UNSIGHTLY rubbish causing mess and smells and attracting pests is the unlikely inspiration for a new Thanet-based business.

Bins to Go is being launched to solve rubbish problems not met by Thanet council’s fortnightly collections.

Bosses are staging an exhibition at Tesco Extra, Westwood Cross on Friday and Saturday, May 30 and 31 and plan to start operating in the second week of June.

For £2.99 per week, the company will collect rubbish for landfill and recycling from wheelie bins on the weeks the council does not collect. It can also arrange green waste collections.

Bins to Go is urging people to register for the service if they are interested.

The business is being fronted by director Michael Found, backed by two other local businessmen.

It is their response to the problem of overflowing wheelie bins faced by many people in Thanet, particularly larger families, for whom fortnightly collections are proving inadequate.

Mr Found said: “Wheelie bins overflow and they end up having piles of unsightly black bags, causing smells and attracting rats and flies which is especially a problem in the summer and the last thing you want to see in your garden.

“Some people then take the excess to the tip. One man recently said he had to wait an hour and a half to get in and there are very often queues.

“Hopefully we will be able to work with the council and possibly with local supermarkets as well, we want to be as eco-friendly as possible. All the feedback we have had so far is positive.”

Bins to Go will collect on the same day as normal collections but on alternate weeks to the council. People simply put their wheelie bins out as normal.

If the operation is successful in Thanet, they may extend it.

BLOB: For more information, visit www.binstogo.co.uk, email: binstogo@yahoo.co.uk or call 0800 007 5401