Petersfield residents are wheelie confused

Frubbish boards the number 48 to Rogate
with one of her children

Changes to local bin collections and bus timetables have left Petersfield residents bewildered.

Many people are complaining that their buses haven't been emptied for three weeks while others say it's unacceptable that they have to catch a wheelie bin into town.

Local mother of two Ismelda Frubbish was faced to take her children to school in a green wheelie bin on Tuesday. 

She said: "It was downright humiliating. When we arrived everybody was pointing and laughing. I simply hadn't realised it was supposed to be a grey bin week.

"The council was no help either. The told me to take my complaint to Winchester , which meant waiting ages for the number 95 dustcart. They're washing their hands of all responsibility."

A council spokesman advised "you should always wash your hands after touching domestic food waste or bus passengers".

Refuse collectors refuse collections

Choose a bin, any bin...

Owing to the snow, the bin collections in Petersfield are up the spout. But Petersfield Newswire is here to simplify EHDC's new arrangements for you:

• Recycling and ecological green waste should go in the black bins which may look white due to the amount of snow on them.
• Non-green waste should go in the green bins, which also may look white for the same reason.
• Houses with odd numbers in the north of the area that did not get their refuse collected last week but were expecting a recycling collection this week won’t.
• Houses with even numbers that did receive a recycling collection last week shouldn’t have. This will be returned but transferred into your green bin.
• Houses with names, not numbers, can pay for private collections.
• Bins should be left on the pavement which you can find under the snow.
• Bins must not cause an obstruction. Under no circumstances leave bins on pavements.

Full details from East Hampshire District Council - experts in waste.