Green bin waste from across Herefordshire and Worcestershire gets sent to a recycling plant called EnviroSort in Norton.
The site processes around 82,000 tonnes of rubbish a year, most of which gets processed and sent to companies to turn into items like recycled paper, cardboard, drinks bottles, flower pots and bicycle frames, external.
Stuart said: “It’s things like wood, metal, clothing, toys and garden items that also end up in the green bins – items like that can easily be recycled at the household recycling centres.
“But the two biggest contaminators are nappies and food – we think people put them in there because they haven’t got enough room in their black bin.
“It makes life difficult for the people at EnviroSort. If you throw your half-eaten tin of baked beans in there, it means all the recycling around it gets rejected.
“I do think people try and do the right thing – it’s just about thinking about it a bit more and educating themselves on it.”