Metal bins on the way to stop fire raisers

Metal bins will replace their vulnerable plastic counterparts in areas where youths have been setting refuse on fire.
Metal bins may be one way to stop refuse fires happeningMetal bins may be one way to stop refuse fires happening
Metal bins may be one way to stop refuse fires happening

At a meeting of Falkirk Council’s external scrutiny committee today, members heard from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service on the subject of wilful fire raising and the fact that certain areas Falkirk are ‘hotspots’ for wheelie bins being set alight.

Metal bins were said to be more expenisive than plastic bins, but were identified as one way of stopping this form of anti-social behaviour.

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The council’s director of development services Rhona Geisler said: “We have used metal bins in the past in certain places and we have them on order – they may even have arrived now – ready to be sent to locations identified as hotspots by the fire and rescue service.”