HAVING read the front page of the Wirral Globe this week regarding Cllr Bernie Mooney’s proposal to introduce yet another bin into Wirral homes and expect residents to once more accept and bow to the proposal under the buzz word “recycling” is for want of a better word “trash.”

Like most Wirral residents we too attempt to reduce our carbon footprint, we even pay for the privilege of having our brown bins emptied.

However, in most homes kitchen bins contain a lot more than Cllr Mooney’s estimate of 40 per cent food waste.

In most homes all kitchen waste food is separated from grey bin recyclable waste and deposited normally into the pedal bin into suitable plastic bags, then later deposited into a secure green bin, which again we pay the council to empty via our council tax.

Therefore, I would suggest that in most cases, only food waste is deposited within the existing green bin.

I would also add that many Wirral residents have witnessed overspill plastic bags put out next to bins, only to be torn apart by animals in search of food possibly contained within the bag, leaving the scattered contents to be cleaned up by the resident.

Such proposals for leaving out plastic bags full of food waste will also attract vermin to our streets. In Cllr Mooney’s own words she suggests “that we have a responsibility to improve and protect our environment” by achieving a figure for recycling of 50 per cent by 2020 and that food waste can be turned into fuel.

Good news indeed, but not completely true; all waste in some form can be turned into fuel, the technology is already there. If we are to improve and protect our environment I would respectfully suggest that Cllr Mooney should direct her attention to improving the environment in which people live by resolving issues which attract higher priorities for Wirral residents – issues relating to animal fouling, fly-tipping, litter, graffiti, pollution, noise, destruction of grass verges, and many more.

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