Peterborough council apologises over 'waster' recycling stickers

Residents insulted by red, sad-face emoji placed on rubbish bins in botched campaign

Peterborough city council has apologised for offending residents after thousands of stickers reading "waster" were put on bins as part of a recycling campaign.

Dozens of households said they were insulted by the stickers depicting a red sad-face emoji on their black wheelie bins.