IN a recent letter in the Journal Christine Trendall asked why green bins weren’t emptied over Christmas and New Year.

Like thousands of others my green bin went out and wasn’t emptied.

I went on Wigan Council’s website to report it as a missed collection and got a message back saying it would be reported.

I then got a message saying the green bin service would resume its normal schedule on Monday, January 9.

Being rather annoyed at not being able to talk to anyone, I reported it as damaged, needing a new one and the damaged one emptying.

Only then did someone get in touch.

I was informed that the council had put something about the suspension of the collections on its website and Facebook page.

I don’t know how many regular internet users the council thinks are in the borough.

Obviously not everyone regularly goes online.

Apparently it was also in Borough Life. I thought that was a defunct publication as none have been delivered to me in more than two years.

As far as I am concerned this all shows that we are starting another year with incompetent administration by the council.

Mike Norris