Nevertheless, there's no change in the overall image of our neighbourhood. And that's because the neighbouring streets still have their bins uncollected, and rubbish is been left on the streets for weeks at a time. The official advise from Leeds City Council does not help either: they are advising to leave the bins on the curbside for 48 hours following a missed collection, and as a result people now leave their bins out permanently!
As a result, we often see the bins burned, like this one that can be seen today on Glensdale Terrace.
But that's not all. Rubbish has taken over our lives, it lurks on every corner, as we can see this morning on East Park View:
And as the time goes by rubbish gets built in the tarmac:
And to add to this, the company putting the streetlights up don't care too much about leaving their own rubbish- I saw two of these bags full of sand on my way home today.
What exactly is our Council Tax paying for? For months now we are not getting half the collections we should be getting. Is there any way we can get a refund? Or at least some litter pickers in East End Park...
Maria
ReplyDeleteSaw your comments on tbe Guardian/Leeds site.
"What exactly is our Council Tax paying for? For months now we are not getting half the collections we should be getting. Is there any way we can get a refund?"
My sentiments exactly. I'm serious about following up the refund enquiry I have. Will keep you posted on how it goes..
Nik
Thanks Nick! It would be interested to see if we can hurt them where it hurts: their wallet! But in any case, it seems that all the alleged "savings" are just because they are only making half the collections!
ReplyDeleteThe whole system is absolutely chaotic, I live very near to Maria and have not had one bin collection missed since the re-organisation, even my brown bin was collected on time. The collection routes seem almost arbitary and without any logical thought behind them.
ReplyDeleteAs a member of the anti-incinerator group as well as COVEN it is my strong desire to see as much reduce, re-use and recycling done as possible across the whole city with extra curbside collections of different items so that at the end the amount of household waste that is left and cannot be recycled is almost nil, but to get to this point people are going to have to have a great deal more confidence in the collection strategy than at present.