - Wheelie Bins and Waste Management

Request 101003716357

1.  How often have wheelie bins been replaced between 2023 - 2024 and 2024 - 2025? Please provide the a breakdown below by month and the total of bins being replaced:

- 2023
- January 2023
- February 2023
- March 2023
- April 2023
- May 2023
- June 2023
- July 2023
- August 2023
- September 2023
- October 2023
- November 2023
- December 2023

- 2024:
- January 2024
- February 2024
- March 2024
- April 2024
- May 2024
- June 2024
- July 2024
- August 2024
- September 2024
- October 2024
- November 2024
- December 2024

2.  How recycling bins have been refused to be collected at kerbside over the last 2 years due to incorrect items being placed in the recycling bin or cross-contamination from food traces.

Please provide a breakdown by month of how many recycling bins have been refused because of incorrect items being placed in them or cross-contamination from food traces.

2023

- January 2023
- February 2023
- March 2023
- April 2023
- May 2023
- June 2023
- July 2023
- August 2023
- September 2023
- October 2023
- November 2023
- December 2023

- 2024:
- January 2024
- February 2024
- March 2024
- April 2024
- May 2024
- June 2024
- July 2024
- August 2024
- September 2024
- October 2024
- November 2024
- December 2024

Response 07-03-2025

1. The totals listed below cover all jobs raised for the replacement of bins. There may have been a request to change the two recycling bins on some of the jobs as we increased the bins from 140 litre to 240 litre capacity when we changed from fortnightly to three- weekly collections, hence higher number of requests for 2023.

2. We do not record the number of bins not emptied due to contamination issues. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.