ARE NEW BIN COLLECTIONS A LOAD OF RUBBISH?
RENFREWSHIRE residents are hitting out at new arrangements that will see their rubbish collected fortnightly rather than weekly. While collections will still take place weekly, household waste will only be collected every two weeks, with recycling uplifted every other week. An Elderslie resident blasted: “I’m very concerned – as a family of four, our weekly rubbish fills our bin, so are the council planning on giving us a new, bigger bin to deal with the extra week’s worth of rubbish? “There’s only so much you can recycle, and it’s a shame for families who have young children who go through lots of nappies. “Families will have to drive out to the dump with their extra rubbish and that is not fair for those who don’t have cars. “The council is just making us do their dirty work.” Bridge of Weir resident Terry Taylor also hit out: “In my household it’s just my wife and I so we could cope with once a fortnight – but it would be much more difficult for people with a couple of kids. “Things
