BINS are something that really involves everyone and I thought that the article in the Times about people failing to put the right thing in the correct bin was quite revealing.

Rightly or wrongly we have been given no fewer than four bins and these can pose their own problems in how you organise them.

But once you get them sorted out it has to be about remembering which goes in each, which is spelled out to users, ie tins and plastics in the green one, paper in the grey one, food waste and garden debris in the brown one with landfill waste in the blue bin.

It would seem that people have been getting themselves mixed up though and through it costing Fife Council money.

It would seem that the brown bin was the one that was most abused. Your article suggested that over 3,000 tonnes of waste from the browns has had to be sent for landfill which amazingly was a tenth of the stuff inserted in the browns.

Now really that is totally ridiculous and shows that some people simply do not concentrate when they are putting stuff in the bins or have they forgotten?

Your article suggested that animal waste was one of the items wrongly found in brown bins and that should have been sent to the blue bin.

It also stated that electrical items had emerged in green bins but that is something that should not be put in bins at all.

Maybe the council should consider putting out a new list breaking down what each bin should house. That it might cost a few bob to print the leaflets is obvious but it might save the council a lot of money in the long run.

We have had the bins for a few years now and people may need a regular reminder as to what is meant to go in each. It could make a big difference in the amount of items which are wrongly placed. Worth thinking about?

BIN LAIDEN,

Cowdenbeath.