EK residents claim housing bosses told them to stack rubbish indoors
A mum has called for urgent action to tackle overflowing bins which has seen waste – including used sanitary products – strewn on the street.
The mum, who doesn’t want to be named, said the bins provided at Louis Braille Crescent in Whitehills aren’t adequate for the number of properties using them or the type of waste generated.
And she has slammed her housing association – West of Scotland – for telling them, she claims, to keep bags of rubbish in their homes if the bins outside are full.
South Lanarkshire Council, who are responsible for emptying the bins, however, say what is provided should be adequate for residents’refuse.
The angry mum told the News:“The problem of the overflowing bins has been going on for ages, well before lockdown.
“It’s absolutely disgusting – no sooner are they emptied than they are full again.
“And animals get in and then rubbish goes everywhere.
“I even found a used sanitary towel lying on the steps of the entrance to the block one day.
“I felt I had to remove it because what if a child had picked it up?
“And to top it off the housing association told us we had to keep full bags of rubbish in the flats if bins are full – that is ridiculous and a health hazard and health visitors have told us that just can’t happen.”
She went on:“There is no key or the bin area isn’t secured in any way to everyone and their granny just puts their rubbish in our bins.
“There are nine blocks in our close using the bins and I don’t think the fact that we have properties for folk with additional support needs, with carers going on and out and disposing of medical waste and PPE is taken into account either.
“So it’s not just the amount of waste but the type of waste too.”
Alistair McKinnon Head of Facilities, Waste and Grounds Services said:“We have not received complaints from this address previously.
“However, our waste officers have carried out an inspection and there appears to be adequate provision of both non-recycling and recycling bins.
“The inspection did identify an issue with contamination in the recycling bins so we will write to residents with information of what can and can’t be put in the different bins.
“We will also offer information on disposal of bulky items, as we resumed bulk uplifts earlier this month and our Household Waste and Recycling Centre are also open and able to accept bulk waste.”
West of Scotland Hosing Association were asked for a comment, but failed to get back to us.