Matthew Malthouse wrote:

On 11 Jul 2003 03:26:53 -0700 umpston wrote:
} This morning I had some rubbish to throw away and was delighted to
} find litter bins on South Woodford station platform. I don't know how
} long they've been there. They appear to be a new design with a
} transparent plastic bin-bag suspended from a hoop attached to the
} wall. This design presumably reduces the 'bombs in bins' risk, which
} caused the removal of all the old litter bins some years ago.

PAris changed all it's street bins to this design wholesale about 3
years ago. Often wondered why London didn't do the same.

Mind until that time Paris still had solid street bins and retains solid
bins on the Metro. I suppose they're risk assesment comes in lower than
London.

Maybe some of them are back now, but certainly in Paris both the SNCF
(train) and RATP (Métro) used shallow cardboard box-trays on the floor
(so you could see every item) and made sure they were emptied regularly.