Fury after Cornish council refuses to collect locals' rubbish bags for 'weeks' ... trends now
Angry residents in Cornwall have slammed their council for refusing to collect rubbish bags for 'weeks' because they have the 'wrong coloured handle'.
People living in England's southwestern tip have been left 'confused' and 'furious' after being told their old seagull-proof sacks with black handles will not be collected by the council anymore.
Instead, bin crews are supposedly only picking up rubbish stored in the new white-handled sacks, which the local authorities have introduced as part of a new scheme to 'encourage everyone to reduce their waste'.
However, a large number of people say they haven't received the new sacks, meaning they have been forced to continue using the black-handled bags for their waste.
But the local authorities are now refusing to take the former bags and are instead leaving them on the street for 'weeks' - forcing one resident to take her rubbish to a tip 34 miles away.
People living in England's southwestern tip have been left 'confused' and 'furious' after being told their old seagull-proof sacks with black handles will not be collected by the council anymore. Instead, bin crews are supposedly only picking up rubbish stored in the new white-handled sacks (both are next to each other)
Residents had been asked to place their old bags into a new standardised 180-litre grey bin or white-handled sacks (pictured) for collection
Locals such as Nicky Roberts (pictured) have condemned Cornwall Council for wasting money and resources with their new standardised collection scheme
Many residents say they haven't even received the new bins or sacks so have been putting their rubbish out on collection day in everyday sacks like they used to, but they are not being collected
Many have condemned Cornwall Council for wasting money and resources - calling out the irony that this scheme is supposed to enforce recycling, when it is 'only causing more waste'.
But the council have argued the new 'standardised' service will be highly effective when it is fully operational in all parts of the county.
One resident, Julie Elworthy, 61, has described the saga as 'an absolute nightmare' and a 'waste of tax payers money'.
She said: 'It took 12 telephone calls, nine emails, a chat with the county councillor calls to Biffa and direct complaints.
'There has been no accountability - the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing.
'But last Wednesday was the last straw - I had to take our rubbish up to Saltash tip, 34 miles away, it was very time consuming but we couldn't leave all the rubbish piling at the bottom of the lane.'
It was only when Julie threatened not to pay her council tax - for the first time in 42 years - that a bin was delivered to her door, the day after her warning.
