to be fed up at lack of bins in the city centre?

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I bought a juice while I was walking around the city centre. I wanted to throw it away but there were no bins in the indoor malls at all. I had to go to the toilets to throw away the carton.

I know it is probably for safety reasons but at the same time it means people are throwing their litter on the floor because of a lack of bins.

Thank the IRA. They used to put bombs in bins. That's why there are not many around, sadly.

First post has it.

Yep, are you quite young? Bins are a bomb risk

I mean, YANBU, but I remember the news in my childhood was IRA bomb after bomb in shopping locations. The bins that we do now have are often ones where the opening is really small so you'd fit a plastic bottle through lengthwise or similar. It's too risky to have big old fashioned bins.

It is a shame as we have a massive litter problem and it's very inconvenient not to be able to use bins.

I think the IRA bomb thing is long out of date now. Most shopping malls and town centres have bins, though they will be the multiple section recycling ones. Our local village Co-op has just removed their bin because head office have told them they need to encourage recycling.

I suspect your mall is just too cheapskate to buy recycling bins.

It may not be an IRA thing anymore but bins are a known terrorism risk hence when you don't see them as much especially in shopping centres.

And people aren't throwing their rubbish on the floor because there's no bins, they're doing it because they're lazy fucks.

Google "Warrington bombings". Most of the bins were removed after that.

There are countries where a lack of bins is the norm and people don't throw their litter on the ground; they take it home with them. Japan is a good example of that. People here just need to take some responsibility and act like decent citizens. Carry a small, foldable bag with you at all times, then you don't have to find a bin.

Yes they are usually considered a bomb risk. That said the IRA have not been an issue in the UK for some time and in most city centres they’ve increased the number of bins.
If there aren’t there is probably a lack of funding.
The fact that people drop litter is because they are dirty disrespectful bastards. We need as a society to improve.
I visited my family a few months ago with friends from Germany and I was so ashamed of our streets.

Loads of bins in my city centre (Leeds)

I do think the people who drop their litter are lazy. I don't drop litter but I am having to walk around a lot to find a bin. They have several large bins in the toilets for paper towels. Would these bins not be seen as a risk also?

The council has recently got rid of about half the bins in our town centre and replaced them with fewer, but larger bins. The town, like most towns I guess, has a significant litter problem. It's annoying, having to carry any litter round a few shops before you come to a bin, but the real issue I have with it is that it's a disincentive for people to use bins, if they are the type of person who is at all inclined to drop litter. I know there are some who won't use a bin even if it's right under their nose, but it seems ridiculous to remove bins, because they certainly were never standing empty when they were there.

and remember who funded them, largely people in the US who thought their methods were justified.

It’s not the number of bins as such, it’s the cost of emptying them that’s the issue. There is one near me that attracts so much rubbish that it’s full as soon as it’s emptied. It would be better if people generated less rubbish and took it home with them, having lots of bins is not sustainable.

It is not always practical to take the rubbish home. A lot of rubbish is packet food and drinks on the go.

I don't like feeling like a walking dustbin either OP. I hate littering but I drew the line at putting a plastic sushi box dripping with soy sauce in my rucksack.

There are so few bins where I live too. I mean, I get it. They were a major bomb risk, I remember them being removed when I was a child when I lived in London.

But yeah, it’s especially irritating when you have children and feel like a walking dustbin until you get home.

The bins we do have, especially in the park never seem to get emptied either and idiots just pile stuff on top or around them and then everyone moans about rats.

There is a large litter picking volunteer group here though, and we get involved with it around the school once a month.