HUNDREDS of wheelie bins have been confiscated from outside homes by Stoke-on-Trent City Council – after being left outside too long.
Residents on 38 streets in Fenton, Hanley and Cobridge, in Staffordshire, are outraged after they were targeted in the crackdown.
More than 200 wheelie bins were seized during two days of action earlier this month, and now families whose bins have been removed must call the council to get them back.
Existing rules mean residents must put their rubbish out the day before collection and then retrieve their bin by the end of the collection day.
Council bosses wrote to residents to warn them that their bins would be seized as it noted “a large amount of abandoned wheelie bins being left in alleyways… adding to the existing issues such as litter and fly-tipping.”
Some have slammed the action after residents whose bins have been seized put out black bags instead.
Linda Beasley, aged 50, of Lowther Street, said: “The council should give everyone a key to their alleyway and a new bin and make them sign for it so then they have no excuse for leaving their bin in the street.
“Taking the bins away has just made everything worse and is causing rubbish in the street. There’s glass everywhere and it will attract rats.”
Neighbour Rob Unwin, aged 66, said: “Taking away the bins has just caused a mess because bin bags have been left out with rubbish spilling everywhere. I’d rather have the bins left out in the street than this mess.”
However others have backed the measure as the streets look “100 per cent better”, one resident said.
Resident Sarah Horton lives on the Portland Street estate and has backed the council crackdown, saying: “People are already commenting how much bigger and better the streets look.
“It’s a situation with no easy solution but doing nothing would have been infinitely worse. If the pavement was blocked by a car being parked on it there would be a public outcry, so why should it be any different with bins?”
Jeff Cooke, aged 65, who lives on Carron Street, Fenton, added: “We’ve been fighting this problem for years now. Everyone I have spoken to has said it’s made a big difference. There’s always going to be some backlash but the streets look 100 per cent better now.
“I just hope the council’s environmental team keep on top of it so we don’t end up in the same situation,” he said.
The affected streets include Oldfield Street, Carron Street, and Foley Street, in Fenton. Portland Street, Powell Street, Century Street and Lowther Street, in Cobridge and Hanley, are also affected.
The council has received 1,248 complaints from residents about bins being left out too long in the past two years. Anyone whose bin has been seized risks being fined or taken to court in the future.
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Councillor Randy Conteh, cabinet member for housing, said: “We’ve received numerous complaints about bins being left out in Fenton, Cobridge and Hanley.
“At the start of the month we committed a huge amount of resources into two action days in both areas, which saw a deep clean and tidy up. Abandoned bins were also taken away.
“These are all things that residents had complained to us about. Prior to this, we had delivered letters to every house, which made it clear bins would be taken away if they were left out.
“It’s unfortunate, when the solution was so simple, that we had to take this action but faced with an ongoing problem – and the impact it was having on responsible households in the communities – we were left with no other option.”
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