WasteAware, the organisation set up by Hertfordshire’s local authorities and funded by the County Council has produced a ‘film noir comedy’ in the vein of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, to explain to people the issues around properly separating food and garden waste from other rubbish.

The professionally-produced film is, in total, thirty minutes long and STILL makes mistakes with what can and can’t be disposed of for composting.

Having spent £20,000 producing this film and a further unspecified amount getting it shown and put online, to date the County Council’s records show just 1000 people have seen it.

“The 15 minute film has been professionally made at a cost of £20,000 to Herts tax payers,” said Lib Dem environment spokesperson Cllr Rob Prowse. “Yet very few people have ever heard of it, let alone seen it. WasteAware is funded by the County Council but they don’t seem to be accountable to anyone for how they spend tax payers’ money.”

“The Lib Dems agree with the aims of WasteAware but this is simply not on. At £20 per viewing, the film itself seems a massive waste!”