Rear Lift Bins Melbourne

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Rear Lift Bin

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What Is a Rear Lift Bin?

A rear lift bin is a wheeled waste bin emptied by a lifting mechanism on the back of the collection truck. Sizes run from 120 litres up to 1100 litres. They are the same style of bin most people recognise from kerbside collections, scaled up for business use, and they suit sites producing moderate volumes or sites that cannot accommodate a front lift truck.

Because the driver wheels the bin to the truck, rear lift works in places a front lift vehicle cannot reach: laneways, covered bin stores, basement car parks and tight commercial strips.

Rear Lift Bin Sizes

Size	Roughly holds	Typically suits
120L	Half a standard 240L wheelie bin	Small single tenancies, low volume offices
240L	The familiar kerbside wheelie bin size	Cafes, small retail, small offices
660L	Around three 240L bins	Busier hospitality, medium retail, medical suites
1100L	Around four and a half 240L bins	Larger sites, or several in place of a front lift bin

Which Businesses Use Rear Lift Bins?

Rear lift suits laneway premises, strip shops, small offices, cafes, medical suites and any site where a front lift truck cannot get clear frontal access or overhead clearance. They are also used alongside front lift bins, where a site runs front lift for general waste and a smaller rear lift bin for a lower volume stream such as comingled recycling or organics.

Access Requirements

Rear lift bins are wheeled to the truck by the driver, so they need a reasonably flat path from the bin store to the collection point and clear space at the kerb. Steps, steep ramps, locked gates without access arrangements and long carry distances all slow collection down and are worth flagging when the service is set up, so the run is scheduled realistically.

Rear Lift or Front Lift?

Rear lift bins suit lower volumes and constrained sites. Front lift bins hold between 1.5 and 4.5 cubic metres and are emptied by a truck that lifts the bin over its cab, which makes them more efficient once volumes climb. A useful rule of thumb: if your bins are consistently full before each collection, moving up to a front lift bin is usually cheaper per litre than adding more rear lift bins.

Supporting Smarter Recycling Practices

Rear lift bins can be allocated to comingled recycling, paper and cardboard, or organics alongside your general waste bin. Running a second bin for a clean stream is often the simplest way for a smaller Melbourne site to cut landfill costs and lift its diversion rate.

See also: Front Lift Bins | Hook Lift Bins

Frequently Asked Questions

Rear lift bins are wheeled to the truck by the driver and tipped by a lifter on the back. They suit Melbourne businesses with lower volumes or tight access, such as laneway shops, cafes, small offices and medical suites.

Budget Waste Services supplies rear lift bins in 120, 240, 660 and 1100 litre sizes. The 240 litre bin is the standard kerbside size, while 660 and 1100 litre bins suit busier sites that still need a wheeled bin rather than a front lift container.

A rear lift bin is wheeled to the truck and emptied by a lifter on the back, and holds between 120 and 1100 litres. A front lift bin is a large steel container lifted over the truck cab by forks on the front, holding between 1.5 and 4.5 cubic metres. Rear lift suits tight access and lower volumes, front lift suits open access sites with higher volumes.

Collections are scheduled to the volume the site produces, most commonly weekly or twice weekly. If bins are consistently overflowing before collection day, the usual options are a larger bin, an extra collection, or moving to a front lift bin.

Each bin is allocated to a single stream, whether that is general waste, comingled recycling, paper and cardboard or organics. Keeping streams clean matters, because a recycling bin contaminated with general rubbish or food waste can be sent to landfill and charged at the landfill rate.

Yes, that is their main advantage. Because the driver wheels the bin out to the truck rather than the truck lifting it in place, rear lift works in laneways, covered bin stores and car parks with height restrictions where a front lift vehicle cannot operate.