For a business idea I need to know an estimate of the number of PUBLIC
(ie in the street) rubbish bins in the UK. As a second best a large UK
city will do, I can than extrapolate from there. As a 3rd best a large
city outside UK will do.
Will pay $10 tip for good answer

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Clarification of Question by dogsbollocks-ga on 25 Jun 2005 15:27 PDT

kennethcircle-ga, if you submit this comment as an answer I'll pay $10.

Sorry I can only give you the 3rd best. There are around 18,000
rubbish bins on the streets of Hong Kong.

Source: Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Hong Kong SAR
Government (http://www.fehd.gov.hk/pleasant_environment/cleansing/clean1.htm)
"To help keep Hong Kong tidy, about 18,000 litter containers and 792
dog excreta collection bins are placed on the streets"

Hope this helps.

Hello dogsbollocks-ga ,

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Here is some additional information that may interest you.

HO CHI MINH CITY IN 2001 
7500 public rubbish bins

Excerpt on page 6

Environmental hygiene: ?Rubbish and litter: Area of swept streets:
17,131,302m2; average weight of domestic and municipal rubbish
collected, transported and treated: 3,786 tones/day (including
garbage: 2920tonnes/day; constructional rubbish: 866 tones/day);
health service rubbish: 3.59 tones/day; 431 points of convergence; 03
transfer stations, 01 tight pressing rubbish station, 39 rubbish bins,
7500 public rubbish bins, and 02 concentrated rubbish treating areas
(Dong Thanh and Go Vap landfills: an area 45 ha).?
http://www.undp.org.vn/projects/vie96023/mp/HCMC/02/04.pdf


Best regards,
Bobbie7