A Maldon mum who carefully recycles her rubbish has spoken of her frustration after watching binmen throw her food waste into the same lorry as her black bags.
Karen Palmer, 35, says she supports recycling by sorting her waste into garden waste, recycling, black bag rubbish and food waste to be collected each week.
The mum-of-four was standing by her window, in Maldon Road, Ulting, last Friday, when she saw binmen collect the black bags and the food waste, in green bags, and throw them into the same lorry.
A spokesman for Maldon District Council said this was not the usual process and it would be raised with the contractor.
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