Recycling bins won't do job

I recently took delivery of my green wheelie bin for garden waste and cardboard.

On reading the information accompanying the bin, I realised that, from now on, I would not be able to supplement my bin with any garden waste refuse sacks.

I know, for a fact, that the bin provided will not hold anywhere near all of the waste produced in my garden, let alone any cardboard waste.

In the past I have, on average, put out between six and eight bags per month, this being despite having two compost bins in use.

My neighbours appear to generate a similar amount of garden waste.

As this waste cannot now be collected by the council, due to the restrictions imposed upon us, I, like my neighbours, have no alternative but to make several, additional trips per year to the household recycling centre, a round trip of some 10 miles.

These additional trips are adding considerably to both the individual's and collective carbon footprint, as well as what I believe is a form of subsidy to the local council.

The revisions made to the collection of garden waste are, I believe, a retrograde step that will result in increased costs and inconvenience to the already overburdened council tax payer.

Chris Painter, Shrewsbury