A housing company says it will investigate concerns about rubbish at a property it manages in Long Eaton - amid claims that waste is "polluting" a canal. Shepherd Court on Bridge Street is a mixture of social flats and housing that backs on to the Erewash Canal.
For the past few years, one regular user of the canal says he has noticed recycling from residents in the buildings falling into the canal. Rather than recylcing bins, Shepherd Court residents are provided with bags which are hung up on fencing.
But particularly in windy conditions, these bags of recycling are reportedly being blown on to the side of the Erewash Canal, with waste including plastic bottles then falling in the water and floating downstream. Jamie Eadie, 36, lives in Stapleford but regularly cycles along the Erewash Canal to go to the gym.
