Edinburgh City Council has published an update on refuse collection during the wintry weather on its website:
... To help households manage their waste – the Council is introducing up to 70 temporary bin skips sited across the city in public locations such as supermarket car parks, schools and leisure centres for the public to take their excess rubbish. For locations please see our map.
As wheelie bins are not currently being collected, residents are also being advised to put excess household refuse in their brown garden waste bin until full service is resumed. Priority attention has been given to snow clearing, particularly to gain access to multi-story [sic] blocks to prevent the build up of refuse.[img_assist|nid=1358|title=|desc=|link=node|align=right|width=175|height=200]
During the severe weather period the Council has been providing a limited service for on street, kerbside and communal household bins as well as trade rubbish bins and recycling boxes in the city centre and on main roads. Waste services staff are also clearing excess rubbish left on the street where access is possible.
The closest temporary bin skip shown currently on the council's map is at Meadowbank, but on Thursday evening Spurtle found council workers dropping off a skip in the council car park at the end of Bellevue Road, where the recyling facilities are.
Spurtle took the opportunity to ask about the location of grit-bins. The reply: 'There aren't any round here, but they used to be on every corner ...'. Could this be a reason for CEC's reluctance to provide a list of grit-bin locations?