Pointless council environmental schemes

Outside my house are 4 wheelie bins. 3 black for general rubbish, one brown for 'garden waste'.
Recently the council dropped off a stack off little green plastic buckets - one per flat, with instructions that we should collect food waste in them, then periodically empty them into the brown bin for composting, hence saving landfill.
In one week I collected 2 stale eggs, half a loaf of mouldy bread, and some offcuts of cheese. I didn't want them sitting around in the kitchen for ever, so I dumped them in the brown bin as per instructions (smashing the eggs in the process).
2 weeks later, the brown bin contains exactly what I put in it, except not quite so recognisable and smelling a hell of a lot worse.

Meanwhile my kitchen is overflowing with carrier bags full of glass bottles, cans and paper, because I have to take a serious detour from anywhere I regularly travel to find a recycling point.

I think the council got their priorities wrong on this one.