Binmen refuse recycling waste collection because of one maggot
Warwick District Council binmen have been ridiculed after refusing to pick up a red recycling bin left out by 60 year old John Harlow from Leek Wootton. Apparently one live maggot had crawled into an empty dog food tin which was placed into his red recycling bin and the binmen refused to collect this because of the council’s policy on “live animals”.
Despite the fact that Mr Harlow, along with other residents in the area, pays nearly £2500 a year for council services he was advised to tip the contents of his red recycling bin into his general waste wheelie bin. The council has since been very apologetic regarding the incident, and the fact that the binmen did not take a “sensible approach” regarding this particular episode. It was the very fact that they advised the gentleman in question to place his recycled rubbish, plus one maggot, into his general waste bin which they would collect, which is very strange to say the least!
These are the kind of incidents which annoy the public and turn them against a whole host of recycling schemes being introduced up and down the country. It also highlights the fact that many bins around the UK are only emptied once every two weeks which has for some time been a serious bone of contention.
