LETTER: Councils don't help when it comes to fly-tipping
With regard to the article by Ashley Booker in last week's Chad, I would just like to raise a few points.
First of all I would like to say I would never fly-tip as I regard the people who do as the scum of the earth. However, I can see why it increases over the festive season.
This is a time when households have a lot more waste and yet the bin collections are depleted to the point of non-existent in some cases.
For example, my last blue bin collection before Christmas was on December 18 and the next one was due on January 6. Okay, that is something I could plan for.
But on the fifth we put the bin out and our bin, along with several others in the street, were not collected on the sixth . When I rang the council to ask why I had not had my bin collected I was told it should have been but I would now have to wait until January 15 for the next collection, but if I put a cardboard box out with the overflow the bin men would take it. They would not get a chance as damp weather, animals etc would have spread the rubbish around the street. So I am left with a pile of papers, tins etc in my back hall.
Householders also have to register to take garden waste etc if they are using a trailer. This should not be the case as who wants to put a load of smelly garden waste in a car if they have a trailer?
In a nutshell.... if the council made it easier to get rid of waste and provided a decent collection service there would be less fly-tipping.
Margaret Al-rekabi
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