{"id":562298,"date":"2026-05-02T11:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/562298\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T11:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:20:09","slug":"binman-says-food-waste-wont-be-emptied-if-caddy-contains-one-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/562298\/","title":{"rendered":"Binman says food waste ‘won’t be emptied’ if caddy contains one thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The refuse collector, known as The No1 Binman on TikTok, said he ‘didn’t understand’ why people got so confused<\/p>\n

10:34, 02 May 2026Updated 10:38, 02 May 2026<\/p>\n

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Caddies should only contain food waste (stock image)<\/p>\n

A binman said ‘so many people’ got confused when it came to their food waste bin – and the addition of one thing risked it not being collected.<\/p>\n

The refuse collector, known as The No1 Binman on TikTok, said he ‘didn’t understand’ why people couldn’t follow the rules when it came to filling their caddies.<\/p>\n

He claims garden waste was a big issue, and said he’d seen grass cuttings, flowers and even branches in the bins while on his rounds.<\/p>\n

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“So many people are getting this confused, and I don’t understand why,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Garden waste is not food waste. Garden trimmings, grass trimmings. They go in your compost bin, not your food waste bin.<\/p>\n

“So many people are getting confused. They put branches and stuff in it, and then they go ‘why didn’t it get emptied?’ Because it’s not food waste. I know cows might eat it or something, but that is not what food waste is for.<\/p>\n

“That goes for flowers also – not food waste. Do not put them in there. It goes in the garden waste.<\/p>\n

“If you don’t have the garden waste, take it to the tip. Compost it yourself – either way, absolutely fine.<\/p>\n

“Just don’t put it in your food caddy. Otherwise, it’ll get left, especially if it’s mixed with your food. You’re going to then have to sort it.”<\/p>\n

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The Mirror<\/a> reports there are a number of reasons waste collectors can refuse to empty a bin.<\/p>\n

This includes an open lid, excessive weight or contaminated recycling or putting a bin out too late.<\/p>\n

As a general rule, garden waste should not be combined with food waste.<\/p>\n

Birmingham City Council<\/a> said residents should avoid putting “any item that is not food waste” in their caddy.<\/p>\n

This includes:<\/p>\n

Packaging of any kind, such as food wrappersPaper platesBlack bagsLiquids, such as milkOil or fatFlowers or garden waste<\/p>\n

The council website<\/a> states: “By keeping non-food items out of your caddy, you are making sure the food waste we collect can be recycled properly.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The refuse collector, known as The No1 Binman on TikTok, said he ‘didn’t understand’ why people got so…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,617,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-562298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-tiktok","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}