Concern over extra wheelie bins

Some residents of inner-city Nottingham have been upset at the introduction of a third waste bin at their homes.

A trial recycling-bin scheme for 11,000 homes in Sneinton, St Anns and Arboretum will run until November.

Resident Tessa Rogers said there was not enough space on her street for three bins - one for rubbish, one for recycling and one for food waste.

The city council said the scheme was widely publicised and aims to improve recycling rates to 40% in three years.

Green targets

"I am absolutely fed up with it. I don't want to draw back my curtains in the morning and look at bins and rubbish and a street that looks shabby, scruffy and ignored," Ms Rogers said.

She called for more consultation on the scheme which she described as "reactive, not proactive".

A Nottingham city council statement said: "We are trying to offer a variety of new kerbside collections to residents so they are encouraged to recycle more of their waste to help achieve our target to reach a recycling rate of 40% by 2011 and 50% by 2018."

The council said the scheme would be extended city wide if it was successful.