Recycling scheme has lost its bottle

12:23pm Thursday 8th May 2008

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I AM a resident of Whiteparish and an inveterate pub-goer (for the social aspect you understand), so I am blessed in that my village still just manages to provide enough steadfast clientele to hold the heads of the owners of three hostelries just above the waterline.

Of course, one consequence of all this faithful socialising is that a legion of empty bottles finds their way into the bin.

What came as a shock to me is that the bottles then find their way into landfill because the council do not tarry at the local inns on their recycling rounds as it is not household waste.

I understand that our council tax does not cater for waste collection from businesses.

It is likely the glass waste from the three pubs outstrips that of the rest of Whiteparish, and it is going into what is costly landfill.

The council tells me they would need more crews and vehicles to incorporate businesses, but the recycling round stops either side of these pubs to pick up waste from the adjoining houses.

Why, in the name of commonsense, do we not bend the rules slightly here?

KEITH WEYMOUTH, Whiteparish