Solihull's dog bins cost tens of thousands

EMPTYING dog mess bins will cost Solihull Council just under £80,000 over the course of a 12-month period.
There are currently 1,396 bins installed around the borough and the local authority calculates that each of these has an average maintenance cost of £47.80 a year.
This adds up to a figure of £79,326 for the financial year 2016/17.
Solihull Council said it receives dozens of enquiries each year about whether it can install containers at new sites.
The local authority said that it has to be mindful of the costs involved and while a bin may sometimes be the best solution to dog fouling, there are other options to tackle the problem.
Dog fouling continues to be a concern locally, with complaints on social media only this month that negotiating one Castle Bromwich street was “like playing hopscotch”.