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Talk about moving the goalposts once the game has started.

The latest harebrained scheme to come out of Shepway's Ivory Tower to save cash by charging for garden waste wheelie bins is on a par with the fleeting glory days of the Lib Dems when they held power, and promptly proceeded to save a penny or two by shutting the public loos.

I can't see the third of ratepayers who are trying to save waste and help the environment wanting to fork out over a quid, each time their  bin is emptied, or not if it happens to be in the winter months when the bins are seldom used.

In my crystal ball I foresee a boom in sales of dustbin incinerators at local ironmongers and bonfires lighting the night sky.

The domestic compost bins are nowhere near big enough for the amount of vegetation generated in the summer and they sit sad and neglected for the rest of the year.

Why not have a communal compost bin serving around a hundred homes which could be emptied weekly. It would save the fortnightly collection which for much of the year seems to be a waste of time and money when so few brown top bins are used.

Considering Shepway's financial position I think we must ask whether the charging is to keep the service going or to kill it off. From the people I have spoken to, I don't think there will be enough people keeping their bins to make it worthwhile.

A win win situation, for the council you may think, and a lose lose one for the environment which could see co2 emissions rocketing over Shepway.

Time will tell.

What do you think....cast your vote in the Village Poll....