Hastings resident Roger Wright is environmentally conscious when it comes to waste, but he's not sure the council's proposal for separate wheelie bins for recycling and general rubbish is the best solution.
Mr Wright already has a wheelie bin for general rubbish, and uses crates to separate out his tin, plastic, and paper, dropping off his green waste at the Henderson Rd transfer station.
Although he made the effort, he said a lot of people simply didn't have the time to sort out their rubbish.
"They might have busy families and just not enough time - why don't we just have one venue and build a big recycling centre where rubbish is picked up and taken to and it's sorted there - it could create employment too."
He said in an ideal world people would take individual responsibility for recycling properly but a lot of people didn't, and the extra costs could be a hindrance for people as well.