WHY DOESN'T DURHAM ACCEPT YARD WASTE AT FACILITIES?

To the editor: I'm a longtime Bowmanville resident, and never has yard waste collection been so bad.

I 100 per cent understand that Durham Waste Management is shortstaffed and is having trouble collecting all yard waste on time, but our waste sits outside in paper bags and once those bags get wet, all that happens is a huge mess on verges (boulevards) and roads.

I don't understand why waste sites are no longer accepting yard waste, because some of us have yard waste that won't fit into the bags and we need to take it somewhere, and this is when people start fly tipping (dumping waste).

We have removed several larger trees and have nowhere to take the branches. COLETTE GODFREY

BOWMANVILLE