Man banned from using wheelbarrow for recycling

The chairman of a parish council has been banned from taking his recyclables to his local tip by wheelbarrow - because bosses say it is dangerous.

Andre Wheeler, head of Barwell Parish Council, has been using a barrow to take his bottles, papers, cans and other materials to Barwell tip for the past eight years.



Now he has been told that wheeling the barrow on to the site is a health and safety risk, and must stop.

Mr Wheeler, 61, said: "Technically they have slapped an ASBO on my wheelbarrow."