Roy Morgan (58), of Westfield Way, reckons he has made dozens of phone calls to the local authority in a vain effort to get a bin for his garden trimmings.

Fed up at his latest rebuff, he spoke out against the council.

Mr Morgan, who works for a Peterborough estate agent, said: "My neighbours have green bins and the lorries come every fortnight to pick up their garden waste.

"In fact, the guy who lives opposite me has two green bins but I can't get one.

"Everyone can get these collections except me and that rubs me up the wrong way. I get charged the same council tax as my neighbours but I am not getting the same service."

The district council's refuse collection scheme includes silver bins for recyclables, such as plastic bottles and metal cans, and black bins for waste which is landfilled.

Its website says residents can take garden cuttings to two council tips or buy a home composter at a subsidised price.

If they want a green wheelie bin for waste to be collected from their homes, they have to join a waiting list.

Mr Morgan reckons he has been patient long enough.

He said: "My original inquiry was two and a half years ago and I was initially told it would take two or three months.

"That went by and I rang again and was told they were short of bins and would write to me when they got some more but they have just kept fobbing me off.

"I was told in February this year I would have one this month but now it won't be until July.

"It is not acceptable."

But there is light at the end of the tunnel for Mr Morgan as the green waste collection service – which already covers 19,000 homes – is being extended to 6,500 more on the waiting list.

He will have to pay £20 to sign up to the scheme.

The council's waste policy officer Dawn Temple said: "Once we have written to everyone we need to give people time to pay their £20 joining fee.

"We are delivering the new bins in April, May and June, and during this time we will also take delivery of a new vehicle, re-organise the collection rounds and recruit and train a new team of operatives ready for the first collections in July."