THE council say that extra rubbish lorries were brought in over Christmas to deal with increased demand recycling was sorted at the depot.
This footage shows a refuse worker seemingly emptying a paper bag into a black box before tossing it into the back of the vehicle.
However a council spokesperson explained: "Due to the large amount of recycling left out during Christmas and New Year additional trucks were added to the system to speed up collections. The council stresses that the recycling was sorted at the recycling depots where it was separated."
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