Gary Bineker joins Trash Gordon, Lightning McClean and Trash Bandicoot
CHARNWOOD residents will be served by the borough council’s fleet of colourfully-named refuse and recycling vehicles.
Having been officially named, ‘Gary Bineker’ and friends have now arrived in the borough.
Charnwood Borough Council revealed the winning names of its ‘Name That Wagon competition’ earlier this year, and all the names have now been added to the lorries and sweepers.
There were over 150 competition entries from youngsters across the borough, but only 24 could make it onto the list of final names.
The council sent winners a certificate and a goody bag to say congratulations and have been sharing photos of the winners on their social media channels.
Matt Bradford, head of cleansing and open spaces at the council, said: “We really enjoyed running this competition for the children in Charnwood. We revealed the winners earlier this year, and we’re pleased the names have now been added to the vehicles.
” The winners will now see their lorries collecting refuse, recycling, or garden waste and can witness the sweepers cleaning up the streets.
Matt said: “It was great to see the kids with their certificates and to hear how thrilled they were to find out their name suggestion had won.
“I would like to thank everyone who got involved in the competition. All the suggestions made us smile, and we hope it has also brought some joy to our residents.” The current fleet of bin lorries collects all refuse and recycling from the borough’s 75,000 homes as well as serving more than 30,000 customers of the council’s garden waste service.
The vehicles empty household bins around five million times a year.
The full list of the vehicles is as follows: Lorries Binderella Bindiana Jones Binny Chitty Chitty Bin Bin Crushington Florence Garbage Goblin Gary Bineker Grass Gobbler Greta Garbage Hope Ken Carson - Loughborough Royal British Legion Mick Wright Mr Bull’s Bin Lorry Rainbow Runner Rosie Recycler Rubbish Buster The Chomper Trash Bandicoot Trash Gordon Truckosaurus Road Sweepers Clean Machine Dusty Lightning McClean Sooty, Sweep, and Sue.