IT did not take long for the usual style of Darlington Borough Council to shine through once a few feathers had been ruffled (HAS, June 1).

Councillor Nick Wallis’s comments carefully avoided the question as to where the finance for the wheelie bin scheme is coming from.

No one seems to know is what I hear from councillors outside the cosy cabinet.

If 93 per cent of councils have already switched to this type of waste collection I say: “So what?”

Perhaps they have used the same strategy as is being suggested by Coun Wallis: “Like it or lump it.”

Could it be that the finance will be at the expense of bin men’s jobs? Or perhaps they will be redeployed putting wheelie bins out for us old fogies.

Now that would be a funny thing.

Steve Hodgson, Darlington.

I WAS glad to see that Coun Wallis (HAS, June 1) continues to be entertained by the lurid conspiracy theories in the pages of The Northern Echo regarding Darlington council’s clandestine approach to the introduction of wheelie bins.

There is nothing quite like the condescending rhetoric of a cabinet member to stimulate further debate on such an emotive issue.

I personally cannot wait for a wheelie bin to be delivered in the dead of night for eternal use because at least I won’t have to pick up the rubbish left after collection.

I do empathise with those who who will struggle with the bins.

However, I hope a neighbourly spirit will prevail. As usual what Darlington council fails to have taken into account is consultation.

Jon Merchant, Darlington.