Wheelie Bin Bracket: Bin Crime

Bin Crime

Just How Bad Is It?

UK Researched shows more than £50 / €54 Million in Damage to Property and 12 Deaths in the past six years!

Costing up to £1,900 / €2,150 per callout Bin Fires are an appauling waste public resources, especially during a recession.

What are the most common wheelie bin crimes?

Arson Burglary Data Theft

And Illegal Dumping

The Solution

Having researched these criminal and anti-social behaviours we designed and patented the SmartBracket^TM and the SmartBracket-BinBay^TM, a highly robust, synergistic deterrent package to all wheelie bin related abuses. Read on…

The following articles, taken from a range of publications, give us an insight into just how real and how serious the problem of wheelie bin-related crime is…

Three held in blaze death probe

Twenty crews fought intense flames on the ground floor of the building and rescued a 35-year-old man from the first floor. The bodies of his parents, aged 65 and 68, were found in an upstairs bedroom.

"We know the seat of the fire is a wheelie-bin outside the premise and we’re presently checking all wheelie-bins in the area to see if other attempts have been made to ignite bins."

"Our crews tried valiantly to save these people in very difficult circumstances….The couple who died had been married for 45 years".Issued: 29.01.09 At: 11:30am Leicestershire-fire.gov.uk – Firefighters & City Wardens Warn of Wheelie Bin Concerns“

Arson Task Force

Torched wheelie bins are distressing to occupiers and neighbours and divert crews from real emergencies. They can spread fire into homes where gas supplies have been ruptured and people have been severely injured or have died”. “We advise people to only put their wheelie bins out on collection days and at all other times to store their bins in a secure area to stop them from becoming an easy target for arsonists”.

Trevor Hancox, of the Arson Task Force, said: “The majority of these mindless acts of vandalism occur between the hours of 6pm and midnight”.

Barbara Whitcombe, the Council’s City Warden Manager said: “We are glad to be able to support the Fire and Rescue Service in their efforts to educate people about the potentially life-threatening danger faced by them and their neighbours if they do leave their bins out”.

NeighbourhoodWatch.net – Tuesday, September 8, 2009 – Wheelie Bins used in Burglaries

Our report back in July about wheelie bins being used by burglars to break into properties has lifted the lid on what appears to be a mini crime wave sweeping the country.
In Northampton, thieves used a wheelie bin to carry off their hoard of stolen computers.
In Barnsley it was reported that youths were deliberately setting fire to wheelie bins and attempting to inhale the fumes to get high.

The Daily Mail – Tuesday, Sep 08 2009 Wheelie Bin Theft

A green recycling bin which belongs to Peterborough City Council has turned up in Bulgaria, in the Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach.

The 240-litre bin was spotted by a council employee, while on holiday. Its new ‘owners’, who were using it to mix cement, had not even bothered to remove or conceal the identifying logo. Yesterday a council spokesman described the theft as outrageous and warned that householders must take greater measures to make their bins secure and keep their binsafe.

The SmartBracket^TM and the SmartBracket-BinBay^TM keeps your bin safe and can potentially eliminate all these and other issues, and as set out in detail on the ‘Products’ page following. With the bracket in place your bin is safe.

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