Do Wyres bins have Microchips?
Firstly, there is absolutely nothing to fear about mircochips. Only the grey wheeled bins (which are used for general refuse collection) contain microchips in Wyre and we would stress that these are totally inactive. Furthermore, none of Wyre’s vehicles are fitted with the necessary electronic facilities required to read any data. Whilst we have no immediate plans to activate the microchips we may, in the future, have to respond to national legislation where we will have to record the amount of non-recyclable waste by weight per household in Wyre. With this in mind, we decided to take the decision to purchase grey wheeled bins containing microchips when we first introduced our Recycling4Fylde&Wyre scheme last year. At an additional cost of £1 per mircochip, actually fitting the microchips during the purchasing stage is much cheaper than having to purchase additional bins for thousands of pounds extra or much less problematic for residents than fitting microchips in retrospect. Should t
