@Robin Interesting, thanks for sharing

@Ryan I see your point totally. I just can't accept that it's that hard or expensive. I pay my council tax for things that benefit me and other people. It all comes out of the same pot and I guess for once I'm asking for something to be done that directly benefits me.

Perhaps if they had cut down on the amount of budget allocated to things like completely screwing up the recycling scheme (stickers for bins, more bins, different lids, fitting new lids, leaflets, someone coming round and explaining the stickers and leaflets, someone coming round again and explaining the new bins stickers and lids etc) then they might have had some cash left over for something blatantly more important.

Schools, policing and everything else is of course important. It's a question of prioritisation. Plus, being efficient and smart.

@Brian It's got worse . . . especially with the increased amount of people running and dumping to catch a train.