Thursday, January 07, 2010

Coventry Council earns a coconut

'Dustmen have been banned from emptying wheelie bins if the lids are open by only a quarter of an inch – in case rubbish spills out and injures them.
Citing ‘health and safety’, refuse collectors use tape measures to check whether lids which appear firmly shut are open by even a crack, householders said.
If the bins exceed the ‘limit’, dustmen refuse to empty them.'


Well done Coventry Council! You have earned a LoonyTunesWatch coconut!

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1240992/Your-bin-dangerous-lid-quarter-inch-open-says-council-latest-bizarre-health-safety-ruling.html#ixzz0buDdbwR6

Perception?