The giant skips for cardboard have gone from the Asda car park. The bottle bank remains along with a few standard containers for recyclables and clothing. The changes have happened because the recycling centre is now open at Badentoy. It is well signposted, though some of the signs are blown back-to-front, especially at the flyover. I have asked officers to fix them. I was asked why the council doesn’t collect glass along with the other items in the recycling bin.

I am told that if glass were collected with the rest of the recycled things it would be of less value to the council – and frowned upon by the Scottish Government. At the moment the colour-separated glass fetches income for the council and it can be used to make new bottles etc. If we changed to the Aberdeen system the mixed glass would be ground down for making roads and suchlike – and raise much less money. As well as being a bit wasteful of the earth’s resources!