A WOMAN who has endured months of problems over her recycling says she has now been left a “rude” note by the collectors.

Louise Turner is allowed to leave her bins and boxes in her garden because of osteoporosis, which means lifting heavy objects puts her at risk of breaking bones.

After being featured in The Argus twice and enlisting the help of city councillors following weeks of no collection, she thought her rubbish problems were sorted.

But to her dismay, a “rude” note was left on her black bin on Thursday saying her recycling needed to be put out on the roadside.

Her black bin was left in the road and six of her recycling boxes were not returned to her garden.

Mrs Turner, of Larkfield Way, Brighton, had left a note stating “assisted collection” on her bin ahead of recycling day on Thursday.

After seeing her bin and missed boxes she said: “I’m feeling quite flabbergasted. If I had not been at home to move the bin out of the road it would have been an obstruction. Nobody else’s bin was left like this.

“I think it was a reaction to my note, which just said ‘assisted collection. Thank you’ in a bid to avoid being left again. But their response was uncalled for and rude.”

Mrs Turner’s problems began when her recycling

collection was missed on May 3.

When it was missed two weeks later she made her first complaint and another when it was missed again a fortnight later.

When she contacted The Argus in early June, a council spokesman promised the cardboard, bottles and cans would be collected within 24 hours.

Nine days later it was still there, having been ignored once again by refuse and recycling workers.

Her recycling was finally collected on June 18 after Patcham ward Councillor Lee Wares got involved.

Two weeks ago on June 28 her boxes were emptied but not the black bin.

Again after calls to the team from Cllr Wares, a  refuse and recycling manager emptied the bin the same day.

Last year up to March, council crews missed 175 collections per 100,000.