The managing director of a clothing chain is locked in a battle with his local authority about a smelly pile of nappies.

Roger Wade, of UK designer store Boxfresh, claims he cannot fit all his baby's used nappies inside his council-issued wheelie bin along with all his household waste.

Brighton and Hove City Council has told the Wades, of Walsingham Road, Hove, that their rubbish must be within the bin or it will be ignored by dustmen.

Mr Wade, 39, said he did not believe a single 140-litre bin was big enough for a family of four with a young baby.

He said: "They will remove one small bin per household. It doesn't matter if there is one person or four people.

"Every week I have to go to the dump. I think as tax-payers, we have got a right that our rubbish should be removed.

"We recycle a reasonable amount - bottles and newspapers. That is about it.

"We don't trawl through our rubbish. I think that is reasonable."

Mr Wade, who has an environmental science degree, lives with his wife Jenny, 32, a full-time mum, daughter Tess, aged six and son Lou, 20 months.

He said every week there were bags left outside homes in their street.

"It is a concern for environmental health.

"Four people living in a house have different requirements to one person."

A council spokesman said: "We don't need any advice from Mr Wade about what's good for the environment as we successfully prosecuted his company for flyposting in 2004 and suspect his current campaign is not unrelated to that fact.

"Mr Wade's view in an email to the Argus on Feb 1, stating First and foremost the council have a responsibility to keep our streets clean and healthy', is hypocrisy given his company's previous actions. If we weren't cleaning up flyposting, we'd have more money for other services."

Gillian Marston, assistant director of Cityclean, the council's waste and recycling body, suggested the Wades use washable nappies.

She said European and UK government policy and legislation was forcing local authorities to rethink the way they handled waste and how much was sent to landfill.

She told the Wades: "This is designed to protect our environment for current and future generations.

"The council provides a recycling service which allows you to recycle 60 per cent of your waste and we encourage use of that.

"We can provide more boxes or extra recycling sorted and placed in bags will be collected.

"If the recycling service is fully used, one 140-litre wheelie bin provides more than enough capacity for a household."

The council also offers composting bins.

Father wants bigger bin for dirty nappies The managing director of a clothing chain is locked in a battle with his local authority about a smelly pile of nappies.

Roger Wade, of UK designer store Boxfresh, claims he cannot fit all his baby's used nappies inside his council-issued wheelie bin along with all his household waste.

Brighton and Hove City Council has told the Wades, of Walsingham Road, Hove, that their rubbish must be within the bin or it will be ignored by dustmen.

Mr Wade, 39, said he did not believe a single 140-litre bin was big enough for a family of four with a young baby.

He said: "They will remove one small bin per household. It doesn't matter if there is one person or four people.

"Every week I have to go to the dump. I think as tax-payers, we have got a right that our rubbish should be removed.

"We recycle a reasonable amount - bottles and newspapers. That is about it.

"We don't trawl through our rubbish. I think that is reasonable."

Mr Wade, who has an environmental science degree, lives with his wife Jenny, 32, a full-time mum, daughter Tess, aged six and son Lou, 20 months.

He said every week there were bags left outside homes in their street.

"It is a concern for environmental health.

"Four people living in a house have different requirements to one person."

A council spokesman said: "We don't need any advice from Mr Wade about what's good for the environment as we successfully prosecuted his company for flyposting in 2004 and suspect his current campaign is not unrelated to that fact.

"Mr Wade's view in an email to the Argus on Feb 1, stating First and foremost the council have a responsibility to keep our streets clean and healthy', is hypocrisy given his company's previous actions. If we weren't cleaning up flyposting, we'd have more money for other services."

Gillian Marston, assistant director of Cityclean, the council's waste and recycling body, suggested the Wades use washable nappies.

She said European and UK government policy and legislation was forcing local authorities to rethink the way they handled waste and how much was sent to landfill.

She told the Wades: "This is designed to protect our environment for current and future generations.

"The council provides a recycling service which allows you to recycle 60 per cent of your waste and we encourage use of that.

"We can provide more boxes or extra recycling sorted and placed in bags will be collected.

"If the recycling service is fully used, one 140-litre wheelie bin provides more than enough capacity for a household."

The council also offers composting bins.

