Trash is slow deleting files

Hi, My trash is deleting files but its really slow. Maybe around 1 file a minute. Something is obviously wrong. Any ideas?
Cheers
It's a 17inch mac book pro

It sounds like you have secure empty trash selected.
Solution:
open Finder Preferences>advanced>and make sure "empty trash securely" is unchecked.

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