A RISE in social media wheelie bin sales has been attributed to the roll-out of the three-weekly collections.
Dozens of ads have cropped up on sites, such as Facebook Marketplace, after sellers reported a rise in demand late last year.
The change came as Glasgow City Council announced its pilot project three-weekly collection for main door properties in the North East.
It has since been rolled out to the North West and will be introduced in the South Side next month.
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Scott Munro, who runs bin firm Cheap Wheelies, has seen business skyrocket across the city since the announcement was made.
He explained the UK-wide firm usually made around five to 10 sales across Glasgow a week, however, since December a total of around 5,500 have been purchased – an average of 420 per week.
He said: “When I got wind of Glasgow going to a three-weekly collection, I bought more stock in anticipation of requests coming from the city.
“Earlier this year, when letters started hitting doorsteps about it going out to the rest of the city, it went mental and since then it’s been a steady flow.
“I was struggling to keep up with it.”
The controversial scheme has been heavily criticised as an “unnecessary budget cut”.
However, Glasgow City Council insists the policy is vital to help increase lagging recycling rates.
Data revealed by the local authority shows the household waste recycling rates confirm has now risen to around 29%. Although the Scottish Environment Protection Agency is yet to confirm the figures.
A council spokesman said: ”We have received no feedback that additional green bins are being used on the scale suggested.
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”Additional capacity for general waste has always been available as part of the programme for households with medical needs or larger households that produce greater volumes of waste.
“We can also provide free, additional bins for dry, mixed recyclable material, food and garden waste or glass in support of household recycling.
“Changes to kerbside collections are designed to motivate householders to make more use of their recycling bins, which in general are significantly under used.“
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