A FRUSTRATED resident is attempting to charge the council for dumping two unwanted wheelie bins at his home.

Jack Biggs, of High Street, Wyke Regis has written to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council asking that they pay him for storing the council property at his home.

He said he wrote to the council several weeks ago to let them know he would not require a wheeled bin when the scheme began.

Mr Biggs said: "I do my own composting and my own recycling and all the council do for me is empty the one bin."

But despite his letter he was delivered a 180-litre green bin and a 120-litre brown bin while he was away on holiday.

He added: "What I object to is the fact that they are making the decision for us. It's a free country and I am going to carry on doing it my way."

In his letter he asks the council to pay £5 per week storage for the unused bins along with £20 administration costs but believes they will decide to remove the bins instead.

He said: "If you want a wheelie bin then that's great, but there's a lot of other people who don't.

"They had to have it one way or another - why couldn't they sort out a dual system? There's more than one way to skin a cat."

Many residents on Portland and in Wyke Regis say the new bins are unsightly, impractical or dangerous on the narrow, steep streets.

However, the scheme is compulsory for most households in Weymouth and Portland.

The only exceptions will be where wheeled bins genuinely cannot be stored or serviced and these properties will continue with a weekly service until an alternative can be found.

Mr Biggs said: "They hold you responsible for their property which you must keep on your private property. "It's nonsense, if you were parked on their property they wouldn't hesitate in charging you for that. It's a matter of principle."

A Weymouth and Portland Borough Council spokesman said that the authority was looking into the matter.