"Jo Barton, a Lib Dem local activist, and former Councillor, has expressed dismay that the council's decision to remove Food Caddies from the recycling chain. Having been apart of the team that campaigned for the brown bin waste collection to be introduced in 2012 she is very confused at the council's decision.

She said, "I am absolutely appalled at the decision which leaves many residents, who are unable to compost, having to put food waste into the grey bins. The stench from my bin is appalling and it is only going to get worse as we enter the summer months especially as flies and maggots come back into season. I can only imagine what it will be like at the landfill site as gases and toxic liquids begin to build up. This is a backward step for Seftons Environmental policy and its aims to reduce waste."

The food waste was recycled into energy and compost until recently when the council stopped the service due to lack of take-up but Jo believes that the council should scrap its proposed new blue bin glass scheme and instead spend the money on making food caddy collections available to everyone in the borough."

I had hoped the Blue Bin concept had been consigned to the Brown recycling version to emerge as a neo-foodwaste collection service - and smelling of roses!

I think Former Cllr Barton has always seemed to mean well for the town rather than the egos/extension of the national Lib Dem’s some of her former colleagues valued higher than Southport. I also did feel a bit sorry that she was elbowed out of her seat by Cllr Lewis running clinics in her ward as his seat was likely to go to Labour, but has there not been an election since June 2019 as although disappointing they’ve gone they’ve been gone 18 months or so now....

https://mysefton.co.uk/2019/06/06/fo...ce-suspension/

Guess Southport elections 2021 are all lined up to be about cycle lanes and bins!

So she doesn't want smelly food waste in a grey bin. Does it somehow smell differently in a green caddy?

Our grey bin rarely smells. Everything that goes into it is bagged and the bin itself is washed out every few months. I suggest former Cllr Barton does likewise.

Not knowing former Cllr. Barton from Biblical EVE I will suppose she has good intentions, at heart.
There are ways of limiting malodorous household waste. Oftentimes though, it is just a fact that some householders cannot be arsed!

I'm surprised the former Councillor has apparently forgotten that this service was poorly subscribed and far too costly to run.
The working conditions for the crews, especially in warm weather, were horrendous. Men would often be reduced to retching at the side of the road due to the unholy stench.

Also, due to the austerity measures, implemented by the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government, it was a prime target for savings when budgets were cut.