An Ashford man has been left baffled by the "ludicrous language" used on Biffa's new bin bags.

Cliff Boulton spotted the amusing 'Arisings' bag in Pluckley this morning leaning against a bin.

He said: "I wondered who on earth thought up this totally ridiculous use of the Queen's English?

"Street Arisings? The bag contains litter, trash, rubbish, garbage, refuse or many other words from my thesaurus. Nowhere does said thesaurus mention 'Street Arisings.'

"I do appreciate 'street droppings' would be more appropriate for dogs and birds maybe, and would lead to all sorts of witty remarks, but surely 'Arisings' is going a bit far.

"Maybe Biffa had a competition to see who could come up with the most ludicrous way of describing litter.

"Maybe, as the bag was in Pluckley, it was full of Ghosts Droppings Arising?"

The Oxford dictionary definition of arisings is: "materials forming the secondary or waste products of industrial operations."

KentOnline has approached Biffa for a comment.