Political Penguin

Having already identified myself as a bit of an environmentalist I thought I would invite you into the murky world of recycling in Walsall.
Actually, it’s not murky, just plain crap.
About three years ago, myself along with the other surrounding populace were issued with our green boxes to place recyclables such as paper, glass and tin.
We were issued with collection dates at the time, every other Tuesday on the day our normal waste is collected. I left my new green box out, didn’t get emptied. I put it down to being a new system and maybe I had misunderstood or there were delays in the implementation.
I tried again the following fortnight and again the one after that. Still no collection. So I left it outside for a month. My normal bin was emptied but not my green box. Upon which I decided not to bother, along with, it appeared the rest of my street.
About six months ago the Cabinet Member responsible; Rachel Walker was all over the press telling people that if they didn’t use their green boxes they’d be fined a cool