A dad has complained to Kirklees Council about uncollected bins and says his street now stinks and resembles a ‘landfill site’ due to piles of bulging black bin bags.
Luke Horton says he has complained to Kirklees Council around 10 times in the last six months about uncollected wheelie bins in Hawthorpe Terrace at Crosland Moor, Huddersfield. He says rubbish is ‘piling up’ and the smell is awful. He says wagons are visiting to collect green bins but not grey bins.
“I am angry and fed up,” said the dad of one. “We report it every week but get no success. I have reported it 10-plus times in six months.”
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Luke says that the situation on Hawthorne Terrace doesn’t seem to have improved since YorkshireLivepublished an article about the same street on February 20.
He said: “Since the article the street has started to look like a landfill site with very little hope of a bin collection any time soon.
“To add a further footnote they have clear access each collection day and just drive past without attempting to even go down the street and they do all the surrounding streets without hesitation.”
Luke sent some photos to YorkshireLive this week which show overflowing bins and black bin bags piled up.
He said: “There’s a pile of rubbish at the top of the street – 7 or 8 bin bags. If it’s windy we get random bits of litter and when you go out the street is smelling of rubbish.”
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Luke said that residents had received a letter from Kirklees about six months ago which had mentioned problems with access due to parked cars.
Last month Kirklees admitted there had been a “persistent issue” with bin collections on Hawthorne Terrace and its depot was looking for a solution. The council apologised for the inconvenience caused.
Councillor Aafaq Butt, Cabinet Member for Culture and Greener Kirklees, said: “We are aware of a persistent issue with bin collections on Hawthorne Terrace, Crosland Moor, and upon investigation, it has been established that parked cars are causing the repeated missed collections. Our wagons are 9 feet wide and require even more clearance than that to pass safely, when cars block their access by parking too close to junctions, it makes collections unsafe.
“Under these circumstances, our teams will attempt recollections throughout the week, but if they cannot get access they cannot collect. We apologise for the inconvenience of missed collections, and would ask that all residents consider other road users and access required for larger vehicles such as bin wagons and emergency service vehicles when parking.”
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