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Overview showing the range of General Waste Bins
Continental General Waste Bins sizes available from 500 lire to 1280 Litre choice of lids and build variants
Suitable for domestic
Household waste and none recyclable materials, also black bag waste, and food waste if the local authorities don’t offer a recycling food collection service.
Foot Operated Bin Lid Opening
All-size bins are available with a foot-operated Standard Lid Specifically adapted for situations in which bulky items can limit the use of both hands for opening the lid, The foot-operated system is perfect for black bagged waste general waste. This simple operation, yet effective foot-operated pedal bin system at the base of the container take the slightest effort to raise the lid, therefore freeing up your arms and reducing the risk of injury if carrying awkward loads and boxes. Ideal for bin stores and bin sheds.
Continental Recycling Waste Bins sizes available from 500 lire to 1280 Litres come Standard with a recycling flap lid.
Fitted with Flap Lid-Suitable for Recycling: Mixed Dry Recyclables Paper recycling - dry paper waste, newspapers, office paper and magazines. Cardboard corrugated cardboard, cereal boxes and card, Metal cans clean, empty drinks cans and food tins Plastic – packaging films, empty drinks bottles, rinsed out milk bottles, clean salad trays, rinsed out microwaveable meal trays, margarine tubs, glass jars, glass bottles NOT FOOD WASTE
Continental Range
Have Fully Internally welded seams stop water penetration, preventing the corrosion that plagues less well-made metal waste containers. With full EN840 certification, they will give you exceptional lifetime value with limited downtime.
Steel-centred castor wheels manufactured with needle bearings, grease and rubber optimised for performance (we don’t offer plastic-centred castors)
The top frame is a complete welded tube, not split or open bend, with a diameter of 20mm. The use of the complete welded tube is very important here, as by using a complete tube there are no holes or gaps in which waste can leak into the top frame itself when the container is lifted on emptying.
The Comb Bar is manufactured from a single piece of steel with welded end pieces and gussets.
Steel body / Shell is Hot-Dipped Galvanised Steel along with internally welded seams, which ensures robust protection in the harshest of environments and protects the container from internal corrosion due to residual waste being caught in exposed corners.
Standard Castors are 200mm Steel centred wheels manufactured with needle bearings, grease and rubber optimised for performance steel-centred rubber-tyred swivel castors, two of which are fitted with trailing brakes (Brakes are press to lock, press to release) are bolted on for an easy replacement. Two-foot operated, trailing braking wheels at the front with two swivel wheels at the back. (Not Welded On or Plastic Centred Castors) 200 mm Standard castors Rubber tyres, Needle roller bearings, Trailing brakes, Pressed hubs, 3.5mm top plate, Zinc and clear passivate, 1230 Kgs static load rating, 690 Kgs dynamic load rating.
DuraFlex lids are up to 4 times lighter than metal lids, thereby considerably reducing the risk of accidents to waste operatives and members of the public.
The lightweight construction of DuraFlex lids, made from high-grade UV-stabilised polyethylene, gives the same stability as heavier metal lids.
A rotomoulded DuraFlex lid can be bent or crushed several times and still revert to its original shape.
Lid Colour Options:
Black, Blue, Brown, Dark Blue, Dark Grey, Green, Moss Green, Orange, Standard Grey, Standard Red, White, Yellow
Standard Lid 1100 Litre to 500 Litre 1280 is fitted with a domed lid Recycling Flap Lid
2 Aperture Brush Bottle lid