Post by Mitch on Aug 20, 2005 16:48:40 GMT
Residents'anger over waste piles
FURIOUS residents in the Daneshouse Road area are urging council bosses to clean up their act and help the community combat mounting piles of rubbish.
More than 30 bags of rubbish have been left on a backstreet between Hebrew Road and Brief Street and residents feel that not enough is being done by the council to accommodate their needs.
Mr Mohammed Subhan, a retired councillor who lives in Clive Street, said: "The environmental health committee are elected by the community to serve them but since they became executive this has not been the case. We have done our best to accommodate 164% of rubbish that accumulates over two weeks in a container of 100%. It's not fly-tipping, it's the extra 64% created by this and the contractor is just leaving it behind.
"The council has created the problem, it should go back to a weekly collection not once every two weeks. The children could pick any sort of disease up," he added. The rubbish has been there for a number of days now and nearby residents are worried about the threat of potential diseases.
Mr Azam Khan, of Devonshire Road, said: "The problem is all around the area and we are fed up of it. It's attracting rats, mice and cats. The kids are playing out, seeing these big rats in the rubbish and then running back to us crying."
Mrs Kathleen Kibble, of Brief Street, said: "It's an absolute disgrace. We want the weekly collection back. It was ok then."
Despite Mr Subhan complaining personally to the council's environmental health department he says nothing has been done to resolve the matter.
A Burnley Council spokesman said: "The clean up of the bags was ordered on Wednesday and the job was carried out on Friday afternoon. By offering a kerbside collection of recyclable materials such as glass, cans, paper, garden waste and plastic bottles, we are making it as easy as possible for people to recycle as much of their household rubbish as possible. We are also looking at introducing cardboard and textile collections as soon as possible."
19 August 2005
Burnley Express Letters
(Fred, I'd be interested to read you Northern Voices article on Burnley Rubblish collection in this thread).
Any other residents comments welcome.
FURIOUS residents in the Daneshouse Road area are urging council bosses to clean up their act and help the community combat mounting piles of rubbish.
More than 30 bags of rubbish have been left on a backstreet between Hebrew Road and Brief Street and residents feel that not enough is being done by the council to accommodate their needs.
Mr Mohammed Subhan, a retired councillor who lives in Clive Street, said: "The environmental health committee are elected by the community to serve them but since they became executive this has not been the case. We have done our best to accommodate 164% of rubbish that accumulates over two weeks in a container of 100%. It's not fly-tipping, it's the extra 64% created by this and the contractor is just leaving it behind.
"The council has created the problem, it should go back to a weekly collection not once every two weeks. The children could pick any sort of disease up," he added. The rubbish has been there for a number of days now and nearby residents are worried about the threat of potential diseases.
Mr Azam Khan, of Devonshire Road, said: "The problem is all around the area and we are fed up of it. It's attracting rats, mice and cats. The kids are playing out, seeing these big rats in the rubbish and then running back to us crying."
Mrs Kathleen Kibble, of Brief Street, said: "It's an absolute disgrace. We want the weekly collection back. It was ok then."
Despite Mr Subhan complaining personally to the council's environmental health department he says nothing has been done to resolve the matter.
A Burnley Council spokesman said: "The clean up of the bags was ordered on Wednesday and the job was carried out on Friday afternoon. By offering a kerbside collection of recyclable materials such as glass, cans, paper, garden waste and plastic bottles, we are making it as easy as possible for people to recycle as much of their household rubbish as possible. We are also looking at introducing cardboard and textile collections as soon as possible."
19 August 2005
Burnley Express Letters
(Fred, I'd be interested to read you Northern Voices article on Burnley Rubblish collection in this thread).
Any other residents comments welcome.
