Furious residents in row over bin collection

Residents in a rural part of Angus are demanding a council tax cut in a row over the ir rubb ish collections.

Graeme Boyle and his neighbour Pa u l i n e Anderson are furious that Angus Council will no longer use a private farm road to empty their bins.

They are among four households affected just off Emmock Road on the outskir ts of Dundee.

Graeme, a blue b a d g e - h o l d e r, said: “Until now the bin lorries have come down the road to empty our bins.

“However, the council have told us they will only collect the rubbish from the bins if they are taken to the end of the farm road.

“This is a halfkilometre road and up a steep incline.

“I walk with a stick because of arthritis and am unable to take the bins to the top of the road.

“The only alternative we have is to leave the bins at the top on private farm land, and I am not prepared to do that, or take the rubbish ourselves into Forfar to the recycling centre.

“I cannot physically do this. I am asking the council for a reduction in my council tax as they are not carrying out this service for us.”

Pauline said: “I don’t think it is right that they are now refusing to empty our bins for us because of some new policy.”

An Angus Council spokesman added: “This is a policy adopted by many Scottish councils and enables the efficient delivery of household collection services... while reducing the risk of damage to collection vehicles and the associated costs.

“Most road end collections were introduced in 2014 with the introduction of our then n ew kerbside recycling service.”