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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

The Tories are to blame for this recycling fetish?

Recycling has been going on here for ages, I don't think it's entirely the problem. When it was recycling every two weeks, other trash every two weeks, on alternating weeks we never had a problem. Now green bins are down to one collection a month and this summer has been a nightmare for flies, wasps, mice etc.

More than two weeks is simply too long to have old garbage sitting in a bin. It doesn't matter how much of it there is. Even if it's just one bag sat in the bottom of the wheel bin - it needs removed before it starts to fester. Councils are failing badly on this but at the end of the day, most councils are flat broke, and that's largely down to austerity.