[WillowTheWhisp]

Was your letter similar to the one I just received Less, entitled "Refuse Collection Warning Letter" ? My reaction to it was "blooming cheek!"

They reckon several people in my area have already been fined £50. Well let them just try and fine me £50! There is NOTHING, not one item, not one teensy weensy bit of an item in my wheelie bin that is possibly recyclable. All my recyclables are plonked in the respective receptacles and who doesn't take them when they should? Hyndborg Council Refuse Dept that's who! Who told me to leave my paper sack outside for the best part of a fortnight because they forgot to collect it when they emptied the box and the blue sack? HCRD that's who. We have made several trips to the tip recently in order to recycle stuff that they won't flippin well collect as recyclable but which I don't put into my wheelie bin because it is recyclable.

They have powers you know. It says so in the letter. I just wish those powers included the ability to pick up the rubbish they drop every Wednesday around these parts. I shall be out with my camera again tomorrow to collect evidence if necessary, and I shall be making phone calls.

Good luck to you Less if they try fining you for rubbish that isn't yours. At least now we've got a name of a responsible person to contact. The Waste Services Manager goes by the name of Mr. S. Riley. He can send out letters to us, lets see how he copes if he's inundated with phones calls from us.