On the way to work yesterday, I walked through a park and noticed that although they have regular bins they also have electric bins.
I used one. You have to put your foot on the bar at the bottom and then pull the handle down. It reminds me of the out of hours deposit boxes that banks used to have. You can deposit something but not access anything in the bottom. My question is "why"? I can see that they will be urban fox proof, but why the need for the electronics? It would would equally well if you just pulled down the handle. And again, the other bins are perfectly accessible to rats/foxes.
In no way am I bashing the local council, I am just hoping that someone can explain why it needs to have LEDs. The only thing I can think of is that when full, it will prevent anyone from trying to put anymore rubbish in.
I used one. You have to put your foot on the bar at the bottom and then pull the handle down. It reminds me of the out of hours deposit boxes that banks used to have. You can deposit something but not access anything in the bottom. My question is "why"? I can see that they will be urban fox proof, but why the need for the electronics? It would would equally well if you just pulled down the handle. And again, the other bins are perfectly accessible to rats/foxes.
In no way am I bashing the local council, I am just hoping that someone can explain why it needs to have LEDs. The only thing I can think of is that when full, it will prevent anyone from trying to put anymore rubbish in.
