Colchester Council binmen dumped stinking rubbish on my drive (From Clacton and Frinton Gazette)
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Colchester Council binmen dumped stinking rubbish on my drive
6:40pm Monday 16th April 2012 in North Essex By James Calnan
Dumped – Ian Oxborrow outside his home, with rubbish piled up on his driveway
A COLCHESTER resident is bemused after binmen gathered his street’s rubbish, dumped it on his driveway and left it for a week.
Ian Oxborrow, 30, put his black bags and clear plastic recycling rubbish out for collection outside his Apprentice Drive home as usual the night before his regular collection on Good Friday.
As he left for work in London that morning, he saw his recycling had been picked up. But he returned to find his and his neighbours’ black bags and been collected and left blocking his driveway.
Because of the Easter holidays, father-of-one Mr Oxborrow waited until Tuesday to contact Colchester Council and was told an “urgent” message would be passed to the authority’s waste collection team.
But the rubbish, which had been ransacked by foxes and was becoming increasingly smelly, was not picked up for nearly a week.
Mr Oxborrow said: “We have a lot of foxes around here and the rubbish has become a problem. It’s just a stinking mess.
“The woman I got through to was very sympathetic, but sympathy doesn’t magic away the rubbish bags.
“She said she would forward on my issue and tagged it as urgent, but the council’s idea of urgency is clearly different to mine.”
He added: “They left it on my driveway and in my garden, and they left a lot of it. It stinks and it’s a big mess.”
The rubbish was finally picked up on Thursday evening after 6pm, after Mr Oxborrow contacted a Mile End councillor.
Colchester Council did not respond to requests for a comment.
Comments(13)
stewchambers
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9:51pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Ritchie_Hicks
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1:57pm Tue 17 Apr 12
So who will fine the Council if they fail to collect it on the day? And if the Council don’t collect it, should I take it back on to my property in fear of being fined?
I find this unacceptable. It gives totalling conflicting signals to the public and smacks of double standards!
TheCaptain
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2:50pm Tue 17 Apr 12
At no point has any one stated they have seen the bin men do this. So everything is pure guess work.
acstua
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3:52pm Tue 17 Apr 12
I've seen them pulling hard at the binshed door,
also i've seen them taking the rubbish up to the road and leaving it there for pickup by the truck.
I also read about them having issues with brokendown trucks, maybe thats why it got left behind..
Martin Goss
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4:29pm Tue 17 Apr 12
om as I would like to help with your binstore issue. I also helped Mr Oxborrow get this rubbish removed when he contacted me about it last week.
Ritchie_Hicks
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8:21pm Tue 17 Apr 12
TheCaptain wrote:I've seen it happen for years. It's a method the workers use to speed up collections (they send a guy ahead on foot to stack it).
Has the Council ever fined anyone? No.
At no point has any one stated they have seen the bin men do this. So everything is pure guess work.
co2
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7:34am Wed 18 Apr 12
TheCaptain
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8:53am Wed 18 Apr 12
Ritchie_Hicks wrote:My comment was about this particular incident not what people have seen in the past. Just trying for fact no speculation.
TheCaptain wrote:I've seen it happen for years. It's a method the workers use to speed up collections (they send a guy ahead on foot to stack it).
Has the Council ever fined anyone? No.
At no point has any one stated they have seen the bin men do this. So everything is pure guess work.
wellnow
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9:02am Wed 18 Apr 12
TheCaptain
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9:37am Wed 18 Apr 12
wellnow
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3:53pm Thu 19 Apr 12
Ozzie
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5:10pm Fri 20 Apr 12
acstua says...
8:00pm Mon 16 Apr 12