By Fred

I have to admit that following my pessimistic optimism over the new Shepway waste collection program,  it does appear to be working.

Albeit I now spend an inordinate amount of time rinsing and sorting my waste between five bins, but my land fill waste has now been reduced to minimal amounts which could almost be collected monthly.

However, there are two bins which need resizing and some rethinking.

The food bin quickly becomes full at the end of just one week and I do take steps to avoid wasting food. Goodness knows how a large family copes.

The most obvious problem is the waste paper bin.

With daily, weekly and free newspapers, cardboard, magazines, catalogues and wrappers, the old black box quickly becomes full at the end of just one week. That means I have to store excess paper in… plastic bags!

This is a nonsense when there are five bins to use.

Can Shepway District Council please tell me why I can’t put our paper in the oversized half full purple bin and get rid of the black box, or is it because they prefer me to do all the sorting on their behalf?

Let's have a rethink please.

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