I think it's fair to say that some people with a garden and lawn could find this service of some use during the summer months but, for obvious reasons, not at all during the winter months, as how much thin card has anyone to dispose of once Christmas is over?

For households without a garden, the bins are of very little use at all as, apart from garden refuse and thin card, nothing much else can be deposited in them.

I have a compost waste bin that decomposes at no cost the same type of waste that is collected in the green bins by the council at enormous cost and spread, so we assume, on farmers' land.

Once or twice a year my compost bin is emptied by me and the decomposted waste dug back into my garden at no cost to anyone!

The compost bins are cheap, the whole operation is simple and costs nothing more than a bit of effort but benefits the soil of anyone's garden greatly; for people without a compost bin, a compost heap serves a similar purpose.

It is then a fact that Doncaster council could cancel the total waste of time green bin collection immediately and reintroduce the weekly black bin collection all over the town which would cost the council no more than at present than the alternative black and green bin collection. So, as I asked at the start, do the above facts prove the national green bin service is a complete waste of time and council tax money?

Well I know what I think but more to the point what do the parents of families with overloaded, smelly black bins waiting two weeks for those bins to be emptied think? I'd be interested to know!

F Mckone, The Boulevard, Edenthorpe