Council contractors will be installing free windstraps on Council kerbside bins in the Methven collection area on Monday 29 August.

Many bins in Methven will already have the straps installed, however the Council encourages residents who have a wheelie bin without a windstrap, to put it out at the kerbside by 7.30am on Monday, even if it isn’t full.

The wind straps are attached to both yellow recycling wheelie bins and red rubbish wheelie bins and people can clip the lids shut when they roll their bins to the kerb on windy days.

The straps are specially designed to be undone as the bin is picked up and emptied by the collection trucks, ensuring efficient collection. A trial of the straps showed they were 95 per cent effective at keeping lids shut on windy days, even when the bin was blown over. Council’s collection contractor, EnviroWaste, had also reported the straps have worked well since they had been rolled out.