15-05-2025
German discovers Scots brown bin in his home village – 1,000 miles away
The council say they are baffled by the far-travelled trashcan
WHERE HAVE YOU BIN?
WHERE HAVE YOU BIN? German discovers Scots brown bin in his home village – 1,000 miles away
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A GERMAN has told how he found a Scots brown bin in his home village — 1,000 miles away.
Christian Kuhne was stunned to spot the North Ayrshire Council trash container outside his office.
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Christian Kuhne was stunned to spot the North Ayrshire Council trash container
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He took a pic of the recycling aid and posted it on social media
Now the businessman, who has visited Scotland and recognised the local authority name, is keen to know how it ended up in tiny Viernau, in the state of Thuringia.
He took a pic of the recycling aid and posted it on social media to see if anyone could shed light on the mystery.
Christian said: 'A wheelie bin from the North Ayrshire Council appears in front of my company.
"In the middle of Germany.
"I'm curious about what the story behind it may be.
'Is someone in North Ayrshire region missing his wheelie bin?'
Christian said his investigations led to a waste disposal firm that sends bins to residents.
He added: 'The colour's blue, like the UK. But there was a shortage, so locals got colour combinations, like a brown bin with a blue lid.'
But North Ayrshire Council offered an alternative theory.
A spokesperson said: 'This German street is definitely not part of our regular collection route so we're very curious as to how it ended up here.
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'We can say that this bin was manufactured more than 20 years ago by a German company, SSI Schaffer, so it may have been a spare by the manufacturer which found its way into local use.
'As bins are the property of residents, it's also possible that it could have been taken to Germany by a former resident moving to the area and may have been used to store items in the move.
'However the bin ended up here, we would be delighted to find out.'
