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Rubbish bins painted red like post boxes baffle users

RUBBISH bins painted red like post boxes have baffled users.

The metal trash cans have the word “Litter” in gold Post Office script plus letter box-style slots.

Rubbish bins painted red like post boxes have baffled users in Scarborough
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Rubbish bins painted red like post boxes have baffled users in Scarborough
One resident said: 'Folk are more likely to chuck letters in than rubbish'
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One resident said: 'Folk are more likely to chuck letters in than rubbish'Credit: Alamy

One resident at Scarborough, North Yorks, said: “Folk are more likely to chuck letters in than rubbish.”

Actress Wendy King, 72, added: “A bin should look like a bin.”

And Anne Norland, 65, said: “I was very surprised to find out it was a bin and not a post box.

"I thought, ‘What’s a letter box doing where the bin used to be?’”

Actress Wendy King said: 'A bin should look like a bin'
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Actress Wendy King said: 'A bin should look like a bin'Credit: Ben Lack
The metal trash cans have the word 'Litter' in gold Post Office script plus letter box-style slots
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The metal trash cans have the word 'Litter' in gold Post Office script plus letter box-style slotsCredit: Ben Lack
Scarborough Council said: 'The bins are a trial to be more noticeable'
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Scarborough Council said: 'The bins are a trial to be more noticeable'

Pat McGlone, 79, said: "It is a good thing people are not posting many letters at the moment.

"I had to look twice to see the sign said 'Litter' and not 'Letters'."

Scarborough Council said: “The bins are a trial to be more noticeable.”

​Thieving jogger appears to steals a parcel from a letter box and h​ides ​it up his top

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