Horsham gran’s Brexit bin plea: Council speaks out
Seventy-eight-year-old Betty Wells told earlier today how she feared she could become a Brexit ‘victim’ - because a replacement lid for her garden waste bin has to be imported from Germany.
Former magistrate Betty has been pleading with Horsham District Council for a new bin lid since Christmas, but says she has been repeatedly told it will arrive ‘next week.’
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Hide AdInfuriated Betty said: “I just hope it’s here before March 29” - the day Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union.
Betty queried why the council could not provide her with a whole new bin when scores of them are currently ‘in storage’ at Horsham’s Hop Oast waste site.
But Horsham District Council has now spoken out and said sorry to Betty - and told her she should have a new bin ‘next week.’
A spokesman said: “The council apologises for the inconvenience caused to this particular resident.
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Hide Ad“A new stock of bin lids had to be ordered and the delivery has been delayed.
“It is of course more cost effective to replace the lid rather than a whole bin.
“We are now assured that new stocks will be replenished by early next week.”