Waste changes don’t add up

Sir, – Having lived in Carnoustie for almost 50 years I am both dismayed and disgusted after reading in The Courier that our recycling centre is to stop accepting mixed or general waste after February 1 2019.

Being old aged pensioners does this mean that if we have extra waste we are supposed to take it on the bus to the Arbroath recycling centre?

Sorry, we cannot do that as we are no longer allowed to walk into Angus refuse centres.

The authorities want us all to recycle more, yet they reduce the hours the depots are open and suggest bin lorries will operate between 6am and 10pm.

I would love to see them trying to negotiate the narrow streets in our town after 6pm when they are full of parked cars. It’s the people at the top of the waste department who should be recycled because it seems as if the lunatics have taken over the asylum.

Many residents – and voters – will be watching with interest to see what our councillor representatives are doing about this. And if the bigwigs come away with the standard reply – that the cuts have to come from somewhere – perhaps someone can suggest that they start with the over-inflated salaries of those at the top of the tree because they are not worth the money.

What about the millions of pounds generated for the area by the Open golf tournament that we were all told about? Or was that just “fake news”? Thomas Mitchell. Links Avenue, Carnoustie.