The Acapulco's efforts to help the planet seem to be frustrated by idiotic rules and regulations and lack of common sense and those of us who care enough to take our cans, plastics etc to the waste sites often feel it's a waste of time. Last week, I took two large bags of plastic bottles, collected from elderly and car-less friends who are unable to take them, to our local site.
Along with four other people, I was told to throw them in the ordinary waste skip as the plastics skip had been taken away.
I refused, and objected that caring members of the public had bothered to bring a lot of re-cycling only to be told that there was no facility to put it into and that the men there were "not allowed to stack things". This was not a one-off, it happens too often.
Surely, when one skip is taken away, another could be left in its place? We want a better service than this, it's a real discouragement to those of us who are passionate about recycling.
Employers working at the sites also need to ensure that cars are reversed into the bays, it makes no sense at all to drive in forwards.
Hazel E. Murgatroyd