Fingal Bins found in Romania!!!

Fingal County Council were left speechless this week after some of its wheelie bins were spotted almost 2,000km away in Romania.

The bins, which were spotted by Dublin adventurer Aidan Pedreschi, from Bayside, Dublin, who is currently cycling around the world for charity, have the county council's logo clearly stamped on them.

However, Fingal County Council says it has no idea how the bins came to be in Lovrin but it cannot carry out a full investigation without further details.

Weird

Mr Pedreschi discovered the rubbish bins in the small town of Lovrin.

In the bizarre twist of fate for Fingal's bins, the county council is still at pains to discover how they ended up in the eastern European country.

Mr Pedreschi detailed the unlikely discovery in his online travel diary www.acousticmotorbike.com last month.

"We set off from the hotel just before 9:00am and on the way out I noticed that all the wheelie bins were branded with Fingal County Council's name on them," he wrote.

"It was very weird, as every wheelie bin in the town was from my hometown."

At least three of the Fingal County Council wheelie bins were seen outside the small hotel in Lovrin.

However, Fingal County Council said it has no idea how the bins ended up in such a distant location.

A spokesperson said she can confirm that: "there are no circumstances where we have sold on or exported bins to Romania or any other country".

However, she added: "The bins in the images provided to us are Fingal County Council bins.

"The matter only recently came to our attention and we are trying to establish how the bins came to be used in Romania."

The county council cannot carry out a full investigation of the bins as yet, because it has not yet gathered enough information.

Investigation

"Unless we know the serial numbers of the bins, we cannot confirm which households they came from."

The bins, which are given to every customer for free, cost €20 for the customer to replace.

"We will be investigating this fully to try to establish how these bins came to be used here and would welcome any additional information which helps us in our investigation," the spokesperson added.

Mr Pedreschi is currently completing a round the world charity cycle to raise money for just-one.org and Child Action Nepal, who offer shelter, education and a family environment for orphaned children.