I must say that our bin men are very good here in Brighton. They collect rubbish every day, and things are kept very clean.
However, at each point where the bins are situated, there are several containers for very specific different materials. Cardboard, Glass, Tins, Garden waste, old Clothes, Wood, Feathers, Building detritus, Used plasters, Dead flowers, Plastic, etc.
To add to those, we now have a new one. Cooked and un-Cooked food. So now we know what to do with those few Leftover Chips, Chicken bones, and Apple cores that we've been fretting about for years.
It has always been a worry, where to put those few Peas, Bacon rinds, or Fish bones that we left on the side of the plate. Even that blob of uneaten Mustard has caused hours of panic.
Now all our previous problems have been solved. We can take our plates down to the bins, and scrape off those few bits of leftovers into the new shiny bin.
I hope they do something creative with all this food waste. Feed it to the Seagulls perhaps?
Will we now no longer see half-eaten McBuns on the pavements? Somehow I doubt it.
BUT....... Observant readers will have noticed; the bin is taped closed. Collections will only begin in March, and will take place ONCE A WEEK. I predict a nasty WHIFF.

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