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.
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We've made hundreds of bin clips using bungee cords, a wooden tag and the clips our local oyster farmer uses to hold his oyster cages closed and we're are delivering them around the village. We hope to get one on every blue bin in the village!

Big thanks to the Highlands & Islands Climate Hub for supporting this campaign.