How many 'catters' have both Green recycle bins and Green Food recyle bins?
Here under Essex County Concil we have both, until today I have always placed potatoe/veg peeling and fruit skin/cores on my compost heap but due to our move the new owners asked us to clear the heap as they wish to use the area for a dog run, so I placed my veggie peelings ect. in my green bin which the men have refused to take and slapped a contanimated notice on it. On ringing the council they said it was because it contained food waste which should have been in the smaller food bin. The stupid part about it is my neighbour got a notice on here food bin and was told it was because she had placed fruit and veg peelings in it and they should be in the large bin!!!
The big question is "do the council know what they are doing or are they making the rules up as they go along".