‘Overflowing bins need tackling now’
Chapel Lane resident Peter Bird next to the overflowing food waste bins opposite his home.
A FAMILY is calling for urgent action to tackle the problem of bins opposite their homes which have become a magnet for fly-tipping and fire-starters.
Red food waste bins left in Chapel Lane by a restaurant which backs on to the passage have been left overflowing, which Peter Bird says is making life miserable for him and his family.
The bins, which are situated opposite Mr Bird’s front door, have been set alight on a number of occasions, frightening his 14-year-old daughter whose bedroom looks out over the passage.
They have also attracted fly-tippers – Mr Bird opened his curtains on Tuesday morning to find a large red sofa propped against the bins.
It was quickly removed by South Holland District Council, but Coun Roger Gambba-Jones, whose portfolio includes waste management, has said the fly-tipping was symptomatic of a wider problem of “rubbish attrracting more rubbish”.
He said: “The family have my sympathy because it can’t be very nice to have this problem outside your front door.
“It comes back to what I have said before that we all have a responsibility for keeping our public areas free of litter because anything left out just gives the impression that no-one cares and that invites other people to dump their rubbish.”
A spokesman for South Holland District Council said a fire officer has visited the site and asked the food business to remove the waste to ensure escape routes are kept clear.
He said: “All businesses are responsible for making sure their own waste is collected and is not allowed to accumulate.
“We are in receipt of information which suggests there may have been a complication with the normal waste collection in this instance and the food business is working to make sure this is resolved as quickly as possible.”
Mr Bird says the waste food bins have been in the passage for the past three weeks, but it is a reoccurring problem.
He said: “In the past there have been four or five fires, including two in one night, in the bins, but they still persist in putting their rubbish there.
“We have lived here for a long time but the problem has never been as bad as it is now. It is getting to the stage where my daughter is frightened to go to sleep.”
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Lazy Daisy
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 01:25 PMI walked past these bins today to take a look at them- just as pictured, lids not shut and surrounded by broken glass bottles and other rubbish. What is SHDC doing about it?
peekachoo
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 10:00 AMThere will be a business which these bins belong to and these business's should be fined. I was under the impression that if a member of public put rubbish out onto the street too early prior to a collection they could be fined, so why is this business who owns these bins not being fined the same? They are out on a public footpath all the time causing a nuisance. If nobody claims responsibility for them, then they should be removed.
Lazy Daisy
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 12:55 PMThese bins should be on the property of the business which rents them, not obstructing a public right of way. Mr Bird should phone the environmental health department at SHDC as they have all kinds of powers to deal with public health matters. Also get photographic evidence and or put a cctv camera in the bedroom window which overlooks this eyesore.
mavrick
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 11:55 AMfor some unknown reason a lot of people have no pride in there streets any more and for people who do this sort of thing need catching shown up in public and made to paye a heavy fine some of them are to idle to put things in a bin or take down the tip most of these idiots dont unerstand or dont wish to understand, it's us the council tax payer that is footing the bill all the time
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