CHILDREN CANNOT PLAY OUT DUE TO FLY TIPPING
RESIDENT COMPLAINS ABOUT FLY TIPPED WASTE
A HOUSING association resident in Feltham says fly tipping has become so bad children cannot play in the street, where everything from mattresses to soiled nappies and building materials are dumped.
Jane Wilcox lives on the corner of Veitch Close, and says problems have got worse since one of the two dumpsters residents share was stolen and not replaced two months ago, saying there is now
“one bin among seven tenants”.
A cleaning service paid for by residents also has not been in months, she said.
“They are supposed to clean all the rubbish that’s outside. That’s what they get paid to do, and noone comes out and does it,” she added. “It stinks out there. You’ll see from the pictures what we have to tread in to put a bag in the bin. We have to tread in food, nappies, everything.”
“There are mice, foxes, cats, everything out there.”
Ms Wilcox has lived in her home for eight years and she said the flytipping had really taken off in the last two years.
“It’s like every day we wake up and there will be mattresses dumped out there, dirty shoes and clothes,” she said. “They’ve been flytipping building stuff into people’s parking bays.”
Ms Wilcox said one neighbour had not been able to park her car for four weeks because residents could not move the heavy construction waste.
Ms Wilcox lives in a stand-alone home, but her tenancy agreement means she shares the bin shed with the opposite block of six flats.
The Local Democracy Service put Ms Wilcox’s complaints and allegations to housing association Inquilab.
A spokeswoman for the association said: “As with any and every housing organisation in London, we are dealing with the ongoing issue of bulk refuse and flytipping. As an organisation we are committed to delivering excellent customer service to our community and we can confirm Veitch Close is scheduled to be cleared by November 13. We are currently implementing structures and processes to provide effective solutions to alleviate the issue moving forward and address the repercussions our community faces in relation to this.”