The bin clip campaign began with a visit to the sea savers from one of the people that work on the local bin lorry. She asked for their help to tackle a couple of recurrent issues she was witnessing first hand with the blue recycling bins. The first being contamination – people putting the wrong things in their blue bin, resulting in the whole lot having to be sent to landfill instead. The second being the wind. She told them that a lot of the ‘litter’ around the village is actually the result of blue bins blowing open/over and the contents scattering.
 
After a trip to the dump, meetings with Highland Council and other research, we came up with a campaign to better educate people about what goes into the blue bins in Highland region, and to fabricate bin clips to hold the bins closed.
 
In winter, we will be going door-to-door in the village, giving out bin clips and leaflets/stickers from Highland Council about what can/can’t go into blue bins. Until then, we attending events like the primary school fun day, playing the Rubbish Game, talking to people and handing out clips and leaflets.