Nottinghamshire residents are frustrated with their rubbish after issues with littering, wheelie bins not being emptied and pathways being blocked. Residents in Radford say they have had enough as overflowing wheelie bins continue to cause havoc in residential streets.
NHS worker Paul Classen has lived in the neighbourhood for more than 20 years. The 59 year old feels that the issues arise in summer each year as students and other multi-occupation homes have been moving out and in, and landlords are taking the time to make changes.
Paul said: "The situation happens probably more or less every year this time of year. It's an ongoing thing and I don't know why it's never generally tackled. I know last year around this year, Radford Road Police Station got a special team on the case who came round and put stickers on the bins to number them to determine which properties these bins were allocated.
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"There's so many bins, a lot of people just chuck their rubbish straight into it and then the council won't pick the bins up because it's not suitable rubbish."
"As for the rubbish collectors, they will leave some bins as people put the wrong rubbish into them, and quite often its HMO properties whether its students or not. Some of the properties have multiple bins and they are being used by people that just throw refuge in from other properties into it, they are not even from the street."
Paul added: "The council said there should be no bins on the street, its literally for the tenants to take those bins into the gardens so you have a clearway. When the bin men come I can't even get my car out as they literally cover my car with bins, that's how bad it is, and the ones they haven't taken away will be sitting there for months as it has the wrong stuff inside.
"At the end of the day, it's not one issue it's several." Other residents in the area have also experienced problems with the bins.
One resident on Limpenny Road who did not wish to be named said: "A few months ago there was a lot of issues about having the bins emptied on a regular basis. The reason we were told was that the lorry was full so they had to go to head office, and then didn't come back."
A Radford resident said "there's rubbish all over the place" and explained that it was a shame due to all the lovely areas nearby. However, some residents on Limpenny Road do not find that there is an issue with bins being kept on the pavement.
A lady who has been living on the road for almost two years said: "I've never seen a problem with it. It's always been like that. Personally for us, there's no problem with it."
Another resident on the street has been there almost three years and explained that due to the houses having steps into their gardens it is difficult to get a bin up and down the steps. He said: "There are some streets where they have big drive ways but still bins on the street.
"For us there's nothing we can do about it. We have older people on the street, so we have all kinds of people living here.
"It's not the easiest job to get a full bin out. It's not a problem that we use the pavement as the cars are parked on the side and we have to park over somewhere so everyone has to walk on the street."
He added: "It's not a big problem for the street." Lenton residents have also been experiencing issues with their bins, with one resident explaining how bins are left in the middle of his street like its a dumping ground.
A City Council spokesperson said: “All bin collections on these streets have gone ahead on the right collection day as scheduled. It is the responsibility of households to put their bins out at the right time for collection and return them to an appropriate place where they don’t cause an obstruction or other problems.
"It’s disappointing if this is not happening in this location, where the pavements are narrow and poorly placed bins can cause significant obstruction for other members of the community. While fines are an option for those causing genuine harm to the local environment, we would always seek first to inform households about the issues caused if the bins are not put out or returned correctly.
"We will engage with the residents to encourage them to take the appropriate action after collections.”
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