Letter: Another box for recycling? Oh goody...

Letter: I wonder - having just received our latest recycling equipment - if the environment department at the borough council gave any thought to the manner in which the various bins, boxes, bags etc would be used in domestic situations.

The latest item is a bright orange open mesh duffle bag for plastic storage prior to its fortnightly collection.

Having managed to find a home for grey and green bins, and red and blue boxes, it was a blessing in some respects when the blue cardboard bag arrived to be able to hang this item on the wall to allow "hands-free" loading of same. Brilliant, neat and tidy at last. But a duffle bag is an entirely different matter.

Why on earth this could not have been similar to the cardboard bag (other than cost of course) beats me, not to mention the multi-coloured eyesore that litters the highway on collection days.

One does begin to wonder what savings are being made in terms of the environment as we wash endless bottles and packaging with our valuable hot water day in, day out and at the very least you would expect the powers that be" to at least give some thought to the way in which we can store this refuse.

One final problem, which is evident as you journey around the country, is the ever-changing colours of these receptacles from one authority to another. If you holiday in this country the recycling system at your destination appears totally alien to that at home because the colours are totally different yet the shopping and the packaging remains the same.

We cannot even manage to get that right it seems. One day perhaps someone will see sense and put this right.

John Carr

Randlay