Father wants bigger bin for dirty nappies The managing director of a clothing chain is locked in a battle with his local authority about a smelly pile of nappies.

Roger Wade, of UK designer store Boxfresh, claims he cannot fit all his baby's used nappies inside his council-issued wheelie bin along with all his household waste.

Brighton and Hove City Council has told the Wades, of Walsingham Road, Hove, that their rubbish must be within the bin or it will be ignored by dustmen.

Mr Wade, 39, said he did not believe a single 140-litre bin was big enough for a family of four with a young baby.

He said: "They will remove one small bin per household. It doesn't matter if there is one person or four people.

"Every week I have to go to the dump. I think as tax-payers, we have got a right that our rubbish should be removed.

"We recycle a reasonable amount - bottles and newspapers. That is about it.

"We don't trawl through our rubbish. I think that is reasonable."

Mr Wade, who has an environmental science degree, lives with his wife Jenny, 32, a full-time mum, daughter Tess, aged six and son Lou, 20 months.

He said every week there were bags left outside homes in their street.

"It is a concern for environmental health.

"Four people living in a house have different requirements to one person."

A council spokesman said: "We don't need any advice from Mr Wade about what's good for the environment as we successfully prosecuted his company for flyposting in 2004 and suspect his current campaign is not unrelated to that fact.

"Mr Wade's view in an email to the Argus on Feb 1, stating First and foremost the council have a responsibility to keep our streets clean and healthy', is hypocrisy given his company's previous actions. If we weren't cleaning up flyposting, we'd have more money for other services."

Gillian Marston, assistant director of Cityclean, the council's waste and recycling body, suggested the Wades use washable nappies.

She said European and UK government policy and legislation was forcing local authorities to rethink the way they handled waste and how much was sent to landfill.

She told the Wades: "This is designed to protect our environment for current and future generations.

"The council provides a recycling service which allows you to recycle 60 per cent of your waste and we encourage use of that.

"We can provide more boxes or extra recycling sorted and placed in bags will be collected.

"If the recycling service is fully used, one 140-litre wheelie bin provides more than enough capacity for a household."

The council also offers composting bins.

Father wants bigger bin for dirty nappies The managing director of a clothing chain is locked in a battle with his local authority about a smelly pile of nappies.

Roger Wade, of UK designer store Boxfresh, claims he cannot fit all his baby's used nappies inside his council-issued wheelie bin along with all his household waste.

Brighton and Hove City Council has told the Wades, of Walsingham Road, Hove, that their rubbish must be within the bin or it will be ignored by dustmen.

Mr Wade, 39, said he did not believe a single 140-litre bin was big enough for a family of four with a young baby.

He said: "They will remove one small bin per household. It doesn't matter if there is one person or four people.

"Every week I have to go to the dump. I think as tax-payers, we have got a right that our rubbish should be removed.

"We recycle a reasonable amount - bottles and newspapers. That is about it.

"We don't trawl through our rubbish. I think that is reasonable."

Mr Wade, who has an environmental science degree, lives with his wife Jenny, 32, a full-time mum, daughter Tess, aged six and son Lou, 20 months.

He said every week there were bags left outside homes in their street.

"It is a concern for environmental health.

"Four people living in a house have different requirements to one person."

A council spokesman said: "We don't need any advice from Mr Wade about what's good for the environment as we successfully prosecuted his company for flyposting in 2004 and suspect his current campaign is not unrelated to that fact.

"Mr Wade's view in an email to the Argus on Feb 1, stating First and foremost the council have a responsibility to keep our streets clean and healthy', is hypocrisy given his company's previous actions. If we weren't cleaning up flyposting, we'd have more money for other services."

Gillian Marston, assistant director of Cityclean, the council's waste and recycling body, suggested the Wades use washable nappies.

She said European and UK government policy and legislation was forcing local authorities to rethink the way they handled waste and how much was sent to landfill.

She told the Wades: "This is designed to protect our environment for current and future generations.

"The council provides a recycling service which allows you to recycle 60 per cent of your waste and we encourage use of that.

"We can provide more boxes or extra recycling sorted and placed in bags will be collected.

"If the recycling service is fully used, one 140-litre wheelie bin provides more than enough capacity for a household."

The council also offers composting bins.