Looming bin change to spark mass confusion – and one group of Aussies will be worst hit

Bin night is at risk of becoming a Wiggles concert on your nature strip. There's already a red one, a yellow one, a blue one and a green one.

Now, if you can believe it, there are plans to add a purple bin to the line-up just to give us more kerbside anxiety. Remind us again. What goes where and on what week?

The way it's headed, there'll soon be group therapy sessions for sufferers of PTSD (Post Trash Stress Disorder).

The good people of Victoria are the first in Australia to be reeled – or should that be wheeled? – into the purple-lidded bin/glass-only receptacles trend.

Mitchell Shire Council is the latest to sign-up to the four-bin routine, with the entire state joining them by 2030 if current trials are deemed a success. And while some are heralding it as a positive for the recycling industry, others are not so sure after hearing about the trade-off.

To accommodate the new glass-only addition to the collection, residents' general rubbish and mixed recycling will only be picked up fortnightly.

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Spare a thought for families dealing with nappies

Families with young kids are justifiably kicking up a stink.

Anyone with young ones knows how pongy a nappy can be merely seconds after it's performed its duty.

HAZMAT suits are often required to change them, as the stench permeates every pore of your skin and seems to stick to the wall. You can only breathe easy when that sucker is tossed in the outside bin, awaiting pick up to its final resting place on rubbish night.

But can you imagine the stench if those same nappies are left to ferment for up to 14 days, especially in large apartment complexes?

You'll have to be hosed down and scrubbed every time you leave the bin area.

How many bins is too many?

And talking of those areas, where are we supposed to find room for another dustbin of detritus?

If it the new system were adopted in the Northern Beaches Council area where I live that would take us up to five bins. We've already got the standard rubbish bin, a paper recycling bin, a mixed container recycling bin and a greens recycling bin.

Families will soon have to force their first-born out of home to make way for the extra addition.

Renting rubbish space might become a thing. An Airbnb to store your spare bins!

Everyone supports recycling, but it's all getting too complicated!

As we've written here before, no sane person is against recycling.

Most people are happy to do their bit and sort their glass from their paper and everyday waste and plonk them in separate bins.

At this rate, you'll soon need a PhD in garbology to know where each bit of refuse belongs on what particular night.

The Australian Council of Recycling insists a separate glass bin will be a winner for the environment and worth the inconvenience.

It says the winds of change are coming, regardless of the complaints.

Let's just pray the wind is blowing in the opposite direction to a 13-day-old nappy.

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