Now you may need SIX bins: Warning from Britain's biggest waste firm over new EU rules forcing people to recycle more Daily Mail

  Waste company Veolia has launched campaign against 'unnecessary bins'

  Firm says EU rules could mean people have to separate rubbish six times

  However legislation is so badly worded that full impact remains unclear 

Families may have to separate their rubbish into six bins from next year, Britain’s biggest waste firm warned yesterday.

EU rules coming into force this January dictate that councils should collect glass, paper, tin cans and plastic separately, to avoid contamination and ensure they can be properly recycled.

Veolia, which collects or sorts rubbish for a third of the population, said the regulations are likely to force councils to place more bins outside every home.

A spokesman said the firm is calling for ‘a nationwide policy of “no more unnecessary bins”’.

They warned: ‘From January 2015, EU rules mean households and businesses may need to separate their waste into six separate bins. Veolia thinks most of the sorting can be done post-collection and that four bins are more than enough.’

Government officials insist councils should be left to decide how to collect rubbish. They are looking closely at the wording of the revised EU Waste Framework Directive, which remains shrouded in confusion.

They claim the rules may not lead to more bins – as local authorities could be exempted if they demonstrate that adding bins is not feasible.

Officials also say waste could be collected in fewer bins and then separated by binmen on the pavement – but Veolia has dismissed this proposal as dangerous.

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Currently I use  3 bins, 2 for re-cycling ,(Brown and Green) and 1 for general waste, (Black)  all of which are provided by my local council,  the council uses an alternative weekly collection, so 1 week the green bin is collected, and on the 2^nd week the brown and black bins are collected,  this is because of some bureaucrats in Brussels have decided we need to re-cycle more,  increasing  from  3 bins up to 6 bins is just stupid  I agree we need to do some re-cycling ,  however for example, some plastics can be re-cycled, some cannot be re-cycled,  The UK Government and local authorities need to provide us with a more considered approach to the re-cycling process.