Those against it think it’s a waste of money but those for it said it’s an asset to the city.

Ironically, council’s perceived lack of action on collecting the old bins from Wagga’s kerbs have sparked an intriguing trend across the city.

Residents are arranging their old bins into exciting, gravity-defying ‘sculptures’ as a way to pass the time before they are collected.

Bins have been stacked, tipped, piled on top of each other and wedged together to make interesting shapes.

The bins lining almost every street in Wagga are unsightly and many complaints have been made and pleas heard to collect the bins quicker.

It’s a time consuming process to collect 58,000 bins from about 20,000 homes. 

Rome wasn’t built in a day and these bins won’t be collected in that timeframe either.

On one hand, these so-called sculptures could be considered a danger or a form of vandalism.

If they were to topple over, they could cause real damage, not to mention the hazard they pose to pedestrians.

On the other hand, should we applaud residents for their creativity?

People are using props, such as flags, or decorating their bins with painted smiley faces to add to the facade and Facebook page has been dedicated to the creations.

Obviously, residents don’t think these bins will stay like that.

Someone will tip them over, pull them down or they will eventually be collected – these are not permanent fixtures in our community.

But they could be.

Maybe Wagga’s ‘big thing’ could be a big bin sculpture.

It’s an issue that has divided, or united, the city (depending on your perspective) and the changes to collection has been one of the biggest city-wide changes implemented in recent times.

Bendigo has Crate Man, a sculpture made entirely of milk crates that appears mysteriously overnight. 

Maybe Wagga can have Bin Man.

We are not advocating stealing your neighbour’s bins or damaging property to make these sculptures.

It ceases to be fun when it becomes an act of nuisance of bordering on criminal.

But is there any harm in having a little fun before these bins are removed?