Binmen Strike Again!

no I do not mean go on strike, I mean incorrectly assess a bins contents, Kay McIntyre, 74, was left fuming when council workers refused to empty her garden waste bin – claiming it contained too much soil, she rang the town hall bosses expecting them to apologise, but instead, they sent out an inspector to check the level of dirt and rule on the case, it appears that there is a managerial level in the council that is trained to assess bins, furious son Andy, 8, who lives on the same street, said: 'it’s the lunatics in charge of the asylum, are we going to be asked to wash our weeds next? this is council taxpayer’s money, that’s why councils are in the mess they are in, there’s someone sitting there thinking of parameters for weeds and soil, it’s utter madness,'

when the inspector called Kay said, 'this inspector actually put her hand in, right down in the bin to check that what I was saying was truthful,' said Kay. 'She was looking for soil, I can understand it if they found a bin where people had been digging up soil or sweeping up glass and putting it in the bin, but in this instance I’m staggered,'

Megan Black, head of environmental services at Stockport council, said 'after making contact with the resident a community recycling officer visited the property and assessed that on this occasion the bin could be emptied, residents are reminded that soil should not be placed in the green bin and advised that soil should be knocked off any plants before being put in the green bin,' so there you have it, knock off the soil before the inspector calls, I wonder who pays for all of this nonsense? oh I forgot we do!