A UK inventor has commissioned new research from Tel Aviv University which shows that fortnightly collections of rubbish, rather than weekly, will dramatically increase dangerous levels of potentially lethal bacteria.
Daniel Woolman is the inventor of Binifresh, an automatic hygiene and odour control device which fits into bins. He decided to act after the Audit Commission gave councils the go-ahead to introduce fortnightly bin collections as a way of saving money.
Mr Woolman said: "I had a contact at Tel Aviv and it was cheaper to do the work there than in Britain. I got swabs from bins in the south east and sent them. It was all fairly straightforward.
"I wasn't particularly surprised at the results because we've run similar tests before. I developed the product knowing this was a major issue, though it is quite concerning at how bad it was after two weeks."
